This weekend come on down to Lynn's Market Friday night from 7pm - 10pm for "The Local Group" and "Bred", two young musical groups. Then Saturday night come to Sweet Gipsy from 6:30-10pm for Jim Palmour and The Gypsy Truckers,...
Tonight was the kick-off for the year at our church. Wednesday night fellowship resumes as do various ministries, studies, choir rehearsals, etc- all that were mostly off for the summer. I love Wednesday nights! Not only that, but the women...
Five years ago today, I began blogging. I am not sure that I have kept with any other hobbies for five years solid, and although I haven't kept with this one well, taking week-long (and month-long) breaks and writing absolute...
I remember the fondly the days when we would ride to work together with my Dad. (At other times I would take the bus and that is a story for another day) My Dad would drive, and for some reason I...
Councilman Peter Murphy at National Night Out By Alice O'Dea.
Tatum Park is an important piece of property in the Highland Park neighborhood. The park was named in Ginny Tatum’s honor, for it was Ginny who helped...
Safari 5’s new “Smart” Auto-Complete has bothered me since the first day I updated. While this feature has been available in one form or another in previous versions of Safari it never ranked page titles over the urls when...
With Google's recent announcement that they are integrating gmail with GoogleVoice and that you can call (for free!) from gmail, I had three thoughts:1. Uh oh, Skype. Youze in trouble.2. I wonder when we'll start requiring folks to have their...
As a mayoral recall effort enters the final stretch, the city charter provision on which it is based faces increased legal scrutiny.
Several questions have been raised about the provision's language, whether it trumps state law, and when a special election...
The Hamilton County Board of Education on Tuesday voted to institute retirement pay for its members. The plan covers outgoing members Chester Bankston (who was elected to the Hamilton County Commission), Janice Boydston, and Kenny Smith.
Board members Everett Fairchild and...
The strapped economy has every sector tightening belts, but the more I hear reports of what is being done at the K-12 level of education across the country, the more I am concerned. Concerned not only about the immediate impact...
If you were eligible to vote in the 2009 Chattanooga mayoral election, but didn't, why didn't you? Did you want to see Mayor Ron Littlefield win and assumed he'd win easily? Did you want to see Rob Healy win, but...
It seems like only a few hardcore political geeks and journalists have been paying attention—correct me if I’m wrong—to the Democratic primary in Tennessee’s 21st Senate district, where longtime incumbent Sen. Douglas Henry was challenged by attorney Jeff Yarbro.
The election...
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