I stumbled across Mental Floss this evening. A characteristic article is Life Before Air Conditioning, which describes how people dealt with heat and cold before modern climate control. Temperature is actually a more significant architectural problem than one...
This whole Knox County trial undoubtedly has me a little jumpy, but I received a tip today from an unnamed source, one that conveyed the distinct impression that several members of the Chattanooga City Council are discussing an upcoming vote...
On the radio today I heard that in the South Lake Union neighborhood of Seattle, a new trolley system is being put in that was originally called the South Lake Union Trolley until it was discovered that the acronym would...
This is by one of my tour host ministers – Dewey Bertolini. I thought it rather clever…. Estelle..... *************** And you thought baseball wasn’t mentioned in the Bible… And Abner said to Joab, “Let the young men…arise and play before us” –...
Amazingly this was only my 3rd adventure race this year (CPZ in March, then the Greenway Challenge in May). With so many shorter events filling my schedule, my mind was a bit unfocused, especially considering this year's OME had a...
You may notice that above my blog title there is now a rather large headline linking to my resume. I'm a php developer, and though I'm trying to avoid link spamming, I figure I ought to use this blog's small...
Sorry, guys, I was gonna wait but I couldn't resist this one. WASHINGTON (CNN) -- The Rev. Jesse Jackson criticized Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama on Tuesday over his reaction to the arrest of six black juveniles in Jena, Louisiana, on...
I've seen lists of things like this before — though I think they were headlines and advertisements — but I wouldn't know how to include this in one of them. I'm just posting it here. And maybe it's just me,...
Josiah Roe's response to David Snyder will make you think. So will David Morton's latest post on the subject. This is what is good: technological thinkers, each of whom has demonstrated genuine concern for the city's future and well-being, are engaging in...
many thanks to huffine for moving me to atl. I'm currently in an ethics training session down in orlando....snore. can't wait to get home, sleep n my own bed, see my wife, and play with anna~kate... more to come about...
I have read and seen where animals have been a good influence on older and/or mentally afflicted people. God put animals on this planet for many reason that we will never understand. "Watch out! You nearly broad-sided that car!" My...
Today is the day of action in Jena, LA. I've seen a bit of coverage on today's cable news (well, it was more coverage of Al Sharpton than the kids), but largely, I think that Pam is right about this...
Monday afternoon Damon and I borrowed a car. We took off North on I-95 heading to the magical city of Orlando. The last time we were there was in April of 1999. We were on our honeymoon and spent a...
so a few weeks ago i saw a film with some friends from CovCol. when meeting a few new students, a good friend of mine introduced me as the "king of the scavengers." i thought this title was humorous at...
Lest I forget how bad it was a month ago, my daughter reminded me by screaming from 9:30 until midnight lastnight - nonstop. I had a little more coffee than usual, and I also had some brocolli for dinner. I'm...
Actual announcements taken from church bulletins: * Don't let worry kill you, let the church help. * Thursday night, potluck supper. Prayer and medication to follow. * Remember in prayer the many who are sick of our church and community....
And it's pretty freaking awesome. They're Gone City, and they made me believe in music again. It's raw, full of energy, and has some great songwriting.
Check them out at gonecity.com today or jump on the bandwagon in five years. Whatever...
According to yesterday's Times-Free Press, Congressman Zach Wamp and many others in our nation's capitol want to mandate 225 minutes of physical activity per week for middle- and high schoolers. 225 minutes per week. That's 45 minutes per day. At my school,...
It's been pretty busy around here the last few weeks. Seth has gotten adjusted to Chinese time, started rolling over alot, and come to love his new bed that we finally bought him. His only jet-lag problem is that he's...
In the wake of the release of 700MB of internal emails, MediaDefender is attempting to pull another 09-f9-11-02-9d-74-e3-5b-d8-41-56-c5-63-56-88-c0 and is sending out legal nastygrams, as well as launching a DDoS (down near the bottom). As you might imagine, the torrent sites...
I just received this from Congressman Conyers office.
Dear RW,
I wanted to take the opportunity to update you on the status of the contempt of Congress resolution in the House of Representatives.
As you may know, the Judiciary Committee...
Hey all you crazy cats! I just wanted to share another recent work with you guys. This is a replica of a little collage of a train roller coaster that I did for the Clothesline show. Isn't it fun???This is...
Though I do not generally like forwarded emails, I did appreciate the following email my daughter sent me. "IT IS STRANGE, ISN'T IT? Isn't it strange how a 20 dollar bill seems like such a large amount when you donate it to...
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