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View of the Great Smoky Mountains along the Benton MacKaye Trail In the Friday October 5 edition of the NY Times in the Escapes section, an article entitled "Appalachia's Other Trail" appears. This article profiles the 290-mile long Benton MacKaye...
If I remember--and get the time to do so later--I will write more about this. First. I find it not a little ironic that what gives Cancer cells the ability to live forever (eternal life) is the self-same thing that...
You got a clean 52% of the vote.
But I want posit something for the progressive community of Chattanooga.
Mr. Berke didn't win this election. His organization did.
John Wolfe didn't lose this election. The progressives in this town failed one of our...
The results are in, and the funding leaders also came out the vote winners. The Democrat and Republican who will face each other in the November 15 special election are Andy Berke and Oscar Brock, respectively. I look...
A few months ago I mentioned that I'll be blogging here a little less and here is the reason: I have weekly column over at World Magazine's new web-magazine. I think my columns will run on Wednesdays or Thursdays. You can...
So, Coupland's new book, The Gum Thief,came out in the States just yesterday. You can read a synopsis of it here. The last time I was able to spek with Coupland (after a book reading in London) he told...
From WBS, Channel 2 News: Atlanta police said they've been experiencing a level of crime never seen before in the city and a lot of it was imported from New Orleans after Hurricane Katrina. The crimes linked to the group include a...
Dear Faithful Blog Readers:)I have decided to lay aside my arsenal of baby books (they fill up an entire shelf on Gus' bookcase!) and ask for advice from people I know. Here's the scoop:Gus has suddenly decided to resist nap-taking...
Turnout was sad today, at least in our precinct. The poll workers described themselves as "bored." They were glad to see us come in. I was glad to see a family from our neighborhood going in as...
Thank goodness we no longer have Alberto Gonzales, shameless liar, dragging down America's karma. The New York Times leads with word that when Alberto Gonzales was attorney general, the Justice Department issued secret opinions that authorized the CIA to use extremely...
Cumberland Trail volunteers are all smiles! The Cumberland Trail Fall 2007 Schedule The Cumberland Trail Conference is looking for volunteers and support this fall! We need help building bridges and continuing efforts on building this great trail. It’s not...
Worry looks around, sorry looks back, Faith looks up. Be kinder than necessary, for everyone you meet is fighting some kind of battle. May your troubles be less, your blessings be more, and nothing but happiness come through your door. ****************************************************************** Thanks...
Last Sunday we had some new friends over for lunch...Chet and Erin H. along with their new baby Harkins (or baby Hutch, as I seem to always call him!) as well as Ed and Erma C. with their son Daniel...
WHICH ARE TRUE AND WHICH ARE FALSE? 1. Apples, not caffeine, are more efficient at waking you up in the morning. 2. Alfred Hitchcock didn't have a belly button. 3. A pack-a-day smoker will lose approximately 2 teeth every 10 years. 4. People do...
When Insults Had Class: "He has all the virtues I dislike and none of the vices I admire." -- Winston Churchill "I have never killed a man, but I have read many obituaries with great pleasure." -- Clarence Darrow "He has...
John McCain is at it again. This time out he’s arguing, in an interview with Beliefnet, that the Constitution established the US as a “Christian nation” and he comes dangerously close to suggesting that only a Christian would be fit...
CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. (AP) — In an unlikely marriage of desire to secede from the United States, two advocacy groups from opposite political traditions — New England and the South — are sitting down to talk. Tired of foreign wars and what...
Great article on what we could be doing online..EDUCAUSE REVIEW | July/August 2007, Volume 42, Number 4 the mixing of any number of digital media sources...
Graffiti in the bathroom of an American forwarding base in Kuwait. While some stalls were constantly scrubbed clean of such commentary, bathrooms in transient bases were covered with the hopes, fears, frustrations, anger and humor of the troops, as well...
Turnout is that low! So get your friends out and vote.
Also Real Climate blog has posted again on the Cosmic Ray non-issue.
All our of blog sources are here....
A friend of mine tried goat's milk last year out of curiosity. Otherwise, I would have never thought of it. But about a week ago, it was like a light switch turned on & I almost sat up in bed...
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