I try to be nice. I really, really do. The man has cancer, and as someone who has seen various members of his family battle the disease, I feel for him. My prayers are with him. Seriously. And I try to...
The head of the FCC plans to repeal a rule that forbids a company to own both a newspaper and a television or radio station in the same city. http://www.nytimes.com/2007/10/18/business/media/18broadcast.html?_r=1&hp=&pagewanted=print&oref=slogin...
In the words of Dr. John, I was in the right place, but it must have been the wrong time. I attended the Brainerd Unity Group (BUG)'s first meeting, which was held at the Brainerd Complex. Where I...
This comment demonstrates just how ridulous this situation has become (from the chattanoogan.com): A resolution and an ordinance presented by Councilman Leamon Pierce directs that the city administration not be allowed to hire anyone who has resigned and then had an...
If this were not the technological age, if there were not standards for how music should sound. The next Quiet Ones album would have been out three years ago. If recording everything to tape with one mic in front...
I'm a little in awe of the responses with regards to the Mayor's blatant lies and corruption surrounding the Marti Rutherford situation. I've received a number of e-mails from people in the City, this is the most interesting: All the city...
I have 107 more days to go! that is not too bad, but when I count the days I always wonder why they pregnancy lasts for 9 months when one is really pregnant for 10 months, granted, one is mostly...
Linux System... Baracuda Networks... Open Invention Network... this all used to sound like greek to me. But in the years I have been online, then working at the help desk and now I'm into blogging, well I have a better...
Ron Littlefield has gone public with his desire to take a corrupt and dishonest politician (Marti Rutherford), who has not been legitimately elected since 2005, and put her back on the public payroll for three days (this is after the...
Click on above image to launch a PDF of this article (3 MB) Following up on their successes from last spring, the Nantahala Hiking Club has completed another workshop to introduce hiking to classroom teachers. This project known as A...
Eminem is right about design proposals Look, if you had one shot, or one opportunity To seize everything you ever wanted-One moment Would you capture it or just let it slip? from “Lose Yourself” by Marshall Mathers I first heard the idea from Stefan Sagmeister...
Yesterday I did something stupid and irresponsible. I was also informed by someone I could have been arrested for it. Usually I keep my keys in my pants pocket or on top of the car just so this doesn't happen....
Wired Circuit Court covers issues of privacy in the digital age. I hope you enjoy it and it informs you.
If you have feed that we should monitor feel free to contact me....
I had my 32 week appointment today. The midwife spent an hour and a half with us. We chatted for a while and then got the "business" stuff out of the way (blood pressure, pulse, measurements etc) and then she...
As many of us are aware, tomorrow (Wed, Oct 24th) a public hearing will be held in Knoxville, TN on a proposed rule change to weaken the current stream buffer zone
rule.
After three years of agency review, the Office of Surface...
At their current rate, war appropriations could reach $1 trillion by the time Bush leaves office, a total that by some measures would exceed the cost of the Korean and Vietnam wars combined. Most Americans oppose funding Bush's full war request,...
Join the Benwood Foundation, the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga, and the Community Research Council for a lecture by Bill McKibben at 7 p.m. on Tuesday, November 6, 2007. McKibben is the celebrated author of The End of Nature, which...
By Dave Lindorff President Bush is no chump. He has figured out how to emasculate the Democrats (those that aren't already eunuchs). Instead of making a decent estimate of the cost of the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan and asking for...
Widows gather in Savannah on September 14-15 for prayer and fellowship. This video is approximately 10 minutes long, and it does not come close to capturing all that took place over the weekend. ...
(Homes burn at the Valley Oaks mobile home park Monday near Fallbrook, California). SAN DIEGO, California (CNN) -- Raging wildfires have destroyed 1,300 homes across Southern California and, pushed by fierce Santa Ana winds, threaten more than 68,000 others, California fire...
This came from a friend of mine- too funny!!! We had a "going away" party yesterday for a lady at our Little Rock claim office. One of the supervisors called a Wal-Mart and ordered the cake. He...
Dear Walter: I hope you can help me here. The other day I set off for work leaving my husband in the house watching the TV as usual. I hadn't gone more than a few hundred yards down the road when my engine...
Between all the flurry lately over Comcast throtteling service and now hearing on Yahoo News about yet another crack down by international police on a bit torrent server (this is just a few days after someone spooked torrentspy.com, too), I've...
Kindred Spirits by Asher Durand The past 8 days I have been in Washington, DC to attend the fall 2007 meeting of the American Hiking Society Board of Directors meeting. While in town sandwiched around work, I managed to get...
"We have to start acting like Republicans, not earmarking Republicans, not big spending Republicans but Reagan Republicans." Mitt Romney during the 2007 Presidential Campaign. Is a Reagan Republican pro choice? Read more. ...
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