I am too excited, I won a Cheerio’s gift pack that includes Cheerios, books for my kids and a gift card. I am too excited, I cannot wait to read the books to my Rehema and Henry. Thanks Alli....
M27-Dumbbell Nebula on 10/28/09
Tonight was mostly clear, with occasional wispy clouds. I decided just to focus on one thing with my D50 and choose the Dumbbell Nebula - M27. M27 is a planetary nebula (which has nothing to do with...
Ephraim is nearly one year old! He will turn one a week from tomorrow. He hasn't grown much in a few months. He's been in 6-9 month clothing since about 4 or 5 months! He has maybe gotten...
I seem to keep quoting my son for the sincerity, simplicity, and profundity of his prayers but sometimes Josh and I look at each other holding back laughter. I think I might as well just start a book with his...
Last week, I took an online Pew survey measuring my Political IQ. I scored 11/12 and missed the question about how many troops were currently in Afghanistan.
It turns out that people of my political persuasion did overwhelmingly better on the...
::what's hot::so i have decided to join loobylu's what's hot + what's not this week, at least this week. can't make any promises to follow up next week. i have been thinking about it. what's hot? what...
Hamilton County Residents Against Annexation filed a lawsuit in Chancery Court Wednesday to challenge the legality of recent annexations by the City of Chattanooga. Chattanoogan.com:
Citizens represented by HCRAA had 30 days to file suit effectively halting annexation proceedings for these...
I’m very excited to have my pictures published in a local magazine! If you think you’ve seen them before, you probably have in 2008 and 2007.
Also, please check out my Wordless Wednesday on our family blog!
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Back in college, I (Damon) was actually quite fast as a cross-country runner. (Basically, if you’re tall, skinny, and stubborn, you’re tailor-made for long-distance running.) Since those days, I’ve gradually gotten older, slower, and fatter (still tall, though). For example,...
Following a press conference at Enterprise South, Volkswagen released this sketch of the new, midsized sedan to be built at the Chattanooga facility. More than 12,000 people have already applied for the 1,200 production team positions available at the VW...
Dan Dean, Randy Phillips, and Shawn Craig--do you recognize those names? I wouldn't have until I put their last names together and in the right order: Phillips, Craig & Dean.
Now do you recognize them? If you've been even a casual...
After the initual rush of putting the Obama’s on every. single. magazine. cover, I thought the rush was over. I recently spotted Michelle on the cover of Prevention and hoped that the trend was winding down. Wrong!
Amanda Carpenter tweeted this...
The U.S. Department of Energy awarded $111.5 million to the Electric Power Board Tuesday in order to expedite the build-out of a fiber optic smart grid in the Chattanooga area.
The funding stems from a new initiative of the American Recovery...
A highly energy efficient, remarkably green, low-maintenance and financially practical home in a kid-friendly location using all traditional materials? Well, why not? Here's how:...
Bobby Wood found himself in familiar, political territory Tuesday evening. The former state representative urged council members to stop using annexation by ordinance as a means to grow the city’s boundaries. Specifically, he was concerned about higher taxes in commercial...
If I am ever able to realize my secret if-i-were-filthy-rich fantasy, I would get a reasonably sized sailboat, a buncha provisions, and spend some serious time sailing the emerald sea. But, to avoid meeting this fate, I would go...
While all of you were sleeping, we were hard at work! Weighing in at 6 lbs. 5 oz, towering 19 and 1/4 inches and born at 2:26 a.m., introducing Kathryn Persis (Kip) Noll! The girls are doing just fine. Kip...
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