LiberalViewer asks: "Is it really fair to challenge any of those books on the "Most Challenged Books of the 21st Century" as having a bad influence on children?" (Source.) To which the obvious answer is: yes. "Some people disapprove...
Lots of fun for The Man in the Yellow Hat, Damon, a small Tiger, Uncle Peter (aka Calvin), and the rest of us. I know I have been behind in uploading flickr and whatnot, so I put up the pictures...
I'm of the opinion that Facebook is the most important web application/site since, well, Google. It's everything that MySpace is not (but should have been): fast, clean, and expandable. It's usefulness is limited only by it's number of users. Google's new...
"So concludes the Economist, this week's edition. It says that an average of 'all items' is going up not at 2% or 3% per year as the US government claims, but at 16.7% per year! Food is going...
Call your Congress Critter and ask them to vote to NOT table the resolution to debate HR333 on the House floor. In this YouTube, Rep. Dennis Kucinich describes the process of how, within a few weeks, he'll force the issue of...
That would make tomorrow All Hallows wouldn't it? Well I noticed a lot of people were showing off their pumpkins. Well my pumpkin is hanging on a wall at work. It's a puzzle and each piece has...
Shane and I went to the FL/GA game in Jacksonville this past weekend. Shane is a huge GATOR fan and I've been semi-converted. I said I would root for FL except when they play TN. We got down to...
The leadership of the hateful Westboro Baptist Church, home of Fred Phelps, has just been found liable to the tune of $11 million for picketing the March 2006 funeral of a fallen Marine. The complaint named the church, Phelps, and...
Lately, I've been realizing how amazing my life is in terms of great friends that I have been blessed with through the years. So now I am starting a daily series of introducing my friends to the masses and...
Which bunch of idiots had the "bright" idea to extend Daylight Savings Time past Halloween? Oh. That's right. (Note: for those looking for the Bob Dylan song with the same title, it's one of my favorites, too.)...
That represents a drop of over 20% in the value of the US dollar compared to gold... in just the past 2 months. Gold was $460 a year ago. The dollar has lost about 40% of its value compared to gold in...
Tomorrow is November first, and I think we're going to be turning the heat on soon. The trees are starting to turn (though, with the drought we had this summer, we're not sure that they'll put on much of a...
Today is a stay at home night for me . My son does not like to go out and do the trick or treating thing. He has never has really enjoyed the going out thing ..We did go out when...
I have been non-stop since yesterday. I finished painting the porch (pictures later) and then started playing catch up with the stuff that fell to the wayside while I painted. Today I had a doctor's appointment and then off to...
Yesterday I came across an online article in Stars & Stripes, a paper published for the US Military. The article talked about how hiking can be a regular part of the routine for a member of the US Army's...
Is copper expensive? Or is the value of the dollar crashing? Noticed what's happening to the price of gold and silver? The rising price of copper has prompted the US government to consider making coins with cheaper metals. The US Mint...
Here are some quotes I found that fit the season."Hold on, man. We don't go anywhere with 'scary,' 'spooky,' 'haunted,' or 'forbidden' in the title." - from Scooby-Doo"A house is never still in darkness to those who listen intently;...
Ron Paul did a great job on the Tonight Show with Jay Leno last night. The audience loved him, especially when he talked about getting rid of the IRS and getting our troops out of the Middle East. ...
I got my comments on "metro" government published on the Chattanoogan.com today. They are the sixth, and currently last, entry on this page. Looks like the editor pretty much left them intact except for "calming" my parting shot...
The dust has settled after many many weeks of chaos and we find ourselves at the happy end of a very stressful house hunt. We are no longer Chickamaugians.... so weird!So here is our new home... a mere 8 minutes...
People who know my history keep asking me if I've talked to my mother or if she's seen Mandy since the birth. The answer is no. I have talked to my dad and he has seen her several times. Why...
Mandy had her 4 month checkup yesterday, including the 4 shots. She did better for the actual shots than last time, but was still cranky most of the evening. Her growth is perfect - she's now 26" long and weighs...
Over at World Magazine I had this to say about what some see as the odd practice of churches having an "alternative Halloween." I rant: Every year on October 31st many churches celebrate Halloween alternatives, what some call “Halloween in disguise,” with...
I haven't been blogging lately because for the past 3 weekends; I've been out of town. I'm home now and wanted to get in a couple of entries before I begin work. I'm still working from home and...
HAPPY HALLOWEEN !!!!!! Just want to wish all the ghouls out there a happy halloween and hope all the little ghosts have a great time and be safe ...And get lots of treats and no tricks ........
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