After a long Wednesday before Thanksgiving on the road, my lovely bride and I just settled in to our hotel room and found a Wi-Fi connection to check e-mail and the web. As is my habit I checked the...
The Brainerd Unity Group is inviting the public to a candidate forum to feature those who have qualified for the February 5, 2008 special election in Chattanooga's 6th Council District. The seat is open due to the resignation of...
PATC Volunteers working on a new segment of the Great Eastern Trail The week of May 4-10, 2008 the Potomac Appalachian Trail Club will be hosting an American Hiking Society Volunteer Vacation to help construct a new segment of the ...
In 2001, a group of eco-vigilantes committed serious acts of arson (the picture there is particularly gripping) against various logging operations in the Pacific Northwest. To read the support site of convicted felon Danial McGowan, you'd think he was a...
The next Silver Jews album will be called "Lookout Mountain, Lookout Sea". I'm gonna try telling people in Seattle how cool that is but I can only imagine they won't find it as cool seeing as I grew up on...
Seeing Fuller interact with his cousins is always an interesting byproduct of our visits with Damon's side of the family. Vivian and Nick are older (ages 6 and 4, respectively) and interact with each other every day. Watching them together...
In 2008, American Hiking Society is offering a number of opportunities for college students to get out help build or maintain hiking trails in America's National Parks and Forests. Checkout the following video clip to get an idea what these...
I'm thinking about starting a weekly series, Awesomely Bad Pop Music. Odds are most of it is going to come from 1984 to 1994 given that I have no sentimental attachment (or context) to the crap that's been released before...
A Redneck passed away and left his entire estate to his beloved widow but she can't touch it 'til she's 14. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Redneck Cooler ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ How do you know when you're staying in a Redneck hotel? When you call the front desk...
Having high expectations is one important part of our work that I don't remember writing about before. A few weeks ago, I was talking to my dad while he was visiting us. I mentioned a 40 Day long, Good Book study...
A local model, Melissa (aka Red) organized a shoot-in at her place last night. Originally there were to be 4 photographers and 5 models. The Player ...
Fellas, it was so weird to hear a black woman with an English accent. Juliet Foster does business news on the daily BBC world news broadcast that I sometimes watch in the mornings on PBS. Fellas, I highly recommend watching...
Today I write about another of my "Czech click": Joel. We have shared many amazing adventures and I think he is the only of my friends who will jump at the chance to do something ridiculous with me.Name: Joel...
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