Florida PollIowa PollWhile many candidates in the CNN/You Tube debate constantly "hop-scotched" around issues and succeeded in effectively distributing black eyes to each other, Mike Huckabee was poised, principled, and powerful in his debate performance. He rose above it all.Read...
Our mailperson delivered a box of gifts today. They are actually for Fuller, books from my inlaws. I have to wrap them, so the box is still sealed on the front table. Fuller is acutely aware that something is happening...
Random video I shot with my cell phone of Joel dancing while we were at Old Navy in Washington PA - sorry about the quality...but...it's from a cell phone!Check out Jen's blog if you haven't seen the other two Videos...
From CNN: COLUMBIA, South Carolina (CNN) – Former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney and former Sen. Fred Thompson of Tennessee criticized the Confederate flag, which happens to be hoisted on the Statehouse grounds in the early primary state of South Carolina. "I know...
Fellow UT alum, Stephen Harris, is raising money to support his dreams of competing in Beijing in the decathlon.
I was in Campus Crusade with Stephen years ago, and he’s an all-around stellar guy. He teaches high school history outside...
Progress Nashville thinks that public policy campaigns should be regulated like lobbyists.
This train of thought has been around a long time. The Public Relations Society of America has a decades-old debate over the licensing of marketing and public relations...
I'm watching the Republican YouTube/CNN debate at the moment, and I can't believe my ears. When Giuliani was asked about the possibility that he let New Yorkers foot the bill for his adulterous trysts, he seemed to blame the police...
As a new to the blogging world person I have been looking for a new adventure , so to speak, something that teaches me all sorts of interesting things. Also gives me a chance to broaden my horizons and learn...
As mentioned before, watching Fuller with his cousins was similar to conducting a sociological experiment. Who needs gorillas in the mist when you have cousins? I enjoyed seeing them all and they often posed very nicely for...
It would be difficult to find a better example of federal heavy-handedness than the recent six-hour federal raid on NORFED, the National Organization for the Repeal of the Federal Reserve and Internal Revenue Code. In fact, it would be virtually...
I was absolutely thrilled when the East Ridge City Council voted on a new waterpark here in East Ridge. It will be only about a mile from my house....can you say Season Passes for our family? We will be going...
MY DAUGHTER ESME' WAS CHOSEN BY SEWANEE FACULTY TO REPRESENT THE INDEPENDENTS, (NON- SORORITY) IN THIS YEARS HOMECOMING COURT. ALTHOUGH SHE WASN'T THE QUEEN SHE HAD A GOOD TIME AS DID I....
No doubt you remember the story of Alexander/Elaine Cross, who spent a few days in the Hamilton County clink as a male inmate, only to be found out as a female when it came shower time. A news website based in...
The full schedule of events is now up at the Main Street 24 Hour Festival website. I have no idea how they managed to pull together all those events on such short notice. If you don't know, you should, but the...
Where yesterday's post was all about how stressed I have been feeling, today I'm so relaxed I feel drunk. Mom was kind enough to babysit while I got a facial. When I got home and laid down with O for...
“Having stuff hanging from your rearview mirror isn’t worth somebody’s life. We can all relate to what it’s like to be in a car and do something stupid, but as a result, people are reluctant to punish [distracted drivers]....
Caroline is having her vcug tomorrow morning. I'm a tad nervous going into this test. I hope we won't be dealing with kidney reflux and all that it entails. I'm also dreading the test itself, not that it will be...
According to Microsoft, some computers may randomly play It’s a Small World or Für Elise. I’m putting the full URL at the bottom of this post so that you can see this is a real problem. I’m not making it...
“Working with email client developers and the design community to improve web standards support and accessibility in email.” The obligatory link for a Very Good Thing™. #...
"To me, some of these styles [of contemporary worship] suggest a nervous rejection of substance, on the pretext of contemporaneity. We know, for example, that Bach has been dead a long time, but his work is still the work of...
We are back from our trip to Biloxi for Thanksgiving but this is the first chance I have had to sit down since returning home Sunday night. Our trip was great. We left Tuesday after work and arrived...
I was reading the story about Mary and Martha from the bible to the girls and at the end of the story it asked these questions, "What would you do if you could be with Jesus? Would you rather eat...
WatchList 2007 Identifies Species at Greatest Risk WASHINGTON, D.C. NOVEMBER 28, 2007 - One hundred seventy-eight species in the continental U.S. and 39 in Hawaii have the dubious distinction of landing on the newest and most scientifically sound list of America’s...
The design and execution of this Virgin America airline safety video is so nifty that I am willing to watch it without actually being on board of a plane. Usually I try my best to sleep through these....
Crochet class is over until perhaps spring. I can't believe they pay me to do that. I've also noticed, again, how much better my mood is after being around other women doing something fun for a couple of hours. Being...
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