Last night we all gaspedAs we came out of the professor's house.His porch light had gone out,And the sky was so brightly lit with stars.We all didn't know what to say,But we laughed into the sky.We saw that salt had...
I know I’m several days late on this … I blame the loss of my dearly beloved Powerbook and the business that accompanied the approaching primary election and my trying to catch up on work.
I’m no fan of Bob Corker....
In the evening, on April 23, 2008, Chattanoogans will have the opportunity to witness one of the least expected yet most appropriate musical collaborations in recent history. Allison Krauss, who not too long ago graced the stage of Memorial Auditorium with...
After reading this post by Southern Beale, I couldn't help wondering if Chattanooga was headed for (or perhaps already in) a similar real estate predicament. What do you think? Are condos outnumbering sensible buyers yet? (Include Stringer's Ridge and...
The Moon on 2/8/08
The sliver crescent Moon was irresistable tonight. It looked so elegant in the western sky that I rushed to get the telescope out and set up in time to take some pictures. Tonight is beautiful and clear...
Bad, bad, bad. Not only is Condi Rice a shameless liar, but for all her years with the Bush Administration, first as National Security Advisor and then as Secretary of State, she has no positive accomplishments to speak of. Instead of...
I'm off to the Hamilton County Democratic Party's convention tomorrow, to bring you an inside look at the first round of national delegate selection. The County Convention is the first step in a two-step process for selecting delegates to the Democratic...
Stephen and I threw our third annual Super Bowl Party at our home last week. We borrowed a friends projector and made the screen as large as one of our walls. We arranged stadium style seating around our great room,...
Need plans for Valentine's Day? Come down to Main Street. Chattanooga loves you. Red Hot Bike Ride 4:30 – 6:30 PM OCI Parking Lot @ 326 East Main Street Decorate yourself and your wheels in the spirit of love & cupid and strut your stuff...
Widgets & Stone Launches Revolutionary New Design Method Widgets & Stone is pleased to announce an entirely new innovation in our design services: we give you (the client) complete creative control. Yes, you read that right. You design it. We'll make it...
The first week of February is in the books, so now you can get ready for Valentine’s Day next Thursday. Hopefully you take some time on days other than February 14th to make your special someone feel loved, though.
I...
Originally uploaded by Josiah Roe It's been a couple years, but with Isaac's return to Chattanooga comes the revival of the Anti-Valentines Day party, now new, improved, and packaged in with a sweet...
Well, actually it’s been here since this morning. I’m working on getting it configured properly now. One of the main things left is to move the virtual machine I created in VMware Workstation on the Vista machine to test my...
Do you ever get the feeling you are a bit player in some kind of cosmic comedy?
When Bush spoke at CPAC it had to be moment when satire and irony copulated to form a situation that the English language has...
Happy Birthday Rehema! (02/07) We do love you!! You make a great big sister!! This blog has moved (for real) to my other blog. I am not deleting this one, might post to it once in a while like today. ...
Lately, I find my self becoming angry at things that shouldn't make me angry. "Family Circus" makes me angry because ever since my friend ThatChris pointed out that it's never really been funny, I can't believe they still have the sack...
Please join me in remembering a great icon of the entertainment community. The Pillsbury Doughboy died yesterday of a yeast infection and trauma complications from repeated pokes in the belly. He was 71. Doughboy was buried in a lightly greased coffin. Dozens...
President Bush's proposed budget for fiscal year 2008 is green in at least one sense: it was the first federal budget proposal to be transmitted to Congress electronically, saving 20 tons of paper. ...
It was billed as the great debate that, in the words of moderator Wolf Blitzer, “could change the course of this presidential race and the nation.” Situated at the packed historic Kodak Theatre-site of the Hollywood Oscar awards, thousands of people,...
WASHINGTON, DC - February 7 - In a letter sent today, 176 businesses, organizations, and individual activists called upon Members of Congress who have not yet joined the House Renewable Energy and Energy Efficiency (RE/EE) Caucus to do so. ...
One day my mother was out and my dad was in charge of me and my brother who is four years older than I am. I was maybe one and a half years old and had just recovered from an...
Ten best things to say if you get caught sleeping at your desk 10. "They told me at the blood bank this might happen." 9. "This is just a 15 minute power nap like they raved about in that time...
There are several different characters among the roughly 6,500 total costumes.The Narrenengel leads the parade and there is only oneThe Biss is a male figure and the counterpart to the Gschell (worn mostly by males as it is very heavy)The...
[Georgia] can't just sit on the information [that the border was incorrectly drawn] until there's something about the property that makes it worth taking. If they decided the territory along the border wasn't worth fighting for before[,] they can't change...
Thirteen years ago, my mother-in-law timidly asked me if I'd be interested in hosting a mother-daughter Valentine tea party for my then three-year-old daughter, her first grandchild. After giving birth to four sons, she was delighted, finally, to have a...
Please don't misunderstand me. I am 100% for transparency and public involvement in government, from the local to the supranational.* But a tragic story out of Kirkwood, Missouri illustrates that there is often a tradeoff involved. The problem isn't...
From ESPN: PHOENIX -- Shaquille O'Neal had strong words for those who doubt he can fit in with the Phoenix Suns. "I'm very upset," he said Thursday at his introduction news conference. "You just don't really want to get me upset. When...
This is pretty good. "Although the enforced stoppages are infuriating, the first half has been thoroughly enjoyable. I’ve been especially impressed by the band as well, who do their best to whip up the orange-clad student section; the sound of Led...
KIRKWOOD, Missouri (CNN) -- A gunman killed five people and wounded two Thursday night at a police station and City Council meeting in suburban St. Louis before officers shot and killed him, police said. Two police officers were among the...
If you're a fan of Fibonacci numbers or logarithmic spirals, you're going to love this week's creature! It's a nautilus, great mathematician of the deep and living fossil! These are the cephalopods who make those wonderful chambered shells with the...
It's amazing that he was ever that tiny... I can't believe that I'm already forgetting what he was like just a few short months ago! My baby is growing SO fast!...
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