On my drive home tonight, I listened with interest as a television news story was promoted on one of the local radio stations regarding "cutting credit debt." I made a mental note to tune in since, as a devoted...
To those interested: I am trying to get together a peaceful demonstration for President Bush's visit to Chattanooga. While I do not have completely confirmed details regarding the time and whereabout of the guest of honor, I do have an estimated...
Well, check out big sister Nashville and a whole passel of its bloggers sitting down to lunch with mayoral candidate David Briley. I don't remember sitting down in Aught Five with a bunch of bloggers and either Ann Coulter, Dan Johnson,...
Shrub is going to visit Chattanooga on Wednesday to talk up his supposed health care plan (I hope he's not planning on treating the rest of us like he treats our soldiers!). Hamdems.org has the details on the planned protest....
Bush will definitely be appearing at Erlanger on Wednesday. We're still working on getting estimated time of arrival, but should be able to get it. Here's the general plan: all of us, and I do mean all, need to hold funny...
As of late, I've been gaining courage. I felt good about it good too. I've been able to stand up to people and taking actions I've never been able to do before. I felt much better now than I have...
As I indicated in my teaser yesterday, I went on a roadtrip/pilgrimage over the weekend, to Plains, GA, home of former President and Nobel Peace Prize winner, Jimmy Carter. I went with a couple of friends, one of whom hatched...
...why is Steve Jobs railing against teachers' unions? I mean, yeah, they're bad, and significantly responsible for the destruction of the American public school system, but... Steve Jobs?...
This is the "Grow a vacation" that came in my SAHM kit from my ex-coworkers. And it is probably the only vacation I will be getting from this mess for a while. No Orlando Rental, no Bed and Breakfast in...
February turns colder and more deadly than ever. If we cannot rid ourselves of the lust and gluttony in our beloved country, much will be lost. We have such an overwhelming capacity for great good or great bad. One...
Over the weekend Phil and I e-mailed a few times in discussion of my blog post concerning the new Covenant blogger, Sheryce Butkowski. It was a good discussion, and I thought it might be best if Phil address the issue...
We're translating Galatians in Greek. It's been some rough going. Although this verse is a common one quoted, it really hit me when translating it. "I have been crucified with Christ. It is no longer I...
HOW TO CALL THE POLICE WHEN YOU ' RE OLD AND DONT MOVE FAST ANYMORE. George Phillips of Meridian, Mississippi was going up to bed when his wife told him that he'd left the light on in the garden shed, which...
Been falling behind with these. Dwayne Anderson, former Logan Whitney comrade, has joined the Coptix crew as a css/markup/webtools developer. A couple of weeks ago we rolled out a new website for Chattanooga printing agency Diversified Companies. I think it's the...
Posting has been light of lately. My apologies if my fans are disappointed. However, everytime I've sat down to post, it's been the same old stuff. "GFTS is busy with school/work/homework/thesis. Comprehensive exams bite. Home for a funeral. Not a...
Is any design work original? One of my collaborators pointed out this design piece highlighted on the web site one of my favorite type foundries - Process Type Foundry - a piece that looked amazingly similar to a project...
While packing up the house I found my retirement fund under our bed. This is what I jokingly call my comic book and baseball card collection. Wifey once asked if we could get rid of them and I told her,...
Sam Beam, aka the guy from Iron and Wine, played a show at Messiah College last week. Messiah College is about 45 minutes from where I grew up and lived last year. This is really annoying, as it's...
An item from last week's UTC Echo student newspaper caught our eye: At 4:45 p.m. police responded to Holt Hall to speak to a professor regarding an obscene phone call she received on Feb. 2 at 2:51 p.m. The professor said...
Besides Fuller's hunger pains and dirtier than normal diapers, his attitude is one of a healthy child. Yesterday we kept him home from church, away from other kids. But I did take him out on a photo shoot yesterday. I...
Let's chalk this up to rookie mistake. After all, this is Fuller's first full blow stomach bug. Fuller was acting like he felt better last night. Even though I kept offering him "light" food to eat, he was still asking...
So much love for blacks by a Southern-loving Calvinist is found here. Below you'll find part of a lament regarding one Protestant denomination (called the PCA) and their annual meeting in Memphis this year. This is what Scorebored says: The PCA...
"Super Bowl shows moral character trumps race issue" (Feb. 13, 2007) Anthony B. Bradley I was raised to cheer for pro football teams with black coaches or black quarterbacks -- no matter what. But when two black coaches squared off in Super...
"Perhaps that was really what was bothering me. Wasn't I fussing too much, where in any case was the harm in a spot of the old adultery as long as you didn't take it too seriously, where was the sense...
Black History Month: Time to remember and look to the future Pastor Bernie Miller, D. Div. New Covenant Fellowship Church The late Martin Luther King, Jr. said, "If a man hasn't discovered something that he will die for, he isn't fit to live."...
Why are fast food managers always yelling? Why don't they just use those headsets like the people who work the drive thru? The customers who place their orders at the drive thru are always yelling, too. Why? They don't have...
I really have never thought too much about eBooks. I just don't think I could get used to reading a book on a little screen for hours. However, PolymerVision unveiled their rollup display device at 3GSM. They call it...
RESOLVED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF NEW MEXICO that George W. Bush and Richard B. Cheney, by such conduct, warrant impeachment and trial and removal from office and disqualification to hold and enjoy any office ofhonor, trust or...
I thought I would write a quick update on things that I decided to write about but never got around to posting... uploads: I scanned some junk from my past in hopes to throw out and clean out things objects that I'm...
Senate Joint Resolution 5, the legislation urging impeachment of Bush and Cheney, was passed this morning in the NM Senate Rules Committee with only Democrats present, all of whom voted for the resolution! ...
There is but one only living and true God, who is infinite in being and perfection, a most pure spirit, invisible, without body, parts, or passions, immutable, immense, eternal, incomprehensible, almighty, most wise, most holy, most free, most absolute, working...
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