Is there some strange neuralchemy (my word) that occurs when a Tennessean with a medical degree achieves the elected office of Senator (whether state or U.S.), that redefines all of the subject's memory on matters of science? First we...
Ok, so a Dad got mad that his son got pinned so he leaps onto the mat and throws the other kid off of his son. Seriously, watch this!! Fellas, thoughts?...
"I thought of this while I drank some water, and then of other things which it suggested to me. As well as the private wash-day, tomorrow was inevitably going to be the time for holding a little private levee for...
This letter from Steve Jobs, entitled Thoughts on Music, makes a pretty good case for dropping DRM (Digital Rights Management) from legally sold music, thus opening the door for buyers to more easily use their purchases. However, the impetus...
(Photo courtesy of the Charlotte Observer.) My brother-in-law, Sgt. Roy Lewis, is currently serving in Iraq. WCNC, the NBC affiliate in Charlotte, NC where he, my sister and their family live is running his dispatches on their Web site. They also...
a priceless moment is when I come home from work on saturday (overtime) and find the house clean, laundry done, bathroom cleaned and Sila and Rehema gone to give me some alone quiet time. a priceless moment is when after changing...
Back in October while at the ALDHA Gathering in Athens, West Virginia, I had several people that I wanted to talk to. One of them was Leonard Adkins. At the time, I was in the early planning stages...
This song was played at Catacombs Folk Festival by Peter Griffis. It sounds so cliche to say it was moving but it was. I've been trying to find the lyrics for two weeks and I finally did. ...
"I'm only just a guess." I don't think any line could sum up my thoughts on life better at this point. I feel such relief when I admit that I don't understand, of course this relief is followed...
Next week David and I will be going to Chicago and then driving down to Chattanooga. We will be there for a week and a half. We are excited because this will be the first time back in...
Last weekend I watched Facing the Giants starring whatshisface and that chick and those other guys. Everyone knows that FTG is a Christian movie. I am a Christian. I wholeheartedly support the theme and message of this movie and wish there...
Lots of noise is made about the pros and cons of a flat tax. Conservatives tend to like it because it has a sheen of simplicity and equitability. Progressives don't like it because they - wrongheadedly, I suggest...
not 5 minutes ago my 6'10'' economics professor, dr. fikkert, pitched a dry-erase marker at a student. for once, that student wasn't me. today is a very good day....
A few professors at NYU have published a paper describing the linkage between current GDP and population with historical adoption of technology dating back to 1500BC. To no one's surprise, those areas that adopted technology earliest tend to be...
Two new websites Coptix has finished in the last week: The first is a new website we designed and developed for The Maclellan Foundation. Many thanks and props are owed to Rebekah for taking the lead on the organization of...
Another morning trapped in the laundromat. I didn't have my book, I forgot to put my Bible back in my bag, and all the magazines in the car I've read too many times. What's a girl to do? Watch...
I do not have time tonight to say the things that I need to. I know I must sleep so this will be short. As a rule I don't like January and February. It's not something I dwell on but...
Last night, Keith Olbermann schooled Condi Rice on some pretty basic American History facts. Condi should be humiliated by her shocking display of ignorance, but is she? If you'd prefer to read the transcript, it follows after the jump. ...
Sometime over the weekend, I came down with the flu. Between two papers that are due for school and legislative season at nonprofit job, I simply can't afford to fall behind. Due to the wonder of technology, nonprofit job allowed...
Last week, I submitted a photo of myself as Auburn Elvis to Coke's (and Qdoba's) March Madness Ultimate Sport Fanatic Contest. Well, This weekend, I also submitted a photo of Fuller. Well, today (and today only), Fuller was choosen as their...
the tour of california this year was probably one of the most excellent protour-caliber races we've seen in a while. levi deserves the win, in a brilliant show of what makes disco one of the best teams in the...
After you read this it will give new meaning to the word compromise. Some years ago when I was a pastor, I walked into my church office after a Sunday morning service to find a sandwich bag on...
A man suffered a serious heart attack and had open heart bypass surgery. He woke from the surgery to find himself in the care of nuns at a Catholic Hospital. As he was recovering,...
Has anyone ever used chalkboard paint? I am wondering if it would still work if you painted over an existing chalkboard. We have a green chalkboard that Fuller is currently using. However it doesn't take the chalk very well and...
Free Speech America returns to the airwaves on Wednesday, March 7, 2007 at 7 p.m.. Many of you may have heard about the controversial new documentary, The Lost Tomb of Jesus, produced by James Cameron. The documentary will...
At one point during a game, the coach called one of his 9-year-old baseball players aside and asked, "Do you understand what cooperation is? What a team is?" The little boy nodded in the affirmative. "Do you understand that what matters is...
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