Ha. LOL. A West Virginia lawmaker brought in coal slurry for each of the legislators to toast and taste, in order to make a point for the Dept. of Environmental Protection to hurry up and release its water...
We're so excited about Brandi and Nick's wedding in Orlando in May. A few days ago we met up with Brandi and Nick and Brandi's beautiful daughter for their engagement session in Clermont. Thanks, guys, for spending the evening...
Business Planning Course graduate Aaron Cabeen, the owner of Cabeen Originals, was recently featured in a television interview for WRCB. Cabeen, a woodworker, was recently contracted to design and build the bar for the soon-to-open Deluxe Grill & Tap downtown. Roll...
I could walk around the yard barefoot in safety. My house could be carpeted instead of tiled and laminated. All flat surfaces, clothing, furniture, and cars would be free of hair. When the doorbell rings, it wouldn't sound like a...
Lapis/Carnelian Bezel Earrings, originally uploaded by stacie_florer.After all that work with pearls, I decided to opt for some rich color...getting me out of the blahs I wrote about yesterday. This design is not new..just the beads....
Purple/Sterling Silver Bump Earrings, originally uploaded by stacie_florer.Just another study of these sterling silver bumps...very simple, but I like the effect with the pearls....
Abstract Silver Bump Earrings, originally uploaded by stacie_florer.I have a lot of scap silver laying around, and today I decided to melt it down into sterling balls. I soldered them onto these rectangular silver earrings, and then did a lot...
Copper Folded Sterling Silver Earrings, originally uploaded by stacie_florer.I was messing around with folding yesterday, and left the studio too early before I finished these. I used 24 gauge copper, heated it until it glowed then fold-formed it. I quenched...
Oblong Metal Bead Hoops Sterling Silver, originally uploaded by stacie_florer.I made my first metal beads today! I formed them with my dapping set, one side is copper and the other is sterling silver. It wasn't as hard to...
We have all seen the ad with Obama out on the campaign trail talking about clean coal, and an enthusiastic crowd chanting “Yes, We Can” but Obama is WRONG. And the ad happens to be paid for by...
Here's a video that is unfortunately relevant these days when most people are broke and looking for ways to cut down on costs. This if from the series Great Depression cooking, hosted by 93 year old Clara, who shares with...
This was a busy week for Christians in Guatemala. Under the umbrella of Luis Palau's Family Festival a whole host of great activities for Christians of all interests was organized. One activity in particular was of interest to me because...
District 1 election politics entered the Chattanooga City Council chamber, Tuesday, as candidate Deborah Scott questioned the Council’s decision to only use the Hamilton County Election Commission early voting site off Amnicola Hwy. for the April run-off election.
Earlier in the...
Does it make sense for a girl who doesn't believe in "luck" to say she feels like the luckiest duck on the pond right now? More soon...looks like my plane just arrived....:)Tell me what I **need** to see & do...
We are in lent. Worldwide, mostly Catholics, are in a 40 day period of penance in order to prepare themselves spiritually for Holy Week. This is a weird season for Evangelical Christians in Guatemala and most of Latin America....
The AEC Independent Film Series continues with the French drama The Class. Directed by Laurent Cantet. Story and screenplay by Francois Begaudeau. Synopsis: Teacher and novelist Francois Begaudeau plays a version of himself as he negotiates a year with his racially mixed...
Back in 2000, I remember going along (thoughtlessly) with the line that there wasn’t a hair’s breadth between the two American political parties, and that it didn’t matter much who you voted for.
When GWB started his campaign of crap...
We saw this story a couple of weeks ago.
But we didn’t know it went national…
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We recently completed and mailed out Tebow’s birth announcements. Here’s an image of the front and back of the printed announcement.
We’ve gotten pretty favorable responses from friends and family. The most asked question is, “Did you get this idea from...
The Hamilton County Board of Education voted to close 21st Century Academy and Howard Middle as well as merge McBrien and East Ridge Elementary Thursday evening. The vote comes after months of indecision among administrators and school board members...
Tonight on the way home from Atlanta, my iPhone battery died, leaving me without my 16GB of awesome music. Tired from a long night of video editing and a long day of travel and seminar-ing (plus a good dinner with...
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