You are a leader. Do you realize that?You are definitely a leader. You have followers. You might not see them walking right behind you, or staring at you waiting for you to give them orders, but they are listening and...
What does it mean to make a difference?This phrase usually implies having an impact on something for good. But have you ever thought about the fact that you make a difference no matter what you do? No matter what you...
http://chattanoogan.com/articles/article_103885.asp http://www.chattanoogan.com/articles/article_82008.aspAlso published in the Tuesday, March 27, 2007 edition of The Chattanooga Times Free Press letters to the editor.Regardless of your political affiliation, it must be accepted that we are engaged in a struggle with Islamic extremism. It is...
This pretty lady is Heidi Chapin. She is a St. Elmo resident and the champion behind getting our playground built. She is the one who has dealt with the city, rallied the neighbors, and been point person with Learning Structures....
It’s been four long weeks since the conclusion of 1776, and my life is finally getting back in order. I’m once again nearly caught up with work.
That’s not to say that 1776 took up so much of my time that...
In a revival event for the Main street area, here in Chattanooga, there will be a sculpture unveiling on the 30th next Friday put on by Allied Arts . The opening reception goes from 3:30 to 5:30, afterwards there...
Michelle was featured in this news report about our new playground. she’s famous! and yes, we’re very excited about the new playground, only a block from our house. for those who are around, feel free to stop by (and use...
"I have nothing to say about Star Wars. To the extent that I have written about movies, it has been because I felt there was enough of art (or the attempt at it) in some films to justify the effort...
What an awesome day working on the St. Elmo playground. Both Alli and Andy have some great pictures up of the volunteer framing crews at works. It's only day one, which was supposed to be a "manpower light" day, and it...
The 5:30 top story on WRCB was the St. Elmo playground build. I just uploaded the video to YouTube so it may take a bit before the video's ready to be viewed. Alli has also uploaded more photos to our St....
About an hour after I posted yesterday I went downhill fast. The entire left side of my face started to throb, my teeth even ached and the amount of crap coming out of my nose was increasing by the minute....
One of the first few things that ever bothered me about Ubuntu — back when I was still playing around with the 6.10 Live CD — were the little details like buttons, radio buttons, drop down menus, text fields, and...
Today we have a movie meme from Meredith. Since I have been to the movies a grand total of 4 times since I graduated from college in 2001, this should be loads of fun!1. Name a movie you have...
During a speech on the House floor on Thursday, Rep. Dennis Kucinich (D-OH) declared that "impeachment may well be the only remedy which remains to stop a war of aggression against Iran." The 2004 presidential candidate, who is running again...
The beautiful Florida Trail inside Eglin Air Force Base On Sunday March 18 I took a few minutes to sit down and chat with Florida Trail Association member and volunteer Tom Daniel. Tom is active with the Western Gate and...
Last week I added a blog entry about a pair of Killdeer that were nesting here at my office for the fourth year in a row. On Tuesday evening I returned from Florida to find that the grass had...
When my husband was in the hospital 4 years ago with a ruptured apendix, he had the cutest, sexiest little nurse you can even imagine. Her name was Bianca and she looked very exotic. Perfect skin, great body - the...
Secretsofsurvival.com has an interesting theory about the president of Gambia's recent revelation about an AIDS cure. Curing AIDS is a pretty big miracle. I think maybe the anti-christ will save that one for himself. ...
A new pastor was visiting in the homes of his parishioners. At one house it seemed obvious that someone was at home, but no answer came to his repeated knocks at the door. ...
Well, apparently a lot of people are still reading the blog, because several of you emailed me to find out how my presentation went this week to members of Oxford’s C.S. Lewis Society. If I can create this much anxiety and...
NBC's Late Night with David Letterman -- if you never saw it -- was the crazier, more spontaneous, and, some would say, funnier precursor to the current Late Show with David Letterman on CBS. While I love both, Late Night...
Build Day 1: Team Captain, one of many Originally uploaded by CrumleyFamily. Here is my man, ready to get building on the St. Elmo playground. I was so excited about today that I...
I’ve been following the investigation of the dismissal of the 8 U.S. attorneys for the last week as have many Americans. These are some videos of different people discussing the issue and why it is important. I watched a Glenn...
So, I'm browsing through the March 2007 issue of Men's Health flipping past a Jerome Bettis add for whey protein and I see an article about a pastor. A pastor? Christians in Men's Health? Wait, a Christian concerned about diet...
Is George Bush delusional? No, that question is not an attack on his intelligence. Nor is it a criticism of some bizarre new position he has taken with regard to the affairs of state – although, as it happens, he...
Hank on flickr.com (view the whole set) A bunch of us Chattanoogans headed over to Savannah for the St. Patrick's Day festivities last weekend. Brady and Kristen King graciously hosted all 17 of us (including little Henry Ferris)! We......
It's been a fun 3.5 years, but it's time to move on. After I attended a breakout session on local blogs last week at the Politics Online conference, I realized how behind-the-times I was with my blog.Tuesday night, I set...
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