I loved the April's Fool's PSAs from NBC's The Office this week. This was my favorite: Office relationships: the good, the bad, and the very, very ugly. An April Fool's message from your friends at The Office....
Had some discussion and disagreement tonight with my instructor about learners. What started from a thread on adult learning theories--which I know very little about and think I mostly disagree with, led to the idea of espert learning, which...
It was one year ago today that Terri Schiavo died, ending what most people recognize was an embarrassing political and media circus. Instead of letting the poor woman rest in peace, one of America's most disgusting and immoral opportunists is...
The very best of sources? Master plan to rule the world, really? And why do I even bother? The very best of credibility. Ha! Oh, I cannot ,go check it yourself, here. ...
I haven't written a good "On this day in history" post in a while, and have allowed our engagement anniversary to pass by. No worries, friends, I'll do some serious backblogging, but first I must post some of my...
1. The Flaming Lips- At War With The Mystics Not out until Tuesday, I managed to get myself a couple listens. Completely outstanding. Blows Yoshimi away and the only other Lips album comparible to Soft Bulletin (although for the record I...
Still working on the official press releases for all these, but we've knocked out a slew of sites at work in the last few weeks that I'm proud of, so here you go: Clumpies Ice Cream - Paul @ Widgets did...
Description of Ad Hominem Translated from Latin to English, "Ad Hominem" means "against the man" or "against the person." An Ad Hominem is a general category of fallacies in which a claim or argument is rejected on the basis of some irrelevant...
[Please note: Once again, these are words written to myself. They are not meant to be paradigmatic. They are simply an errant exploration of one man, and a sinner.] There was a man in the land of Uz whose...
sweet sleeping baby Notice all of the stickers on Caleb's shirt...he loves when we get return address labels for free in the mail. Caleb decides to share his blankie with his crying baby sister who isn't feeling well...
This is riveting. Talk about communication breakdown. I recall a high school history teacher who once said, "Communication with each other is one of the hardest things for humans to do." ...
Venezuela is to embark on their own investigation of 9/11 to prove allegations of an alleged coverup. I don't think there's any comment that can be made that would increase the hilarity of the above statement....
Yesterday, the Hamilton County Democratic Party opened the Olan Mills II American Democracy Center, the new headquarters for the Hamilton County Democratic Party. At the same time, we proclaimed that we are proud Democrats. In opening the Democracy Center, we...
We Americans can be pretty self-centered. We sometimes think that we have all the answers or that our way is the best or only way. Sometimes we think that we are the only ones sacrificing. Today I...
Shaun has been working on this piece over the past few weeks. It was inspired by his contemplations on some of the deeply painful things that a number of friends have been through over the past year. This...
Julia is one!! We survived the first year, phew. So long to bottles, rear facing car seats and frequent doctors visits. Bring on the walking, sibling rivalry and tantrums!! Julia really has been such a joy to us and we're so...
At last a guy has taken the time to write this all down Finally, the guys' side of the story. (I must admit, it's pretty good.) We always hear "the rules"From the female side. Now here are the rules from...
I'm going to take a quick break from the ducks and geese of Fall Creek Falls, because this beautiful bird just fell into my lap this week. There I was, groggily brushing my teeth one morning and I glanced out...
From Fr. Georges Florovsky's Scripture and Tradition: II This approach to the problem of Scripture and tradition is itself traditional. In fact, it was the approach of the ancient church. St. Irenaeus and St. Basil were appropriately quoted in the Russian Catechism....
Flaming Lips streaming At War with the Mystics from their site. Watch the video for the "The Yeah Yeah Yeah Song." Album comes out Tuesday, 4/4. I predict there will be lots of haters on this album. Too bad so sad....
As Josiah Roe and Matt Gillikan have reported, Al Plantiga, Professor of Philosophy at the University of Notre Dame, is in Chattanooga lecturing at Covenant College for the weekend. Here are my notes from his first talk, "Evolutionary Psychology...
I went to hear Al Plantinga at Covenant College last night, and while I grasped most of what he was saying, I realized that the way my brain works is not totally in tune with the way a philosopher's brain...
I am truly grateful for good health, but I have an even greater appreciation of and thankfulness for good health after being sick for a week. I don't want to take good health for granted, you know? Feeling good is a...
Tuesday, April 4th will be the busiest day of the year so far for Chattanooga Democrats! Mark your calendars for all these important events! The Billy Long Campaign Headquarters Grand Opening is on Tuesday, April 4 from 4-8pm. The location...
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