Saturn with Moons on 3/6/09
Saturn’s rings are nearly edge on right now and will be for months. If you look closely, in this image, you can make out as many as 5 moons (2 are easier than the others, they...
This past week, two relatively well-known Chattanoogans were killed by automobiles while traveling by motor scooter and bicycle, respectively. From the Chattanoogan, Tuesday, March 3: Ellen Pitman, 51, was critically injured after she was hit on her motor-scooter in the 3800 block...
Lunar Terminator on 3/6/09
I took a bunch of zoomed in shots of the Moon tonight and stitched them together into this panorama.
Here’s an example of the zoomed in shots. This one’s of Copernicus Crater:
Copernicus Crater on 3/6/09
I’m planning on staying...
If you don’t follow the far-far-right, the basic context is that they (of course) want Barack Obama impeached after 45 days in office, or they want to secede from the Union, or something equally feckless. Andrew Sullivan addresses the first...
Lie to Me will likely be a bit of a flash in the pan. It’s great at what it does, but lacks anything to keep it going once the universe of material it works from is quickly exhausted. Already...
This is the third installment of a four-part series on scouting the 2009 NCAA Tournament. Check out the intro, Part 1 (small conferences), and Part 2 (mid-majors).
Most of college basketball’s best teams play in one of six “power” conferences, also...
For my sake and yours, let’s take a break from politics and talk about the coolest new gadget on the market. The Amazon Kindle 2 is now available for purchase, and it definitely deserves the top spot on your birthday...
My dad and brother came to visit last weekend.They rocked us in bowling(My dad beat us all with 8 strikes) And they cooked us so Tempura and Soba dinner.It was a short visit, but was a good one. We...
Dave Flessner reports:
The jobless rate in metropolitan Chattanooga rose to 8.1 percent in January as 9,060 workers in the six-county metropolitan area joined the ranks of the unemployed over the past year.
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Already, eight counties in Southeast Tennessee and Northwest Georgia...
10 years after I wrote my thesis on "Stewardship and Transcendence: Two Key Biblical Principles of Economics" to obtain my B.A. in Economics from Francisco Marroquin University in Guatemala, a reporter from El Periodico, came across it as part of...
If we are truly to become accomplices as communicators with those who read our posts and listen to us speak in the building of His Kingdom, it is about time we consider some new ideas of what it means to...
In honor of today’s brilliance
Update: It has come to my attention that IE does not like the smallified picture above, so I’ve made it clickable. You’ll still have to mouse-over on this page, though, if you want the title-text....
Last month, the ever forward-thinking Chattarati crew started a fantastic monthly fundraising project wherein they pick a local non-profit and encourage everyone via the socialwebernets to give $5 to that org. Last month it was Girls Inc., and they managed...
This past Monday I was holding on to a little secret. We were expecting some special company, which meant we needed to have a clean house and I needed to be wearing something other than postpartum pajamas. Fortunately my house...
I know, you're looking for a much more management-oriented post than this one, but you'll have to wait til I get some breathing room. This is a quick note/hint/nudge/whatever to let you know that yes indeedy, font is important.You hopefully...
First Friday Five is a new project to organize one-day online fundraisers for local nonprofit organizations. Read on to learn about this month’s goal and how your $5 donation can help.
La Paz de Dios, a social service organization bridging the...
I read Slaughterhouse Five as a teenager. Reading it, even knowing that it was a highly fictionalized account of war, had more influence on my thinking about war than it should have. But time… as though I hadn’t daydreamed enough...
John Gruber called it yesterday, and David Morton (huge fan of the comic BTW) thinks Gruber’s right on the money.
Will the new Watchmen movie be as bad as the trailer implies? Does it matter? Will you watch it anyway?
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This from the Chattanoogan:
Former Chattanooga City Council Candidate for District 8, Dennis Milton Clark, said he is throwing his support to Andrae McGary for the post now held by Leamon Pierce.
Mr. Clark set a press conference in front of the...
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