The DC Circuit has voted 2-1 to overrule a ban on handguns within the District that has been in place since 1976. The dissenting judge seemed to think that because DC isn't a state that the 2nd Amendment doesn't...
A herd of buffalo can move only as fast as the slowest buffalo, and when the herd is hunted, it is the slowest and weakest ones at the back that are killed first. This natural selection is good for the...
My baby walks! Hooray! Ok, so I've been told that this is going to mean that as parents, we're going to be chasing her all over the place and trying to keep things out of her reach. Oh well - it...
So after hearing about it for a few years, I finally decided to try EVE Online. It's spring break, I figure now's as good a time as any. It's an MMORPG set in deep space, and the backstory,...
In 2006, Richard Louv was the Keynote Speaker at the 2006 National Association for Interpretation Workshop in Albuquerque, New Mexico. Louv is the author of Last Child in the Woods. To view an excerpt from his talk, please launch the...
My niece and nephew on the trail to Lost Lake in Colorado Today I received an email from Orion Magazine. I receive them about every other month since I subscribed to their electronic newsletter. Orion in my opinion, is...
From Soma.fm "The Copyright Royalty Board has announced new copyright licensing fees for internet radio stations. The new fees are a staggering increase over our previous annual royalty rate of about $22,000 to over $600,000 for 2006. And the fees are...
I would be if I were you. I am in Savannah and I love it! I got in around 2 PM and haven't really done anything but check my email and watch a little TV. As I mentioned in my...
this picture was taken last week. aidan's class walked over to the downtown library to celebrate the cat in the hat's 50th birthday. the kids learned a lot about dr. seuss, read several of his books, and were...
Little darlin' it's been a long cold lonely winter Little darlin' it feels like years since it's been here Here comes the sun, here comes the sun And I say it's all right Little darlin' the smiles returning to their...
Nashville or bust! I'm heading out tomorrow morning for a visit to Nashville and my favorite cousin Valerie who just got a design job there and is settling in. I'm so appreciative and excited about the time away to have...
Coptix just rolled out a new website for Chattanooga printing firm Diversified Companies. Mark designed the site, which drew from Diversified's *cough* diverse mix of artisan and digital printing technologies. It made for some interesting contrasts. Diversified was also kind enough to...
Omie, moi, caught a nasty chest cold (virus) around Valentine's Day, just a few days after her first grandbaby was born. So she met grandbaby on his birthday, but has been quarantined ever since his birth. :( ...
Some people worship celebrities. Some people follow the gossip or watch what celebs wear. I admire celebrities for their hair.Hair is a hard thing for me to pull off correctly. I can do make-up, and clothes are always something you...
It must be tough to be a hard-core Republican these days. They've been forced into some very uncomfortable contortions as they try to justify a pardon for Libby when their ferocious attempt to take down a president is still a...
A successful rancher died and left everything to his devoted wife. She was determined to keep the ranch, but knew very little about ranching, so she placed an ad in the newspaper for a ranch hand....
These geese, spotted recently at the Chattanooga National Cemetery, are probably just passing through town, on their way to points further north. The weather's been very nice here lately, and yesterday was an absolutely perfect day -- clear and sunny,...
Seabear is now officially my new favorite band. Traditionally, I will have a favorite band for a week or two, maybe even a month, before finding yet another newer favorite band. Papercuts was my old new favorite band, but now...
Damon has been getting lots of praise for his choice in hotel and the ease of riding the MARTA practically to the front door of the Georgia Dome. The hotel is cheaper than where we have stayed in the past...
I'm still here. I'm just working intensely on my screenplay, which I am about to start writing. I'm actually 85 percent done with the project—which is primarily about research and figuring out the order of events and scenes. Writing the dialogue...
My friend from college came to visit me a few weeks ago. It was so much fun to have Maria come all the way from PA to visit us. We had some fun girl times and some quality time out...
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