The first time I saw her, the solemn look in her eyes flooded my head and heart with questions--Was she really as sad as she looked?Was she just camera shy?Is she happy?Does she know she is chosen?Pinki Roy has been...
I’m anxiously waiting for the returns from today’s Chattanooga city council election runoffs, and I keep trying to put up a a post, but I also keep getting interrupted. So, until I manage to find a block of time, here’s...
Monday, April 20, Andrae McGary, Peter Murphy, and Deborah Scott will be sworn in as new Chattanooga City Council members in Districts 8, 9, and 1, respectively. The unofficial results from today’s runoff election were posted this evening by the...
Larry King defends CNN & Ted Turner against Ashton Kutcher's challenge for the 1,000,000th follower. Apparently "boys and their toys" has gone tech geek :).
For all my friends in real life I've introduced to Twitter? You're welcome ;)...
I finally got all our pictures from our February trip to Costa Rica uploaded here. Disclaimer: we weren't just lying around on the beach, pura vida-style. I was in Spanish classes every day (my job partially subsidized the trip for...
Good Lord. Today on Tennessee’s House floor, came these pearls of wisdom from Repub Eric Watson. While debating the slavery apology issue, Watson referred to Hispanics as Hispaniels, Asians as the Yellow man, and then tries to tell...
There has been personal drama abound in my life of late and I am in desperate need of a distraction. I've decided to throw my energy into couponing. Yep, that's right: couponing. I'm ashamed to admit that, until last week,......
needs you to sign their petition to give to their Governor (former RNC Chairman) Haley Barbour. You see, Haley is trying to pull a political stunt similar to Gov. Sanford in South Carolina, by trying to deny unemployment insurance...
Those marks were bioturbation - or in plain English, fossilized worm tracks. The rock was shale - I believe it was from the Chattanooga Shale that underlies much of Eastern Tennessee and was laid down during the Devonian - when...
I will never understand ‘em.
The science guys tell me that the gravity is so strong that even light can’t escape from them but now scientists are watching gas and light pour out of one.
I am sure there is a perfectly logical explanation that...
Check this out. It's part funny, part true, part offensive. Click on it to enlarge and read he text this is a Good Housekeeping article from 1955 and I've had it emailed to me a few times.What I do like...
The project has been a huge success so far! A worker in the White House mail room has confirmed the delivery of more than 2.25 million red envelopes! Million!I know that many of us were a part of the...
Now, to put this in context…I listen to ESPN on the radio (1370 AM locally for those of you that are interested) and it comes in just a little bit louder than the Rap station that is right next to...
Part III of Ben Witherington’s critique of Bart Ehrman. Needless to say, I still haven’t read the book. Part III does seem to be the most damning, though. Some salient points:
When it comes to the issue of...
we’ve been too busy living life to comment much about it lately, but here’s some random updates:
-baby Selah is 4 months old now and working on a couple teeth already. she loves to smile and laugh and is still generally...
There are few more compelling ways to present data than in chart form. Baseball, with its endless stream of numbers and lengthy season, presents ample opportunities to share data, so I’m going to try a new series called the “Braves...
This weekend was a bit of a whirlwind, and I’m not talking about all the nasty weather that blew through the southeast. This weekend this:
became this:
Aunt Stina married David and now we have a new Brother-in-law/ Uncle, one new nephew,...
{Singing "Annie" in my most impressive imaginary theater voice...} " When I'm stuck with a daaaaay, that's graaaay, and cloudy..."
Sticking out my chin will get me no where FAST, but slide into my bunny slippers and all is well with...
Chattanoogans in three city council districts will go to the polls today to decide between runoff contenders. Chattarati reported that early voting was extremely light in this election. Though it is not expected that today will see a huge change in...
This editorial is, naturally, a collaboration between Chattarati editors John Hawbaker and David Morton.
Last week, John Shearer wrote a feature story on Ruth Holmberg, granddaughter of Adolph Ochs and longtime publisher of the Chattanooga Times. While discussing the competition and...
One way to do green energy right.
Angelomorphic Christology (pdf)
More links from the Two Powers blog discussing angelomorphic Christology
Creating Jesus: How Jesus became a God - April DeConick asserts that Jesus was not considered co-equal with the Jewish God during his...
Since I just spent a few days in California with the family which included a trip to Disneyland...I started wondering...What are the...Top Three most visited Theme Parks in North America3. Disneyland, CA--went for the second time last week and I...
James somehow got it into his head that Easter was pronounced Ooster. He also quickly figured out that Ooster and candy go together, and the beach.... that's right, we spent Easter weekend in Florida with Joe and Darcee. ...
It’s also been intersting the past few days due to the lack of electricity that we’ve had due to bad storms and lots of trees in our area. The first 28+ hours we didn’t have a generater hooked up, but...
This morning Lavender walks straight up to me in the kitchen and proudly proclaims "I love the painting with the trees where the animals live!"It took me about a million years to figure out the great mystery... she was...
I haven’t gotten much sleep the past few nights due to contractions. Yes you heard me, contractions. It’s WAY too early - but this time around I’ve had less issues with preterm labor than I did with Meg. So I’m...
The time has come. It is now time again to speak with our vote and not just our voice. We came to this place this past March, only to learn the mark was a little further than what we first...
First the original ad, created by the forces of wing-nuttia, or the National Organization for Marriage (Oh, the gays! If they can get married, then my life will be ruined!!!! And the sky is falling!!!):
And then came the truth…
CNN weighs...
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