Today I finished a bonafide book. I book I read just for fun. I book that took several days for me to finish, but that is because of the two year old who kept asking me, "Wha do-in Momma? Wha...
A man has been quarantined for a vicious, drug-resistant strain of tuberculosis. I also heard about this on NPR. Area employers are preparing for a flu pandemic by asking workers to update their emergency contact info. (No link available...
my wife sue and her friend gloria mendonsa are opening up a flowershop in st elmo.it should open the first week of june. it is called making arrangements. they did wedding flowers this past weekend and the shop worked out...
Last night I posted about the resurrection of Christ, and about how I truly hope it really happened. I would venture to say today that, yes, I would even go as far to say that I believe it happened. Im...
Well, that didn't last too long. In the long line of household appliances and mechanical things to break, the VentoZip scooter is the latest tragedy. It was sold for parts to the repair shop that we took it too. Something about...
Have you ever been roped into doing something you'd just as soon have not done because someone convinced you that it would be "rewarding?" In my experience,the things that are described as being rewarding are seldom so. With the graduation of the...
It is time. This is post number 100. Sorry, no big party, no big layout change, really no big anything. Well that is kind of a lie. Today was the day i got...
It is hard to imagine an almost solid consensus of liberals, moderates, and conservatives all at once at anytime in American history than the one today against Bush's foreign policy. As Jonathan Freedland says in NY Review of Books: One...
Greater Chattanooga Democratic Women's Club will host a MINI SHOWCASE featuring the many programs, projects, centers, and events developed by the Chattanooga Education, Arts & Culture Department. Please join the Democratic Women on June 12 from 6 - 7:30 p.m....
As my time on vacation comes to a close, I think about how blessed I have been to see some beautiful places over this long weekend. It has also been neat to spend some quality time with my brother,...
While on vacation, I have both learned new words and heard some words I had been familiar with before used in context. Here are a few. haole: foreigner mahalo: thank you slippahs: flip-flops brah: bro/brother brudda: brother howzit: greeting similar to "How are you?"...
Well finally I am done with high school and all of the drama and bullshit! That's right I have finally graduated. I woke up Monday morning going, "Shit I'm late for school ." and slowly reliezed that I don't have...
Perched along the River Tagus, former Visigoth capital and eventual home to El Greco, Toledo is a cool little medieval town that's maybe not quite up to the heavy tourist traffic that comes through every day. The buses drop their tourists...
Since it was just our little family for Memorial Day, I wanted to make a special meal, resembling something celebratory. Holidays call for special meals, right? I bought steaks earlier in the week, corn on the cob, seasoned fries, and...
The new advertising line for fig newtons is "the cookie that thinks it's a fruit." The commercial is complete with fig newtons leaving their packaging to go hang out in the fruit bins of the store. And on the strawberry...
DSC_0080 Originally uploaded by April.Roe Memorial Day weekend was quite the smorgasbord of relaxing activities. Yesterday was BBQ / tubing on the river w/ D's boat at the Riverpark w/ a whole...
My most recent piece in the Detroit News. Tuesday, May 22, 2007 Why won't feminists protest misogyny in hip-hop culture? In April, misogynist rapper Akon was filmed in Trinidad simulating sex on stage at a concert with a teenage girl. Danah Alleyne, a pastor's...
We had such a fun weekend, it was hard to see it come to an end. This morning started with a bang by me shattering the coffee pot which caught on the loop of my robe and fell to the...
Fellas, this is the last post on this blog. World Magazine is changing its format in about 60 days and all of us Worldmag bloggers have to fine a new home. Tim Bayly, another World Magazine blogger, explains the details...
A Gore/Obama ticket will be tough for the Republicans to defeat and may be the Dems best shot. I'm not a democrat (or a republican) but there are the two reasons that I would vote in a democratic primary for Gore/Obama:...
Fellas, in the last few months I've received several messages and talked over the phone, and in person, with many you guys about your inability to find women who don't look like they just walked off the set of Little...
Ok, I had an awesome time in Jamaica. Chillin' with very close friends at an all-inclusive resort. Watch my buddy tie the knot and for the first time in months, I went several days without checking my e-mail or cell...
Why you NEVER share your chapstick! So, we had this great 10 year old cat named Jack who just recently died. Jack was a great cat and the kids would carry him around and sit on him and nothing ever bothered him. He...
The White House and the US Senate have reached a deal on an immigration bill that could give legal status to many of the 12 million illegal immigrants in the US. The proposal needs to be passed by both houses of...
Moral authority, which is our greatest source of strength, has been recklessly put at risk by this wilful president The pursuit of "dominance" in foreign policy led the Bush administration to ignore the UN, to do serious damage to our...
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