Well, it's official. Stephen proposed to Tacy this morning. They are offically engaged, and we are very happy for them. Tacy is a beautiful young woman--both outside and in. It's a joy to know she loves the Lord and has...
When I came home from work today, Fuller greeted me with alligator tears and loud wailing. Damon came around the corner and answered my unspoken question with, "We are having a battle of wills." Apparently Fuller wanted his sippy cup and...
The willingness to send others off to die for a misguided war because you wet your pants after 9/11 is called "cowardice" not courage.--Atrios (via AB, with a hattip to PR)...
I'm not done with the travelogue yet, but I'm going to take a break to bring you these news nuggets:Sigh. I'm not sure how much worse things have to become in Iraq before the dimwits that dreamed up the whole...
When Macey was back in Chattanooga a couple of weeks months ago, we reclaimed some quality time together we both had missed. One moment, a precious hour, of that was lunch. We went to a downtown Thai restaurant. We both...
Honor Elizabeth Wolf, first child of my loins, and offspring of fortuitous astrological convergences, was born whole, healthy, and pink upon the 12th day of April, 2006. Like my mother, Honor was born in the Chinese year of the dog, and...
When the New York Times writes about the Senate Race in TN and features Harold Ford, you know this is a hot contest. The story is here New York Times. "Tennessee could very well make or break...
This morning, from a cave somewhere in Pakistan, Taliban Minister of migration, Mohammed Omar, warned the United States that if military action against Iraq continues, Taliban authorities will cut off America's supply of convenience store managers. And...
Okay, then I suggest starting with the re-naming of several states. It wouldn't be fitting, after all, for The United States to have English as the only official language and still have so many states themselves named in other...
There are three pieces of pink paper sitting on our table. Three receipts of service from our friendly Comcast technicians. Further, each slip commemorates the arrival of a new DVR box into our home. Three pink pieces....
Michael Silence is back, and though his blog has been kept well by his friends, it's good to hear from the man himself. Check in on him, and while you're there, give him fodder for his next good KNS article on...
We've had quite the Movie Weekend. Last Friday we rented The Family Stone, which was a waste of money and time. Don't see it. Call me or email to get a fuller explanation. Sheesh. What...
Big Brother cameras: $265,000. Replacement brass nameplates identifying those who paid for their own toy bridge: $450. Protecting the right of the leisure class to stroll: priceless....
My good friend Stephen Beck just asked someone to marry him. And she apparently found this to be a pleasing question, responding favorably. You have chosen wisely, Tacy.Here's Stephen (left), alongside Josh a good Californian fellow who we spent time...
Why am I slightly surprised and, admittedly, titillated (like we're doing something wrong) when I walk into a church-people gathering and there's drinking? Last year, I went to a church gathering (elders invited us to a round table discussion of church's...
We all know that addiction is a very real and present danger in the world. People are addicted to alcohol, drugs, sex, Katamari Damacy* blah blah blah ad nauseum... But does internet addiction exist? A recent study from "Perspectives in...
Yep. Pretty much. Luke H. Swafford, the offender, got 11 months and 29 days. In related news, the City Council is considering the purchase of a $265,000 surveillance system to help combat theft and vandalism. ...
I am sadly back at work this morning, after a certain someone got on a plane heading far away from here. My shoulder is completely okay, it was only a mild nap related injury. I don't think I want to...
The Crimson. The elite Harvard Business School just accepted Bush's mint handler to enter its prestigous Business school. What is that you say, you have never heard of a mint handler? Ughh. He is the...
So here is the only picture I've been able to rescue from my phone. Will evenutally hack this thing so I don't have to pay $0.25 per image to Verizon to get them.. Coming soon: vacation pictures, with Bella...
Providence is, then, according to the God-bearing Fathers, the care that comes from God to the things that are. They also define it thus: providence is the will of God through which everything that is receives suitable direction. ...
To give up would be cowardly. Certainly it is justifiable, in light of circumstances. I merely contend that it is cowardly. But to those with better minds than mine, I leave the finer shades of a debate...
From the May 31, 2006 edition of The Pulse. Dear reader, let me let you in on a little secret: You are a reporter. Media outlets like ours trust you to consume our product, spend your money with our advertisers, tell...
Blogging, bloggers, blogosphere. One can’t shake a stick without stirring up a covey of blogs. We’re about to choke on blogs, but scarcely know what they are or, more to the point, what they do. While blogging’s...
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