Approximately one month after moving into a small church below Signal Mountain, the Union Gospel Mission faces zoning and building code violations from the City of Chattanooga.
Tuesday, City Attorney Mike McMahan asked the City Council to authorize a lawsuit against...
Well, I feel compelled to post something in an attempt to get back into daily posting. I have my reasons.
In an effort to help, I decided to join in this meme that usually occurs on Tuesday (hence the name,...
It is always nice to have visitors to entice a mom to clean up a bit. It wasn’t quite “Mother-in-law” clean… oh, who am I kidding. My house is never MIL clean. But I got some cleaning done and felt...
Do you have gym buddies? I am not talking about the person you go to the gym with, I am talking about people you always see in the gym. There are always on the same treadmill. You say hi to...
sen·tence
n. 1. A grammatical unit that is syntactically independent and has a subject that is expressed or, as in imperative sentences, understood and a predicate that contains at least one finite verb.
A couple of months ago I was teasing...
Be careful around that soccer mom sitting next to you. She may just be a trained killer. Courtesy of the Stiletto Spy School, ordinary women around the country are channeling their inner Bond girls -- learning everything from hand-to-hand combat to...
Post Politics blogger A.C. Kleinheider, writing his weekly column in the Nashville City Paper, wonders if the Tennessee Senate might become populated with a few more "extreme" members after this year's special election in District 31 and next year's regular...
About two weeks ago I went to a wedding of some old friends. It was strange for me seeing them for the first time, really, since high school in all their finery and in front of all their friends and...
if you’ve read the last couple posts, you may have discovered that Michelle is now on board (again) and we’re planning on having this space be a place to record some of our homeschool adventures. we’re all quite excited. I’ll...
I got one today including a picture of a tobacco smoke enema kit (thanks, Dan!). Wikipedia doesn’t confirm that this is the origin of the phrase “Blowing smoke up [one's] [butt]“… but the e-mail claims that is true.
This one...
for the health insurance and pharma companies on national t.v. during prime time! Yeah! Thanks Keith Olberman for following the money trail on the corrupt and sleazy folks in the Senate and Congress. This is a must...
So, I get this email JUST NOW that tells me I've GOT TO MOVE FURNITURE THAT WEIGHS 10 TIMES MORE THAN ME because the carpet people are returning to fix the waves that are now rolling in our year-old carpet...
One of our favorite clients are the Finnegans. Not because they come visit us a couple times a year, but because they have such a fun family. Three beautiful little girls and Martin and Janelle just take it all in...
As the summer's bounty flows in I've been busy in the kitchen preserving anything and everything I can. I feel like a squirrel busily storing up for the winter months so my family can have yummy food all winter....
Guevara con Castro. BTW, when I say "American" I mean, South, Central, and North America. Question: how did socialist ideas capture the popular political mind in the Americas? I have no idea. But socialistic ideas have sadly become the starting point from...
Hamilton County Residents Against Annexation organized a standing-room only forum at Westview Elementary yesterday evening. County officials attended the meeting to answer questions and voice opposition against the city’s annexation plans.
Kyle Holden, HCRAA organizer, writes on his website that he’s...
Ok, not really but if it were actually possible (i.e, I had no school loan debt). I'd seriously consider it. I was there for about 9 days spending most of my time in Guayaquil (the nation's largest city) and a few...
This conga player is amazing. Anybody know who he is? As you can see in this music there is a strong conversation happening between the bass line and the congas. As my one friend says, "in salsa, the bass is...
I was introduced to Tony Vega walking around in Ecuador. Quality salsa!!! There's no way to remain seated after this line starts: "Pobre payaso, rie por no llorar" ...
Apparently, the AP has copyrighted words written by AP staff writer Founding Father, Thomas Jefferson that argue against the notion of intellectual property under natural law. That’s just rich.
Off topic, and before the AP copyrights them, I...
Chicago was great. I haven’t had much luck with wifi this summer, though, so once again, I have a lot of catching up to do! I also have tons of photos — hopefully I’ll get to the processing some time...
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