This one is a real workout, so make sure you're stretched and hydrated. Wes Comer gives "Evangelicals for Mitt" the third degree about supporting a Mormon for national executive office (uh, that's of the country, not of some church, where it...
Did you catch the story of the weekend water balloon attack? You can start where I did, which was an odd story that popped up on Chattanoogan.com on Saturday. Okay, so there's that. If you want more, Stuart James...
I love this concept, because I also don't care if students remember everything I teach them. However, I do want them to remember some things. How do we delineate between critical pieces of info and nice to know...
Where do they get this stuff? And do they really think they're turning people's hearts in the proper direction? Are any of these people aware of the monster they're creating? (image recently spotted on postsecret) ...
So this is obviously about three weeks late, but we've been at home for a while and we've got one more week before we return to China. One month has been far too short a time to get all of...
I've now updated the placeholder Special Elections page to indicate the news that Oscar Brock announced today for District 10. I'm also assuming that Randy Russell and Arnold Stulce are out, since there is no longer any mention of...
Here's your chance to let someone know! Take the survey! More information about the survey and the project behind it can be found on the site's blog. Please take a few minutes and participate! (Also note that they are currently holding a bumper sticker...
After a call from this man, five police cruisers joined in the hunt for the Balloonabomber. The attack of the Balloonabomber strikes fear into the hears of the Eastlake Community in Chattanooga, Tennessee. A man armed with a water balloon...
A few links: Why the Rove Retirement? Is Jenna Knocked Up? (via PR) Yeah, maybe Bush feels like he can't win on this one -- he either errs on the side of saving the white people after he carelessly left the black people...
After an awkward moment, Mermen smoking and drinking
Scenes from a Distraught Man trying to cure his Diseased Warthog
Strong man tiptoeing with exotic animals to vase
See More of Michael’s drawings and prints here >>...
The final votes won't be counted for another 15 months, but the 2008 presidential campaign already seems to be wearing out its welcome with many Americans. When asked to sum up their impression of the early-blooming campaign in a word,...
or possibly forgotten, at least for the time being- it's especially fortunate timing considering the despicable heat we have endured these past few weeks....
When I travel with Fuller, I like to have the stroller with me in case his little legs give out when we are running around where ever. We have two strollers now, the "lightweight" one we usually keep in the...
If you haven't yet, please consider taking the quick survey over at CreateHere. I'm hoping they'll make the "My Other Car is a Boom-Trike" bumperstickers. ...
From (CNN) -- Atlanta Falcons quarterback Michael Vick has accepted a plea deal that could send him to prison, ending a federal dogfighting prosecution that jeopardizes his pro football career, his lawyers said. Vick will plead guilty to felony conspiracy next...
Earlier today, I was trying to explain to two co-workers that the Civil War is still being fought in the South. When you grow up near the location of three famous battles, you learn Civil War history through osmosis.
One summer...
"For me, history could only be a way of understanding and helping to change (yes, an extravagant ambition!) what was wrong in the world." -- Howard Zinn, "The Use and Abuse of History", in Declaration of Independence (New York,...
And it was a most Masterly stroke of Art To give Fizle Room to Act his part; For a Fizle restrain'd will bounce like a F--t, Which no Body can Deny, Deny Which no Body can Deny. But when it Escapes from Canonical Hose, And fly's...
Jon Butler, Becoming America: The Revolution before 1776 Harvard University Press (April 29, 2000) When I was a freshman at Covenant College, still deciding on a major, I enrolled in a course called "America in the Age of Revolution" or...
A blonde enters a store that sells curtains. She tells the salesman, "I would like to buy a pair of pink curtains." The salesman assures her that they have a large selection of pink curtains. He shows her several patterns, but...
LETTERS DEAR ABBY ADMITTED SHE WAS AT A LOSS TO ANSWER: Dear Abby, A couple of women moved in across the hall from me. One is a middle-aged gym teacher and the other is a social worker in her mid twenties....
Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press; or the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and to petition the government...
Story Highlights from CNN: # Illegal immigrant who stayed in an Illinois church for a year # Elvira Arellano wanted to avoid separation from her 8-year-old son # Immigration activists promise protests and vigils to support her # Anti-illegal immigrant groups say the...
abel catchin' a few moments with dad and his scooter before mark was off to the hill on wheels scooter ralley. i think that his reflection in the scooter is great!...
So I'm still on my consignment shopping high and thought I'd share the load I scored. Since I was a helper, I got to shop from 2-4 yesterday afternoon which was so worth it and a lot of fun (although...
the past few friday nights have been spent together at the passage, a trail of tears memorial located downtown next to the aquarium. the boys love playing in the water running over the steps as mark and i talk...
I was speechless and almost "done" when I heard this story this weekend. The conservative ideal of living as far away from brown peoples (blacks, Latinos, other immigrants) as possible is creating another generation of Bible-thumping white supremacists. It's a...
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