If President Bush doesn't make himself dictator it's only because he chooses not to do so, not because he lacks the means. Indeed, we are all walking the streets today at the pleasure of the two gentlemen in the White House...
Fuller had a playdate this morning with a little boy who is about 8 months older than him. I wanted to arrange this kind of playdate because I thought Fuller would benefit from hanging around someone who is developmentally ahead...
Bloggers vs. radio jocks vs. paper boys vs. tee vee anchors. In a weightlifting contest? An area fitness company is opening a new downtown location, and they are calling on some of the biggest egos in the whole town* to...
Good article on basic answers for how tech influences and enhances learning. My biggest argument would be, look how the world changed after the Gutenburg Press.Techlearning > > Eight More Reasons for Technology in Education > September 1, 2007...
Not sure exactly what normal for me is but today I went back to work . Man was it hard I honestly didn't realize how tired I would be until I came home and had to take a short nap...
I'm back to playing guitar in the Quiet Ones. John Herman has begun playing bass with us. This band has had three different bass players and they've all been named John. John Totten, John Miles and John Herman. ...
A special welcome to all of ye who may be new to dbloggable. After months of battle within my soul over my relationship with facebook, facebook has won. I decided today to leave my account ...
The older I get, the more I enjoy Saturday mornings. Perhaps it's the quiet solitude that comes with being the first to rise, or maybe it's the unbounded joy of not having to be at work. Either way, the...
1. i set my own hours
2. i get to bring my bird to the office
3. the office is a house
4. there is a johnny jumper and a pack -n- play in the office
5. as i set my own hours, i...
I stayed home from work today. I spent the night throwing up and not sleeping. Here's some backstory: In 1987, I was a freshman at Vanderbilt. One Thursday I went to the Rand Hall Cafeteria and had a burger and some...
I know there were alot people quaking with fear that a DLC democrat might, just might, take a principled stand against a popular view or issue.
Have no fear Berke has come down on the side of goverment having the final...
I've been wanting to start a feature here on the ole blog for a while -- one that involves sharing and discussing music. I would see it as something of a public service, as so many of you young'ens have...
I'm so proud of Amber for being part of the clothesline show. It was very exciting to see the artwork and the crowds that came through. It was a great success for the artists involved and those who enjoy art....
Sleep training is not as easy as the book says it is. Of course, our main problem is with naps and he admits naps are harder and that parent may just have to do whatever it takes to get the...
Chris Matthew's reaction is just priceless This is funny regardless of your political affiliation. Craig's an idiot and needs to get out of DC before he becomes any more of a laughing stock. ok that's my politcal post for the year...
The left gets tag for being for income redistrubution. Raymond Baker a hardcore capitalist points out some of the chicanery created by the corperate world.
He feels this is a threat to capitalism itself.
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The LA Magazine has a lengthy piece on an altercation between two Jewish public figures that occurred at UCLA a while back. It's apparently become something of a watershed event in the community, highlighting what seem to be increasingly...
Last night was another Schroeder's night. You can spend some time reminiscing about previous Schroeder's nights here and here. In addition to the entertainment provided by Adam, we also enjoyed (I use that term loosely) the Georgia-South Carolina...
Rolling Stone Magazine recently ran a story (listen to the journalist interview) about really, really angry working class white kids in the Boston area in the "hardcore" punk rock scene (August 23rd issue). Boston has one of the highest suicide...
Well the experts doubt the drop in violence. And according this article they cooking the books. We can expext to treated a full court press play that will attempt to reframe this war.
Here is how Ira Chernus thinks it might...
Apparently it's been a year since I entered the blog world. I thought about ending it since there are probably only so many pictures of my children people can stand to look at, and the musings of this stay at...
As our local paper noted the push more nuclear power, I saw this article.
This stood out. One of history’s most respected and revered medical and nuclear pioneers, Gofman’s research showed as early as 1969 that “normal” radioactive reactor emissions could...
I was reading our news aggregator and caught this edition of the Tn. Ticket.
Apparently JL has a tip that there have been social functions at Marti's 5th district residence with big wigs in attendance. As JL says;
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We took Diesel to the vet Saturday and he checked out fine. He weighs 76.2 lbs and the vet actually doted on him for being in such great shape. He said you can really tell he is well...
Sunday, I went to my first Bridal Show at the Chattanooga Convention Center. It was really fun and the food was wonderful. I ate probably a combined total of 1 piece of wedding cakes; made up from about...
We put a new video up a few days ago showing the main lobby of the hospital where Seth was born. If that's not enough, we even caught one of the elusive "split pants babies" on tape!...
For posterity: Our morning routine usually starts with Fuller knocking on his door to be let out for the day. (That sounds really bad, but the truth is he doesn't know how to open the door from his side.) I might...
We have a busy week ahead of us. Friday we fly to Florida and I have some things I want to get done before we leave. Tasks include taking the recycling to Warner Park (since we will be gone the...
I guess I should mention that with all the crafting going on, there hasn't been much crochet. My stuff got to be a mess and I got really discouraged with all the unfinished projects that I just put it all...
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