My office started a bowling team to bowl in the local industrial bowling league. I haven't bowled to speak of since I was in my early twenties but this sounded like an activity that would get me out of a rut I've been in lately so I joined. League play starts tonight ( Read more... )

Since I can't view this at work through our firewall I wanted to have a reminder of the link somewhere.

[Listening to: Killer Queen - Queen - Greatest Hits (03:00)]

There is a lake in our neighborhood that was created by damming up a little stream that combines with another little stream about a half mile away to form the Yellow River. A neighbor of mine and I have talked about taking our canoes down that little stream and see how far we could go in a day. Richard Grove is taking that musing a little farther. ( Read more... )

Okay, I really can't say that I'm surprised but Brian Nichols is pleading innocent. This man alledgedly overpowered a Fulton County Georgia Sheriff's Deputy in the courthouse, somehow got her gun, put her in the hospital, shot and killed the judge who was presiding over his trial and his court reporter, shot and killed a Fulton County Georgia ( Read more... )

cerebus151 pointed out this quiz. Well, I'm a sucker for these quizes. However, this one had me disagreeing with both answers they gave for about half the questions. Here's my results.

Your Political Profile

Overall: 80% Conservative, 20% Liberal

Social Issues: 100% Conservative, 0% Liberal

Personal Responsibility: 75% Conservative, 25% ( Read more... )

Back in March I told y'all the story about my day in court. Well, I got a letter from my attorney yesterday. My new court date is June 17th. Hopefully this will conclude this business and everyone can get on with their lives ( Read more... )

It looks like Atlanta is going out to find itself and spend $15 million in the process of doing so. Atlanta is a very diverse town so it's not going to be easy to find a way to succinctly convey that diversity in a single brand and I'm not sure that it's as necessary of a thing to do as the story would lead us to believe ( Read more... )

Both of my sons were born this month. My oldest turned 21 this past thursday while my youngest turns 16 on the 26. We are taking them to Cancun at the end of the month. In the meantime my yard is blossoming out with shrubs growing and weeds appearing and I've got a dozen things I need to get done at work ( Read more... )

I've got to travel back home to Chattanooga after lunch today for a viewing at a funeral home this afternoon and to be a pallbearer in a funeral tomorrow. This is such a tragedy on more levels than I feel comfortable talking about on this weblog but I do want to address one thing, some people can't be trusted to live in society.

Andrea Justice was ( Read more... )

Real Live Preacher talks to his daughter, or maybe I should say listens to his daughter at Starbucks. His story is interesting and has some good advice for being a listener when your children talk to you.