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A Few Clouds ~ High: 48°F ~ Low: 29°F Friday, Feb. 10, 2012 |
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Blog Action Day
Posted Tuesday, October 14, at 4:22 PM Came across this by way of an email subscription to a news service. Thought it might interest some of the folks on this site. Access the news item here and the Blog Action Day web site here...
Photo Finish Well, it has finally happened to me. Yesterday the mail brought a letter from the SafeStreets program in M'boro. It showed a series of pictures taken by an automatic traffic camera: an intersection at two separate moments, and a close-up of a license plate. ...
Us and Them "Down and out; it can't be helped but there's alot of it about" Roger Waters and countless artists and philosophers before him have struggled to reconcile two immutable but paradoxical phenomena: the inevitable unification of mankind, and his stubborn willingness to allow war, schism, and the corruption of religion to impede unity...
Best Book Ever Written I was a subscriber to a little auto-delivery book service called the 100 Greatest Books Ever Written. I have, on my shelves, and mostly unread (sadly) these books. The standards are all there: War and Peace, Anna Karenina, Pride and Prejudice, Robinson Crusoe, the Greek tragedies, Plato, etc. But who decided these were the Greatest Books ever?...
Bait and Switch, or Here Goes Again Today I learned that Michael Vick will get to retain the bonus money given to him by the Atlanta Falcons when he signed the contract to be their quarterback...amounting to double digit millions of dollars. So...Michael Vick is made a scapegoat by violating a questionable law (my opinion regarding this is well-documented in a previous blog) that is violated by many others daily, and goes to jail. ...
The Greatest! What a game it was! Eli Manning, on the shoulders of one of the greatest defensive efforts ever, has taken the Giants to victory over the "unbeatable" Patriots! And how about that 30 yard catch and "unsack"! Super Bowl XLII is in the books, and certainly one of the Greatest Super Bowls ever...
The Greatest? Well, today is the big day. Arguably the greatest professional football quarterback will helm what could be one of the greatest teams in NFL history in Super Bowl XLII. The Patriots will cement their status as a dynasty with a victory. But, what a great story - the greatest - if young Eli Manning, downtrodden, inexperienced, frustrated quarterback of the Giants at midseason, can engineer one of the greatest upsets in Super Bowl history...
Discipline Bedford County is bristling with the "School Attire" debate, and I would like to take this opportunity to express my thoughts on this important issue. It is important because it is about more than just what the students wear, it is about attitude - respect - discipline...
Doctor's Bills; a Primer This is not an editorial. I am just taking a few moments to let folks know about how a Doctor (not a Hospital - that is a completely different story) bills patients. First, some history. In the old days, not so long ago, Doctors would come into town, put up a shingle, and begin a practice of caring for his patients and their families. ...
My Appendix Exploded!! I think it is time we had a crash course on that famous anatomic and diagnostic enigma, the appendix. The appendix is a muscular tube the diameter of a standard pencil and of variable length located at the very beginning of the colon, where the small intestine dumps our unneeded food goo so that poop can be formed. It has no known critical function. You can find a picture of it here...
OK, Here Goes... At the risk of being more controversial than I would like, please allow me to express my thoughts on the subject of life, pets and "animal cruelty". Some preliminary declarations: I own and love an Italian Greyhound named Spike and a house cat named Socks; I am allergic to cats (o my if I rub my eyes after petting Socks!), but i am willing to make this sacrifice for my children and our cat...
Government Shutdown, So What? I heard somewhere the a state in our Union was having budget troubles, and all government offices had to shut down until a budget could be approved by the ruling body. Before this, partisan officials announced the the other party was impeding progress in the "budget talks" and leading the state to a government shutdown STATE OF EMERGENCY (emphasis mine)...
Healthy Talk About Health Care...Part Two On a blog posted earlier, a solicitation was made for comments on what is needed at our new hospital. I think this is a great idea and I encourage folks to do this, both here on the blogs and with Hospital personnel. Speak out folks! Now is the time to have your voices heard about the place we should ALL call OUR hospital!...
Baseball or Football? The Dallas Cowboys scored ten points in the third quarter to defeat the Baltimore Ravens 30-3 in a lopsided preseason game this past Wednesday...err...ummmmm....wait, there was no football game played this Wednesday? Holy cow, it was a baseball game!...
Wild Hogs Not a very flattering thing to call someone, eh? Not words that a respectable person would want emblazoned across the back of their jacket, hmmm? Webster's Dictionary defines "hog" as: "1. any of various wild and domestic swine", and "2. a selfish, gluttonous, or filthy person"...
Heroes I know little to nothing about mining. My exposure to the effects of mining on a person's health has only been in my office. I have seen John Sayles' modern movie classic "Matewan", depicting the corruption rampant in the early days (not so long ago) of mining in West Virginia...
It's HOT! Some things I have noticed about the weather and other atmospheric phenomena since moving to Middle TN: 1. In one week, there will be at least 6 brilliant sunsets regardless of the weather. 2. Weather forecasts tend to be pretty accurate. I guess this is because we are not near a large body of water. Lake Erie and the Gulf of Mexico seem to give meteorologists nightmares...
The Blogtor Is In Welcome to my new office. Have a seat. Relax. There are no forms to fill out. You need not show any ID or proof of insurance. There are never any co-pays here. You can say what you want, when you want to say it. And you don't even have to wait until your appointment! In fact, I don't make appointments for this office. The waiting room is the whole World (Wide Web)...
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Photo Finish
Us and Them
Bait and Switch, or Here Goes Again
Best Book Ever Written
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