Monthly Archive for July, 2005

Love In Action Co-Founder: “My Ministry Shatters Lives”

In a press release dated yesterday, the co-founder of the minstry that runs teen “ex-gay” boot camp says group shatters lives and can cause suicide.

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Friday Creature

More babies! The mourning dove that lives in the bush behind my office has returned to her nest and this time she has two chicks! (I cropped the hell out of the photo to zoom in on the little guys — if you’re a photo-purist, sorry ’bout that.)

I’m really looking forward to spending the weekend at home for a change. It’s been a while since I’ve had the house in order and a looong time since my inbox was caught up, so I plan on staying in for the most part, but perhaps I’ll see some of you at the TennCare Vigil on Sunday evening. In the meantime, have a good weekend (don’t miss the other creatures on the ark!).


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The War ON Terror…

Jeff over at Connections raises some interesting issues and asks some important questions about our War of Terror. After you read it, please pass the link along…

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Candlelight Vigil

719,000 Tennesseans are losing their healthcare!

Concerned Chattanoogans are meeting at Miller Park for a vigil on Sunday, July 31 at 7:30 p.m. Please bring a candle and signs.

Please come and show you care about healthcare!

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Local Radio News

There’s all kinds of stuff going on over at SCO’s message forum. Citadel dumped Gary Poole and apparently is promising more modifications. At least a couple of stations are undergoing format changes, and there’s all kinds of unsubstantiated gossip — it looks like this summer is going to be quite the transition for local radio…

UPDATE: plus, it looks like the AirAmerica rumors are proving to be true. I don’t have a link yet, but a couple of Chattabloggers are reporting the news. Welcome to Chattavegas, Mr. Franken!

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One Year

A year ago today, I made my first real blog post.

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Back


(And wow — it’s HOT here!)

I spent the weekend up in/around Wheeling, WV for a family gathering complete with lots of relatives, kids, games and contests — including a belly-flop event. Two of the contestants (right and below) attempting to make the biggest splash were my brother and my cousin (both of whom were bested by a little girl who will be starting the first grade in the fall).

More later…


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Friday Creature

One more photo from Italy. This is a turtle that was living in a pond at Hadrian’s Villa outside of Rome.

Have a great weekend, folks. I wish I could say more, but I’m in a rush — I’m getting ready to pop out of town real quick… I’ll be back soon! (Say hi to the critters on the ark for me.)


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Roberts

He’s a disappointing choice for a lot of reasons. But, determined to find something nice to say about the guy, I did a bit of digging and happily found something pretty quickly: he’s a Buffalo Bills fan. :-)

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Is Al Franken Headed for Chattanooga?

That’s what the rumormill suggests.

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