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Quirky Is A Compliment » 11/19/08 A Little Whine With That Flurry?
Posted 15 minutes ago
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KnoxViews » Cyn Mobley to host Internet radio call-in show on publishing
Posted 35 minutes ago
Best-selling thriller novelist Cyn Mobley will host her first Internet radio call-in show on what it takes to get published on Thursday, Nov. 20, 2008 at 7 p.m. EST at Talkshoe.com. The link to the show is here: http://www.talkshoe.com/tc/32978 The show is set up so you can just listen in or you can call via Skype or a special phone ... [Link]

Camera Shy » Wing in our new house!
Posted 38 minutes ago
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BooksForKidsBlog » Running Free: Paint the Wind by Pam Munoz Ryan
Posted 48 minutes ago
Newbery winner Pam Munoz Ryan (for Esperanza Rising) returns to the American West, this time the high plains, in her latest novel, Paint The Wind."The only way to capture a ghost is to paint the tail of the wind." Maya's violet eyes widened, her voice breathless with conviction.With one hand, she picked up the small brown and white plastic horse ... [Link]

Dr Jim West » Still More on Zincirli
Posted 57 minutes ago
What, you ask, is Zincirli? Is it a new bio-fuel car being produced by America’s big three automakers in hopes of staving off their inevitable demise? Is it a new brand of hat that scholars will be sporting in Boston at the SBL? Is it a new holiday coffee at Starbucks? Surprisingly, it’s none of those things. Chip Hardy not ... [Link]

Instapundit » PROMISING CHANGE, PICKING INSIDERS? “President-elect Barack Obama promised the voters change but has…
Posted 60 minutes ago
PROMISING CHANGE, PICKING INSIDERS? “President-elect Barack Obama promised the voters change but has started his Cabinet selection process by naming several Washington insiders to top posts.” Hey, you can’t spell “change” without a D-A-S-C-H-L-E! [Link]

Instapundit » SAY WHAT YOU WILL ABOUT THE VOLOKH CONSPIRATORS, but I don’t really think they’re a bunch of crazed …
Posted 63 minutes ago
SAY WHAT YOU WILL ABOUT THE VOLOKH CONSPIRATORS, but I don’t really think they’re a bunch of crazed leftists. [Link]

No Silence Here » Sausage, pizza and taco balls
Posted 75 minutes ago
Would someone please block this site from my access. [Link]

Instapundit » MORE ON Eric Holder, fierce drug warrior.  Oh, goody.  You’d think that the Obama election would a…
Posted 78 minutes ago
MORE ON Eric Holder, fierce drug warrior.  Oh, goody.  You’d think that the Obama election would at least bring some relief on this subject, but noooo. . . . Also, here’s Larry Tribe’s criticism of the Elian Gonzalez seizure. [Link]

KnoxViews » Things to do in Knoxville Over Thanksgiving When You're Bored
Posted 81 minutes ago
So, I'll be in Knoxville for the holiday next week, Tuesday afternoon through all day Friday, leaving at the crack of early Saturday morning. Tuesday afternoon and evening, and much of Thursday, will be taken up with family stuff. (I get to see my nieces and nephews -- it will be nice to have a playmate on my level...) However, ... [Link]

KnoxViews » Burchett running for Knox County Mayor
Posted 86 minutes ago
Tim's all in. -- Schools. “My degree’s in education (from the University of Tennessee). Both my parents were career educators. The best people to run the schools are teachers and parents. That’s the basics.” -- Safe streets. “If the sheriff’s department does not have proper funding, crimes will occur.” -- Low taxes. “We have got to figure out how to ... [Link]

Dr Jim West » The Latest in the Review of Biblical Literature
Posted 89 minutes ago
A few noteworthy items include Bob Becking From David to Gedaliah: The Book of Kings as Story and History, Reviewed by Marvin A. Sweeney Roland Boer, ed. Bakhtin and Genre Theory in Biblical Studies, Reviewed by Timothy J. Sandoval Richard A. Horsley Scribes, Visionaries, and the Politics of Second Temple Judea, Reviewed by Lester L. Grabbe Paul Joyce Ezekiel: A ... [Link]

katie allison granju » a little family news
Posted 93 minutes ago
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Instapundit » A REQUEST:  If you see good commentary in college papers, send me a link.
Posted 105 minutes ago
A REQUEST:  If you see good commentary in college papers, send me a link. [Link]

Instapundit » THE ADVANTAGES OF SMALL BANKS.  ”According to FDIC data, the failure rate among big banks (those w…
Posted 113 minutes ago
THE ADVANTAGES OF SMALL BANKS.  ”According to FDIC data, the failure rate among big banks (those with assets of $1 billion or more) is seven times greater than among small banks. Moreover, banks with less than $1 billion in assets—what are typically called community banks—are outperforming larger banks on most key measures, such as return on assets, charge-offs for bad loans, ... [Link]

View From The Porch » Oh, wait...
Posted 114 minutes ago
So, someone just hit my blog searching for "mossy oak ribbons", and I thought "That would look awesome in my hair!" before I realized they probably meant the papery kind for wrapping Christmas presents... [Link]

Overtly Trite » what is up with fall break?
Posted 116 minutes ago
now you are going to change it? I have been a critic of fall break being a full week off in October since they started it two years ago. For my student is has been disruptive academically. And quite frankly it means I have to pay for childcare for a week in October, we don't have the money to jet ... [Link]

No Silence Here » A MSM omission of major proportions
Posted 2 hours ago
A media report out of Northeast TN notes air pollution in one of its counties is ranks as one of the worst in the state. The report does not mention Eastman Chemical's Tennessee Operations, which is with 7,000 employees one of the major employers in the state. That's akin to discussing air quality in East TN and not mentioning TVA. ... [Link]

Property Scope » DionasWhelchel project apparently linked to ex-Brave
Posted 2 hours ago
There's an interesting twist in the legal saga of local developers Ward Whelchel and Mike Dionas, whose troubles were outlined in this morning's KNS. A Florida project linked to Dionas and Whelchel apparently also has ties to some former professional athletes. The web site of DionasWhelchel Properties lists a development project in Panama City called The Villas At Suncrest. In ... [Link]

No Silence Here » Home-schooling parents are a political force
Posted 2 hours ago
And in my experience, many of them are are Libertarian leaning. [Link]