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AphexMandelbrot's Fun Depot » This journal was brought to you by: Formatting While Sick. (or, "TWO YEAR YEILDS DID WHAT.")
Posted 18 minutes ago
Holy shit.Goldman has gone BELOW their fucking IPO.That’s a decade’s-worth of growth for them down the tubes.Get on the motherfucking boat. No, Rose – Leo DiCaprio is fucking dead. Bitch, get back here! OH NO SHE HAS THE JEWEL OF THE SE-fuck i’m so sick i’m confusing metaphors.EVERYBODY DO THE BANK.=======“GMAC LLC, the financial arm of General Motors Corp., said ... [Link]

Ellen Smith for Oak Ridge » Oak Ridge is receiving a Safe Routes to School grant
Posted 20 minutes ago
There’s some great news this morning! The state has announced that  the city of Oak Ridge will receive a Safe Routes to School grant totaling $239,079 for sidewalk and crosswalk improvements, traffic devices, and signage near the Robertsville Middle School campus. The grant will also fund educational programs and promotional activities for middle school children, to encourage walking and biking ... [Link]

Quirky Is A Compliment » 11/19/08 A Little Whine With That Flurry?
Posted 27 minutes ago
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jonathanhickman.com » Loving this cold weather
Posted 30 minutes ago
I can’t tell you how happy I am that it’s finally getting cold again. On Tuesday, I awoke to discover snow on my car. Snow! I know a lot of people don’t like cold weather, and please believe me when I say I don’t love everything about it - dry skin, for instance, and short days - but I just ... [Link]

KnoxViews » Cyn Mobley to host Internet radio call-in show on publishing
Posted 47 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 50 minutes ago
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BooksForKidsBlog » Running Free: Paint the Wind by Pam Munoz Ryan
Posted 60 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 69 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 72 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 75 minutes ago
SAY WHAT YOU WILL ABOUT THE VOLOKH CONSPIRATORS, but I don’t really think they’re a bunch of crazed leftists. [Link]

SayUncle » Congrats
Posted 77 minutes ago
We here at SayUncle would like to welcome our friends from the ATF to the 1990s: Instead of filling out the required ATF paperwork by hand, gun buyers and dealers will now be able to complete what officials say is a fail-safe electronic version of the document, known as Form 4473. Speaking at a gun shop in Upper Marlboro where ... [Link]

No Silence Here » Sausage, pizza and taco balls
Posted 87 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 91 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 93 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 99 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]

SayUncle » Cool
Posted 100 minutes ago
A report on Boomershoot was nominated for an emmy. [Link]

Dr Jim West » The Latest in the Review of Biblical Literature
Posted 101 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 105 minutes ago
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SayUncle » AG and guns
Posted 116 minutes ago
In an 2001 op-ed, Attorney General nominee Eric Holder said there were “numerous and chilling” examples of gun shows putting arms in the hands of terrorists, and specified two. [Link]

Instapundit » A REQUEST:  If you see good commentary in college papers, send me a link.
Posted 117 minutes ago
A REQUEST:  If you see good commentary in college papers, send me a link. [Link]