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The Screening Log » Watch seven new 'Burn After Reading' clips
Posted 7 minutes ago
As you may have heard already, Joel and Ethan Coen's crime comedy "Burn After Reading" successfully premiered Wednesday at the 65th Venice Film Festival. Starring George Clooney, Brad Pitt, Frances McDormand and John Malkovich, the plot follows two gym teachers who accidentally stumble across and then try to sell a disc containing the memoirs of a CIA agent.Yahoo! recently posted ... [Link]

Groves Park Commons - Smart Living » Real Estate Market Trends in Oak Ridge
Posted 20 minutes ago
According to the latest Zillow Real Estate Market Report, home values in Oak Ridge increased 0.30%% in the second quarter of 2008, compared to the second quarter of 2007. Nationally, home values decreased 9.9% during this same period. [Link]

Mommy Moments » DINO TORTILLAS
Posted 40 minutes ago
I had to stop my work day (sorry boss if your reading this) to show you all my first user submitted photo... I'm so excited!!! Check out what one Cool Mom of 3 boys (including hubby) *smile* sent me today.. Here are her instructions: "The Dino bread cutter works great on burrito shells too .  Heat the cheese  in the microwave.  ... [Link]

Go Web Young Man » links for 2008-08-28
Posted 43 minutes ago
Find, Follow and Share Comments — BackType A searchable index of "all the web's" comments. (tags: blogging comments aggregator) Null Hypothesis | Magenta Ain't A Colour Read about how our brains/minds perceive colors. (tags: science perception vision) FireShot :: Firefox Add-ons A handy Firefox extension for taking screen captures on the web. Capture the visible page or the entire page ... [Link]

terryfrank.net » Americans for Limited Government Are Calling Senator Corker
Posted 52 minutes ago
Americans for Limited Government are calling Senator Corker: August 28th, 2008, Fairfax, VA—Americans for Limited Government President Bill Wilson today called upon eleven Republican Senators to join with their GOP colleagues and support efforts to block a renewal of the moratorium on offshore drilling, oil shale and natural gas exploration. The current ban on off-shore drilling, natural gas and oil ... [Link]

Everyone's Blog Posts - GoSmokies » Vintage Smoky Mountains Photos Now Online
Posted 66 minutes ago
The U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) maintains a collection of over 400,000 photographs taken during geologic studies of the United States and its territories from 1868 to the present. The majority of these photographs have never been published. Fortunately, the USGS is in the process of publishing the collection to their website – so far, they’ve posted about 38,000 photographs to ... [Link]

Everyone's Blog Posts - GoSmokies » Test Post for Picture Link
Posted 76 minutes ago
Looks like we just pushed someone from the bridge and now we're taking bets on whether they are going to survive it or not. You can't get this group together and expect things to remain calm. It always be the Law get involved and ruirn ever thang. [Link]

KnoxViews » DNC Thursday night lineup
Posted 80 minutes ago
Featured speakers at INVESCO Field tonight include Al Gore and of course Democratic nominee for President Barack Obama. Full lineup after the jump... read moreKnoxViews [Link]

Plain Talk Home Loans / Mortgage Financing » Mortgage Question: Can we be sure we will be approved?
Posted 89 minutes ago
HiI have a questions, we ( hubby and I) due to past problems and the very large rent we pay, have low scores. We want to purchase a home and get out of the rental deal (2700 per month). We have been gifted a good down payment of 20-25 percent. Can we be sure we will be approved?? I dont ... [Link]

the sunsphere is NOT a wigshop » Bliss Home moves west / sunsphere open!
Posted 98 minutes ago
I just got a postcard in the mail today about Bliss Home's grand opening party celebrating it's new location in The Gallery shopping center in Deane Hill (think Chili's, Stir Fry Cafe, the American... A few Knoxvillians muse about life in the city with a huge golden disco ball. [Link]

KnoxViews » Thursday AM: Breakfast with the Tennessee Delegation
Posted 101 minutes ago
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Knoxville Trivia Blog » Bye, Bye Byron...Times are tough all over
Posted 102 minutes ago
KEYE lays off more than a dozen employees, on-camera and off - Meteorologist Byron Webre among those to go at Austin's CBS station.By Diane Holloway - AMERICAN-STATESMAN STAFF - Thursday, August 28, 2008"Tough economic times continue to ripple through Austin media, most recently striking CBS station KEYE in the form of layoffs. A couple of weeks ago, 14 of the ... [Link]

Ramblin' Man » 10 Days Out of my head, out of my head this time
Posted 109 minutes ago
This week's post title is inspired by a song by M. Ward. Wednesday, Sept. 3 CHRIS ISAAK Smooth-voiced rockabilly crooner Chris Isaak, above, and band will entertain at 8 p.m. at the Tennessee Theatre, 604 S. Gay St. Isaak is known for hits such as "Wicked Game" and "Baby Did a Bad, Bad Thing" and for his semi-reality Showtime comedy ... [Link]

The House of Flying Monkeys » Mysteries, Answers, and more Questions
Posted 2 hours ago
Okay, so you all remember my post about my crazazy commentor, and all the nastiness that they had been leaving for me anonymously.  Well, with some dedicated sleuthing that would do Sherlock Holmes proud, I’ve figured out who that commentor was.  And, astoundingly enough, it’s someone who has never met me before, doesn’t know me from anywhere other than this ... [Link]

Instapundit » No title
Posted 2 hours ago
IN NEW YORK, saving energy with green roofs: "This month, Gov. David A. Paterson approved tax abatements to developers and building owners who install green roofs, or a layer of vegetation and rock that absorbs rainwater, insulates buildings and extends the lives of roofs. . . . Temperatures on buildings with green roofs are up to 30 percent lower during ... [Link]

Instapundit » No title
Posted 2 hours ago
A CROSS-COUNTRY TRIP in a full-sized electric car. [Link]

Dr Jim West » Unseemly and Misguided
Posted 2 hours ago
That’s the phrase an ethicist has used to describe churches using raffles and giving away gas cards and other such ‘methods’ to draw folk to worship. Robert Kruschwitz, director of The Center for Christian Ethics at Baylor University, called the promotions “unseemly” and “misguided.”  …   David T. Olson, director of the American Church Research Project and head of church planting ... [Link]

Instapundit » No title
Posted 2 hours ago
TAYLOR MARSH: "Bill Clinton's speech last night reminded us why Democrats love him and Republicans hate him." [Link]

katie allison granju » 24 hours and a lot of miles later…
Posted 3 hours ago
I have returned from the inaugural biz trip - and my first night away from baby. Unfortunately, Jon says the overnight hours didn’t go so well. I thought I might sleep like a coma patient last night - the first uninterrupted night of sleep I would have since about 8 months pregnant with C. But alas, after a 16 hour ... [Link]

Overtly Trite » back to life
Posted 3 hours ago
well sort of I took today off from work mainly because it the first of my crazy Thursday adventures this semester. I am taking a basic biology classes as a pre-requisite for micro-biology next semester. I took an Advanced Bio in high school many many many moons ago so I am hoping the class will be more review type stuff ... [Link]