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Esoteric Arcana » On Notice
Posted 18 minutes ago
Dominic Deegan: Oracle for Hire-On notice for catching a recurring case of Cerberus Syndrome. Either lighten up or commit to the drama.Dresen Codak-Pick an update schedule and attempt to stick to it. I think the art here is beautiful, but I'm not getting near enough of it.Ozy and Mille-End it already. I love the comic, but I can't get on ... [Link]

Camp4u » Shame as a deterrent
Posted 73 minutes ago
Wow! What a novel concept! Using shame to deter negative actions. How many bad situations could be deterred by putting a little public shame associated with things we don't want. Cas Walker used to announce who had given him a bad checks or who he had caught shoplifting multiple times in his stores on his local TV show. Now he ... [Link]

Frank Murphy dot com » and party every day
Posted 92 minutes ago
There's an old joke that says Jews don't recognize Jesus, Protestants don't recognize the Pope and Baptists don't recognize each other in the liquor store. Which is why it's funny that two former Baptists I know both sing the praises of a liqueur called Rock & Rye.The two women do not know each other. Both are very active in their ... [Link]

Pull up a chair... » Wasted words
Posted 95 minutes ago
My uncle told me a story once. He was remembering high school, specifically a day in which he'd missed class, and had asked to borrow the notes of his buddy, Mike. Mike handed him a half sheet of paper. "Wow," Jeff said. "This is all your notes?""Yeah," Mike said. "I only wrote down what was important." Jeff was puzzled. Seems ... [Link]

Rocky Top Talk » 3 things I learned at lunch
Posted 98 minutes ago
Stuff I heard on my iPod while eating lunch in my car, vaguely half remembered, probably incorrectly, un- fact-checked or otherwise verified, and probably just made up in between sips of aspartame. Lane Kiffin's pitch to Marlon Brown was very specific, as in "you're going to be catching fades first, then [something else], then post routes" etc. Hmm. Wonder how ... [Link]

fortsanders.net » Test your phishing IQ
Posted 100 minutes ago
Can you identify all the phishing emails? Granted, this is somewhat contrived, and it can be hard to determine what's legitimate from just a screenshot with no context. I was 100% correct, BTW. Fool me twice, not gonna fool me again. [Link]

mer mag » [pretty holiday greetings]
Posted 106 minutes ago
by red bean cards. [Link]

Dr Jim West » Behold, The Birth of a New Denomination
Posted 112 minutes ago
The Associated Press notes Theological conservatives upset by the liberal views of the Episcopal Church are forming a rival denomination. The new Anglican Church in North America will include four Episcopal dioceses that recently split from the U.S. church, along with breakaway Anglican parishes from Canada. The announcement Wednesday in Wheaton, Illinois, comes after decades of debate over what Episcopalians ... [Link]

Property Scope » More Cherries drama
Posted 2 hours ago
Carly Harrington reports that a deal to sell the Cherries Internet Cafe, on Market Square, has collapsed. The story in this morning's KNS has Joe Dickey -- a former TVA exec who headed up a management group that planned to buy the cafe -- saying they didn't get the information they needed. But the cafe's owner, Ingrid Gee, disputes that ... [Link]

SayUncle » Pirates
Posted 3 hours ago
I wonder if Al Gore is using his carbon credit money to fund all these recent pirate attacks we’re seeing? And where are the Ninjas? Not seen them in a while. If I were a Ninja, I’d be watching my back. Gore is coming for you. [Link]

Senate Guru - Front Page » Please Take Senate Guru's Blog Reader Project Survey
Posted 3 hours ago
Your participation is humbly requested. Please take my Blog Reader Project survey. Take just a few minutes (survey takes just 8 to 12 minutes) - your time is much appreciated! [Link]

Dr Jim West » Germany’s Anti-Creation Museum
Posted 3 hours ago
It’s sort of the antithesis of the ‘Creation Museum’ in Kentucky- and intentionally so. Al Gore attended the opening… if that means anything to anyone. Posted in biblical studies, Theology [Link]

No Silence Here » Small TN town tries to pull a Knox County maneuver
Posted 3 hours ago
'We expect trouble.' New Calhoun commissioners attempt to take oath before regular meeting. [Link]

fortsanders.net » Mulled Beer
Posted 3 hours ago
Has anyone ever had mulled beer? Here's another recipe, which doesn't use eggs. [Link]

KnoxViews » Charles Robert Bone seeks TNDP chair
Posted 3 hours ago
Another name that has been mentioned for the Tennessee Democratic Party Chair is Charles Robert Bone. We are told that he is actively seeking the position and has contacted executive committee members. According to sources, his letter says that he ran for State Rep. in Dist. 45 (Sumner Co.) in 1998 and from that experience learned the challenges that face ... [Link]

No Silence Here » $100M lawsuit filed in homecoming queen's death
Posted 3 hours ago
A $100 million lawsuit has been filed against a Knoxville hotel whose employee is accused of killing an Alabama homecoming queen in town to open a new restaurant, saying the hotel lied about a previous attack on a female guest. [Link]

The Prettiest Denny's Waitress » Hooray for the disabled!
Posted 3 hours ago
Oh, that's not how it goes? It's not really a celebration? Whatever, I'm partying anyway.Today is International Day of Disabled Persons, and I'm guessing it's intended more as an opportunity to recognize important issues affecting people with disabilities than it is a chance to shout "Let's hear it for people with one leg! They only have to buy one shoe! ... [Link]

Carole Borges » And so now we wait...
Posted 4 hours ago
The news has re-expanded now to include the world. It's not just Barack Obama and the race to the White House. Mumbai. Iraq. Pakistan. Thailand. The world boils and seethes endlessly. Can Obama do anything to calm this situation?Last week shoppers trampled to death a guard who was trying to protect a pregnant woman from being injured by a crowd ... [Link]

ChrisDKnight » Wonder Why???
Posted 4 hours ago
In winter why do we try to keep the house as warm as it was in summer when we complained about the heat? [Link]

Reality Me » Twitter API Severely Flawed
Posted 4 hours ago
Twitter’s API (basically a way to let software developer’s work with Twitter’s data) has been a huge factor in Twitter’s success. When Twitter did not provide adequate search, a developer used the API to create http://summize.com/ which was so good that Twitter purchased it and incorporated the code as http://search.twitter.com/. Twitter does not provide stats but numerous developers have created ... [Link]