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Basegasket » Saucy Courage
Posted 90 seconds ago
I saw the most impressive display of courage this week. The leadership at the fire academy had a bit of a schedule change for us.We were supposed to sit thru a 6 hour lecture on forceable entry, oh how fun, instead we plunged (no pun intended) into the exciting world of rappelling.Not being a big fan of heights in my ... [Link]

Cup Of Joe Powell » Weekly Best of Tennessee Blogs
Posted 13 minutes ago
A roundup of bloggers in Tennessee has several perspectives on the "unavailable to the press for interviews" candidate and Queen of the Culture Wars, Sarah Louise Heath Palin. (via TennViews)SPECIAL NOTE: Our condolences to Katie Allison Granju, whose father passed away unexpectedly. • 55-40 Memphis: 55-40 Memphis: Failin' Palin: Some are betting that McCain's current VP pick, Sarah "Failin'" Palin, ... [Link]

Reality Me » Can’t say NO to juggling
Posted 16 minutes ago
One thing I do to give back to the community is juggling shows. I usually do 3 or 4 a year for organizations like churches, the mental association, or the homeless shelters, and Rocky Hill Elementary’s Clown Day of course! My standard policy has been first come first serve as long as I don’t do more than one show a ... [Link]

patrickbeeson.com | The blog of Patrick Beeson » How to upgrade to Django Comments 1.0
Posted 21 minutes ago
The release of Django 1.0 held many new developments for the Python-based framework that I've used to build several projects during the past few months. But one feature I was really looking forward to exploring was the new, refactored comments application. Unfortunately, Django Comments 1.0 also comes with the scary prospect of database updates, data migrations, markup changes, CSS changes ... [Link]

Pull up a chair... » Loving women
Posted 30 minutes ago
My (mis)adventures with members of the opposite sex could probably make for an amusing sitcom. Somebody once told me they think I've loved every girl I've ever been close to, and I guess to a certain extent that's true. "You loved all the women," they said. I laughed, knowing all too well what they meant. But, getting serious, I guess ... [Link]

KnoxViews » Weekly progressive blog roundup
Posted 42 minutes ago
At TennViews... KnoxViews [Link]

Frank Murphy dot com » next year's goal
Posted 52 minutes ago
In hindsight, another six laps (or lengths if you want to nitpick) might have been possible. I jumped in the pool at the UT Student Aquatic Center this morning during the first Swim For Life event despite my dislike for going shirtless in public. There were many other swimmers, most of whom were under 18.The lanes were designated from slow ... [Link]

Camp4u » Joke of the week (Fishing edition)
Posted 54 minutes ago
Barak Obama was out jogging one morning along the parkway when he tripped, fell over the bridge railing and landed in the creek below. Before the Secret Service guys could get to him, 3 kids who were fishing pulled him out of the water. He was so grateful he offered the kids whatever they wanted.The first kid said, 'I want ... [Link]

Deliverance » PRO FOOTBALL--WEEK ONE
Posted 55 minutes ago
I went a very respectable 48-22 last season but I want to improve that. I've changed my spreadsheet formulas some to reflect schedule strength and quality of wins. Then I put in a formula for intangibles. Of course I expect none of that to work so I sometimes revert to wild-ass guesses. In any event, here's my picks for week ... [Link]

View From The Porch » Rain, rain, go away...
Posted 65 minutes ago
Yeah, the garden and the lawn needed the water, but this kinda puts a dent in my lawn-mowing plans for the day. On the other hand, there are guns that need cleaning. [Link]

Instapundit » No title
Posted 77 minutes ago
DAVE KOPEL WRITES that the media's fixation on Palin has been a boon for McCAin. What's the Tolkien phrase? "Oft evil will shall evil mar." [Link]

Suffering the Benz » If Steve Jobs built kayaks ...
Posted 83 minutes ago
new day - new boat Originally uploaded by j_rheinlander I finally got my new kayak, a QCC Q500X, and it was love at first sight. After my first paddle, I knew I'd made the right decision. You can't tell in this photo that Joanne shot while we were out for an early morning paddle, but the boat is Steeler black ... [Link]

Dr Jim West » The Seventh Anniversary of 9/11
Posted 93 minutes ago
With that date hovering and about to dawn, we would do well to ask ourselves what we (and I mean Christians and Muslims) have learned since September 11, 2001.  The answer is simple and consists of one word: nothing. We haven’t learned to settle our disputes with words instead of weapons. We haven’t learned to show respect to others of ... [Link]

KnoxViews » Conservatives trying to sell a "new" kind of feminism?
Posted 97 minutes ago
In this interview, commentator Donny Duetsch of CNBC hypes Sarah Palin as the perfect product to sell the "new" feminism, a product that is now being manufactured in Conservative think tanks. The statement that "most women want to be like her, and most men want to mate with her" is very telling. Duetsch who is obviously only capable of seeing ... [Link]

Russ McBee » The TennViews roundup for Sept 7, 2008
Posted 98 minutes ago
This week's roundup of Tennessee progressive bloggers is here. In addition to the roundup, R. Neal includes this note: SPECIAL NOTE: Our condolences to Katie Allison Granju, whose father passed away unexpectedly. You should go pay Katie a visit and read what she wrote about her father. Share this post: Email | del.icio.us | Digg | Reddit [Link]

No Silence Here » My thoughts and prayers go out to Katie and her family
Posted 112 minutes ago
Katie's dad suddenly died this morning in Nashville, cause unknown. More here. From Katie: Hank Allison was a proud Vietnam vet who disagreed with that war. He was a union man, an outspoken progressive, and an award winning journalist with a truly distinguished career. He was a lawyer with a bone-deep belief in advocating for the voiceless, [Link]

Instapundit » No title
Posted 117 minutes ago
IT'S THE Google Navy? [Link]

Knoxville Radio History 101 » No title
Posted 2 hours ago
Happy Sunday and thanks for reading Knoxville Radio History 101. Today 101 turns one year old! On September 7, 2007 this site was born. The intent was and is simple, share photographs and memories that I collected thru the years and to create a network of Ktown DJ's that wanted to do the same.Many have emailed and asked...who are you? ... [Link]

Dr Jim West » I’m So Tired of Bailing out The Greedy With Taxpayer Money
Posted 2 hours ago
It’s gotten to the point of ridiculousness. First we’ve been forced to bail out the mortgage companies because self absorbed nitwits thought ‘flipping houses’ would be their golden highway to a quick buck. And now we have to bail out the largest of the lot because they saw dollar signs in the stars and thought it would be fun to ... [Link]

Thomas P.M. Barnett :: Weblog » An essential problem, given the tasks that lie ahead
Posted 2 hours ago
I see essentially four million-man armies out there: U.S., Russia, India, China. A fifth wheel would be NATO (with the body core really being Turkey). You put those resources in rough combination (frenemies competing and collaborating economically and security-wise) and there's no question that there's enough Core-wide resources to pool against the tasks of shrinking the Gap. You put them ... [Link]