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The Bank Draft » FHN board adds tire exec, loses two other directors
Posted 13 minutes ago
The First Horizon board played musical chairs today, as two directors stepped aside while a new director was elected. The company said in a news release that Mark Emkes, chairman and CEO of Nashville-based Bridgestone Americas Holding Inc. and Bridgestone Firestone North American Tire, LLC, has been elected to the board. Meanwhile, the release said Carnegie Mellon University professor Robert ... [Link]

KnoxViews » Friday Bird Blogging
Posted 45 minutes ago
Robins are eating dogwood berries before they drop and the turkeys can get them, though they knock a few off now and then. KnoxViews [Link]

Camera Shy » House project # 1: Remove grimy contact paper from kitchen cabinets.
Posted 56 minutes ago
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Random Mumblings » Reading list
Posted 57 minutes ago
Here's what I've been sharing in Google Reader lately.I think I have a shorter "reader" list than a lot of people, certainly the power users, but even at that, it's hard to stay on top of it. [Link]

Dr Jim West » In Case You Missed It…
Posted 58 minutes ago
National Geographic is airing, again, ‘Herod’s Lost Tomb‘ on Sunday the 23rd at 9 PM. Posted in archaeology, biblical studies [Link]

SayUncle » Who Decides?
Posted 59 minutes ago
Publius does a nice job summing up what’s at the heart of the liberal/conservative divide on “social conservative” issues: The social conservatives’ positions tend to empower government over individuals. If they got their way, the public would be forced to submit to the government’s decision-making. The more liberal position, by contrast, allocates power to individuals – no one is forced ... [Link]

Dr Jim West » Thanksgiving Divorce
Posted 82 minutes ago
I know, it’s a bit, well, ok you’ll see… but I think it’s hilarious: [with thanks to William for it] A man in Phoenix calls his son in New York two days before Thanksgiving and says,”I hate to ruin your day, but I have to tell you that your mother and I are divorcing; forty-five years of misery is enough”. ... [Link]

The Prettiest Denny's Waitress » This Wet Banana is not a euphemism, so knock it off
Posted 91 minutes ago
On a day like today, when it's cold enough that my laundry froze solid before I was even done hanging it to dry on the railing outside, it becomes difficult to remember the steamy days of summer, even though they are less than two months behind us. Although the temperature outside has just now climbed above freezing, barely, and the ... [Link]

Instapundit » DOWNSIZING AS A SOLUTION to illegal immigration….
Posted 113 minutes ago
DOWNSIZING AS A SOLUTION to illegal immigration. [Link]

Instapundit » I’D LIKE TO SEE MORE OF IT AT HOME:  NASA looks at nuclear power for Moon bases….
Posted 113 minutes ago
I’D LIKE TO SEE MORE OF IT AT HOME:  NASA looks at nuclear power for Moon bases. [Link]

Inn of the Last Home » Peter Pan opens tonight at the Oak Ridge Playhouse
Posted 2 hours ago
Think lovely thoughts and join the mischievous Peter Pan and the Darling children on a magical tuneful trip to back Never-Never Land, an exotic place of pirates, crocodiles, and the dreaded Captain Hook.Based on the play by J.M. BarrieLyrics by Carolyn Leigh, Betty Comden and Adolph GreenMusic by Mark Charlap and Jule StyneNovember 21-December 7Oak Ridge Community Playhouse227 Broadway inHistoric ... [Link]

Rocky Top Talk » College Football Preview: I've Got a Crush on Mike Leach
Posted 2 hours ago
College Football Preview: I've Got a Crush on Mike Leach Clay Travis is desperately seeking Leach. [Link]

VolNation » Guitar Shots to the Head: Quick Hitters
Posted 2 hours ago
Coming off of an open date after a loss to Wyoming I decided to cover more than one topic this week.  If it feels like a whack on the head, it should.  Take your Motrin and enjoy! -       It is amazing how time flies as you get older.  It seems like just last week that I was ... [Link]

VolNation » Dougherty’s Diatribe: Vandy Week
Posted 2 hours ago
Vandy Week: As you know, Tennessee will be in Nashville this weekend as the Vols and Dores are set to butt heads Saturday morning in the Music City. The storylines are as we are accustomed. One Bowl eligible team faces one who’s looking for a new coach, although the roles have certainly been reversed.  Vanderbilt will play its last two ... [Link]

Esoteric Arcana » skybreak_seeker @ 2008-11-21T14:19:00
Posted 2 hours ago
You know what I just realized?Ron Perlman voiced Slade on Teen Titans. That is freakin' awesome. [Link]

Dr Jim West » Stupid Criminal Story
Posted 2 hours ago
Sheriff’s deputies in Lakeland, Fla., tracked down a man charged with stealing the Nov. 16 offering from a Southern Baptist church with help from a visitor card he had filled out the previous Sunday. He had given the church his first name and his mother’s address. And the church treasurer from whom he allegedly grabbed the money just happens to ... [Link]

jonathanhickman.com » I love baby hugs
Posted 2 hours ago
I can’t express how wonderful it is that C has reached the age of giving hugs. I’ll never forget the first ever hug I got from my now three-year-old niece, A, and what a wonderful feeling it was. Now the Bug is hugging, and for extra cuteness, she tends to pat while hugging! [Link]

resTorahtory toDay—a daily Torah devotion » Parasha Chayei Sarah: Day 6
Posted 2 hours ago
B'reisheet/Genesis 25:1-18 So, the story goes that Abram was renamed Abraham and Sarai was renamed Sarah. These two patriarchs of the Jewish faith begot a son, Isaac, only after Sarai gave her husband a maid to create Ishmael. Later, Isaac would be born to be the sole inheritor of Abraham's promises. In the mean time, since Abraham established and built Jerusalem, ... [Link]

Go Web Young Man » links for 2008-11-21
Posted 3 hours ago
10 Steps to a Client Friendly Wordpress CMS | StylizedWeb.com Great ideas for setting up WordPress as a CMS. (tags: wordpress cms tutorial) WordPress › AWS Easy Page Link « WordPress Plugins A WordPress plugin which provides the Post/Page editor with a predefined list of links to internal WordPress pages. (tags: wordpress plugins links) Jing Project: Visual conversation starts here. ... [Link]

Instapundit » STANDING BEHIND REP. GARY ACKERMAN at Jiffy Lube….
Posted 3 hours ago
STANDING BEHIND REP. GARY ACKERMAN at Jiffy Lube. [Link]