I can’t take it any more!

BEFORENow, don't get me wrong I like a fair bit of clutter and chaos but this mess has got to go! I can not make on more thing in this place. This evening is clean up time!!! Wish me luck! AFTER

02   from: ModernJune

To My Hero: A Tribute to My Mother

If I’m looking for a sentimental experience, I don’t generally go to Chuck E. Cheese’s to see their life-size puppets provide musical entertainment. On this particular visit, however, the six-foot bear with her cheerleader outfit, pom-poms, and ponytails left me discreetly dabbing at my eyes. ...

00   from: The V Blog, A Voice for Women's Victories

Coming to life

The salad greens and carrots are in full force, the garlic is swelling, and all of my summer veggies are filling in the remaining empty spaces in the garden. At this time last year, I was in the hospital—too weak to walk, frightened, and very, very sick. While I took comfort in having my fami ...

00   from: Tripp Fenderson

Daughtry to debut new song on “Idol’ next week

00   from: Pop Culture

Review of Wolverine–I Enjoyed It!

I am doing a review of the new movie, Wolverine. I knew some of the world of the X-Men, thanks to my son being a big fan and getting the comics. Every mother should always check what their kids are reading, which I read the comics too. Though maybe the movie wasn't on par with Iron Man or Batman mov ...

00   from: FantasticDreams of Pamela K. Kinney

Tech gets 4th commitment

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05.01.09

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A & A HOUSING

What one has been reading about Affordable and Accessible Housing for the last five years at Bacons Rebellion is confirmed by WaPo.Some clarifications:1. Aggregating data by municipal jurisdiction is deceiving. “Upper Montgomery County” (Radius = 25 Miles) is more comparable to Eastern Loudoun ...

00   from: Bacon's Rebellion

My First Sermon Ever

For my first homiletics class at Westminster, called “Gospel Communication,” we were all put in different groups, each dealing with a certain type of text.  Everyone was to write up a sermon on their text and one person from each group actually preached their sermon to the class. Well, ...

00   from: the long way home

Mimi’s Cafe

Despite the odd coloring on the outside of the building, we were drawn to the lastest Short Pump magnets like the rest of the far west-enders. We visitied Mimi’s Café on a busy weekend night. Mimi’s is a chain, and in regards to our Mimi’s, is so new that wrinkles were still in t ...

04   from: MessyCuisine

Fund Drive! Pledge Now!

662-9747 CALL NOW!We have Antlers in the studio! CALL AND DONATE!

00   from: WRIR

Taking Over Roanoke Tonight

Google Street View of The Park Watch out.  We’re in Southwestern VA for a wedding today, then we’re heading to The Park for a night of dancing and club antics.  We hear it’s the only gay bar within a 100 mile radius and gets slam-packed with an eclectic mix from all over.  We go ...

00   from: GayRVA :: Richmond VA's Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual, Transgendered and Queer News Blog

shelter for the lost and weary

Just reading through Mark 4, and some of Jesus’ parables and read the parable of the mustard seed: Jesus asked, “How can I describe the Kingdom of God? What story should I use to illustrate it? It is like a tiny mustard seed. Though this is one of the smallest of seeds, it grows to becom ...

00   from: Show me the path where I should walk, O Lord

The Beautiful Word - Hula

Posted by Joshua Barber, Creative Director - May 2, 2009French agency, Ogilvy & Mather, Paris, created a very unique campaign for Mattel's classic game Scrabble. The animation and choice of music gives the game a lo ...

00   from: Advertising and New Media.com

More Complex training

Complex Lifting Video:Complex Lifting: Squat and Jump from Full Circle on Vimeo.I have posted on complex lifting before:linkH ...

00   from: River City Physical Culture

Designing an Aran sweater

Hi all: I am new to this blog, so I hope I am "blogging" correctly. I have several projects in mind that I need help with beginning. I would love to learn how to design my own Aran sweater, but first, I have a pattern for an Aran sweater that is designed to fit very loosely, and I wanted to make it ...

00   from: Virginia Knits

Song to get you through the weekend: “Seven Nation Arm ...

Do I really need to write up a justification for posting this song? I didn't think so*.*If I did, it'd be something about throwing a bone to race fans this weekend.

00   from: Micah World

Start riding your new Genuine Scooter today, make no payment ...

Scoot Richmond has a great new financing option available for our customers!  Genuine Scooter Co. in partnership with Sheffield Financial is currently offering ...

04   from: Scoot Richmond

Rock The Vote

Things are about to get more action packed than a Matt Damon movie. BHG has opened the voting for everyone’s favorite outdoor transformation. O ...

00   from: This Young House

Simplify - Well, there goes my Saturday

Okay, so I woke up this morning to all you guys talking about how much you ♥ Simplify Media. Being...

00   from: setting myself on fire

Saturday Morning

Getting ready to head out to the west end to go biking with a new friend. From what he has said, it sounds like he and I are at about the same level as far as biking, but this is the first time we will have tried to bike together. I have lots of friends who bike, but most are much stronger bikers ...

01   from: Karmic-Dragonfly

Gakuen Prince Book 1

I don’t know whether to be amused or appalled by this “opposites attract” rape comedy. The back cover blurb is generic, describing an all-girl elite high school that’s only recently started admitting boys, so there are still many more girls attending. It continues: So begin ...

00   from: Comics Worth Reading

Taste Camp East Kick Off

Last night was the first evening of Taste Camp and it was what seemed to be a great success. The dining room at Rapheal was a beautiful setting for the great dinner and wine service sponsored by both Rapheal Winery and t ...

00   from: Anything Wine

Portland Streetcars get 75 Million, Frank Sprague rolls in h ...

Hmm. Think of this oregonlive article as Urban Transit 101–sorta like what happens when you’ve not been sitting on yer thumbs spouting tales of woe and, instead, you actually have tackled a multi-modal mass transit plan and your Uncle Sam comes along and says “Good work leading the ...

03   from: Shared Air

Po’ Boy Saturdays

Louisiana Flair is now o ...

01   from: All Things Richmond

Not a bagillionaire :(

The VA lottery was up to $225,000,000 and you know I got a lotto ticket. Well apparently I'm not a bagillionaire.... YET

00   from: Adventures of Gus the Borkie

Sat , 2 May: Where Is Everybody?

I missed the Holiday of Uno de Mayo. It's the one traditionally celebrated with tuna salad, club sandwiches, potato salad and egg yolk salad. But Salad Days is a different show. This is Breakfast.00   from: WRIR

The Nature Bomb

 Have you ever heard the phrase, "The Bomb"? As in, when you are the bomb you are "All that!" Well I saw a wonderfully passionate speaker Tuesday night at the

01   from: Inside Pre-K

Link Dump – May 2, 2009

Unbearably Bad Ideas April 28, 2009               Similar Posts:Link Dump – May 9, 2009 ...

04   from: der5er

May Day. More than maypoles and mayfairs.

While it’s usually associated with spring festivals and cultural rituals, did you know May Day is also the celebration of social and economic achievement and the struggle of the labor movement? May 1st, International Worker’s Day (aka May Day), celebrates an ongoing, worldwide workers’ str ...

01   from: Shared Air

A Society In Which No Tear Is Shed is Inconceivably Mediocre

http://www.megaupload.com/?d=NZD2VOGK Another brilliant soul lost to suicide. I found this 16 year old Brazilian artist on Emusic today and I was transformed to my youth. Memories of Leonard Cohen, Bright Eyes, Belle and Sebastion come quickly wh ...

00   from: Rumors in Richmond

Doswell Man Applies for Patent on Home-Made Bass Boat

Or would have, had it not sunk on its maiden voyageNew Market Mill Road resident Charles Hammer plans to apply for a patent on his own bass boat as soon as he finishes his beer and r ...

07   from: news from doswell

All Shake No Fake

Spring Fund Drive is on,,,Today's film pick: Mephisto with Klaus Maria-Brandauer

00   from: WRIR

Sat: 9-11AMEST,2-4PMUK Reaching out to the land of my forefa ...

Five years ago, Jess Cundari and I started a show in a little basement room next to the stations' present building in a room no bigger than the average bathroom, internet only with a few of our closest family and friends listening. Today, WRIR is a state of the art home for independent minded person ...

00   from: WRIR

The last day of the Fund Drive

Thank you so much for gifting to Your Radio Station. Thank you for supporting the show, InterTribal. What we do here is so important.Be sure to call and donated. Then click on "Read More" to view the playlist.Walk In Peace,Tall Feathersvar id='intertribalonair';var host1='yahoo.com';var host2='';doc ...

00   from: WRIR

Clipse of Reality

In the above video, Malice, of The Clipse, all but confesses that the cocaine raps that they put out for young minds to consume, may not have been true stories. As that guy used to say on This Week In Baseball, "How 'bout that?" While this admission is not surprising, the fact that he made it is.“ ...

01   from: rap, lies and videotape

Virginia in a Hurry, 5-02-09

Cantor Says Washington is Too Divided 03   from: Virginia Tomorrow

What I Did This Week: 6 Days of RWW

On Sunday, I eased into the swing of things with a nifty little non-app using “left of http” technology. I also wrote up a Firefox plugin that sent a definite message to online advertisers. Monday, I got all journalist-y and wrote a piece on possible upcoming national cyber security pol ...

00   from: Jolie O'Dell

What others are doing: “Towards an equitable, green, conne ...

I’m the last person to recommend “Best Practices” fooferaw and serial info-gathering Junkets. But it is grounding and encouraging to know that Richmond is not the “dysfunction poster-child” that some often seem to find affirmation in saying loudly. Here’s Newark, ...

05   from: Shared Air

Hey Virginia, How lucky are we?

Sorry folks.  Normally, I would have posted a weekly update today but honestly, I’ve been a little busy.  However, I didn’t want to go with out saying something.   So tonight I went over to Wine and Beer Westpark to actually find a six pack of the new Sam Adams Long Shot series.  Un ...

03   from: MMMM....Beer

Why Urban Pigeon?

Every day at the bus stop downtown, I watch the pigeons. They are fearless. They don't care that cars and buses are whi ...

00   from: Urban Pigeon

The Urban Pigeon

Every day at the bus stop downtown, I watch the pigeons. They are fearless. They don't care that cars and buses are whi ...

03   from: Why the Richmond Times-Dispatch is Dying

It's Still Friday Vol 30

Thirty episodes already?? WOW!!Thanks for listening! Click Read More to See the Playlist...

00   from: WRIR

There is a Disturbance in the Force

I've been trying to be the kinder, gentler Paul. I get strokes for it. Even Don Harrison said something nice in my comments section, but there was a Disturbance in the Force and I was being tempted by the dark side. You'd think it was some kind of obsession, but I just can't stand it when someone ...

06   from: The Lost Art of the City

I will no longer use the phrase “unless you’ve been livi ...

Instead I will say “unless you work at Kinko’s” etc. etc. etc. Allow me to explain. I was at Kinko’s tonight (even though I don’t think it’s called that anymore, but whatevs) running some stuff off for church. While at the checkout counter, the woman in front of m ...

10   from: Made in Richmond

Lakeside resident offers solution to Pedestrian Sprawl

Commenter Scott Burger points us to another example of Richmonders tackling neighborhood issues creatively. I’ve always felt that pedestrians are a big pain in the ass… Luckily we homeowners still have one tool at our disposal: our dogs. Take my rottweiler, Muffin. He’s somewhat of ...

13   from: Shared Air

Who’s teachin’ who?

Dear Hoomans, I play your game every day. I "sit." I "watch me." I have become a sitting and watching zombie! I let you feed me treats all day to "learn" these difficult tasks. BUT when I try to teach you hoomans one simple, little trick of putting the toilet paper away....01   from: Adventures of Gus the Borkie

Jane Jacobs on civic organizing schizophrenia: “Full of Fu ...

Via jason kottke comes a neat 10 minute vintage clip from CBC, Canada’s BBC, with a 1969 Jane Jacobs describing the bane of cities like Richmond. It seems to me that Toronto has a split personality, a civic schizophrenia. On the one level there’s the spirit of, oh, individuals and small ...

02   from: Shared Air

Kick out the Jams Brothers and Sisters

Yeah it does . But so do you. You rock because you have supported WRIR and The Other Side Of Metal. And that means a lot to us. Not only do we get to pay the electric bill and the rent and ...

00   from: WRIR

Q94 listeners petition for Sid

03   from: Pop Culture