The McKnight Attack

Help Katrina Victims Now

2005-09-02T07:05:00.000-07:00

If you've been watching the devastation of New Orleans it seems to only be getting worse as the levees continue to spill water into the city and lawlessness reigns. Pray for this city and the surrounding area, and please either give blood or money to the Red Cross.

Rock/Creek Outfitters has set up a blood drive in Chattanooga and is seeking donations for local refugees: http://www.rockcreek.com/events/nola_blooddrive.asp

This page also has a link to the Red Cross where you can donate by credit card on the Web.

I've heard from Jack McCown in Mobile and he said their yard didn't look good but the house wasn't hurt. I still haven't heard from Jeff Wheeler from Mandeville across the lake but I pray his family is okay. I'm sure they fled to Chicago. My friends the Plummer family on Audubon Avenue in the Garden District probably need our prayers the most as their house is completely under water and they will almost certainly be unable to return for months. This is a city I love very much and I hope we all can help in some way during the reconstruction.

RockCreek.com StumpJump 50K

2005-08-22T08:59:00.000-07:00

I just wanted to post some information on a great trail race in Chattanooga, TN. The RockCreek.com StumpJump 50K has been running for a few years and is a great day on a fun trail. This year, Rock/Creek Outfitters will sponsor a free carbo meal the night before the race.

What: 50 km and 11 mile trail race
When: Oct. 8 at 8am
Where: Shackelford Ridge Park on Signal Mtn.
Why: To raise money for the completion and maintenance of the 370 mile Cumberland Trail.

Fees:
50K = $55 if registered before Sept. 1st, $70 after Sept. 1st

11Mile = $45 if registered before Sept. 1st, $60 after Sept. 1st

For more detailed info, check this out:
http://www.rockcreek.com/articles/trail_running/articles/stumpjump_50k.asp

Questions? Mike Owens, Race Director: StumpJump50K@comcast.net

I work for RockCreek.com and this is our biggest event of the year- we're all really psyched about it.

Officially moved this blog to Kodachrome Nights

2005-08-22T08:57:00.000-07:00

My visual ramblings have rambled over to another place, and you can find my blog online now at: http://www.chattablogs.com/kodachromenights/

This is going to be more of a personal/business blog and will not be updated as frequently.

Mummies at Riverbend?

2005-06-11T09:38:00.000-07:00

These two shows from the Chattanooga Pulse's "Riverbend Picks" post on their blog have made me reconsider my antipathetic attitude toward Riverbend or, as I call it "Redneckbend" ... how about "Methbend" "Hoochiebend" okay I'll stop, here's the lowdown:

Friday, June 17: The California Guitar Trio with Tony Levin and Pat Mastelotto – These disciples of Robert Fripp will be joined by Fripp’s current King Crimson rhythm section to tear through everything from Bach to surf music to Yes to the Mahavishnu Orchestra to their own dizzying compositions. But the highlight might just be their spot-on rendition of “Bohemian Rhapsody.” And they play two shows.

Saturday, June 18: Here Come the Mummies – Top-notch studio musicians dressed as mummies to hide their identities while they rip through a potent mix of disco funk. This show has to be seen to be believed.

Source: Chattanooga Pulse Blog

Introductionamatation

2004-11-30T21:36:00.000-08:00

Well, folks, this is the inaugural issue/post/whatever-the-hell-you're-supposed-to-call-it from the McKnight Attack. I've rarely read blogs but after FJMG's beautiful Blog, I had to start. It was just too elegant.

I'm a committed thinker, neither right- or left-leaning but rather as open-minded as possible and equally frustrated with most political organizations.

I'm catholic, little "C" on purpose.

I'm obsessed with photography, truth, love, and beauty- roughly in that order.

Alfred Stieglitz once said that photography was his passion, truth his obsession. That sounds about right.