stephenthomasrussellmartin

June 20, 2009

2009-06-28T17:08:00.000-04:00

Banana!

2008-11-04T01:37:00.001-03:00

Banana!
Originally uploaded by knoxjimbo

a bike polo bike

2008-06-20T23:56:00.002-04:00

How is she doing that?

2008-06-20T23:05:00.002-04:00

xkcd, the best web comic

2008-03-03T19:49:00.002-03:00

The Two Mayors

2008-02-23T15:06:00.001-03:00

The Two Mayors
Originally uploaded by rharring49

Library of Congress photos on Flickr

2008-01-22T01:30:00.000-03:00

The Library of Congress has posted about 3,000 pictures on Flickr, and there are many excellences. link

Ship versus ship: The United States versus Iran

2008-01-21T14:31:00.001-03:00

In all the coverage I'd read about the recent confrontations between our and Iranian ships, I only saw pictures of the Iranian ships. So, here are the American ships involved in the January 6, 2008 confrontation:

USS Ingraham, link
U.S. Navy Frigate
453 feet long

USS Hopper, link
U.S. Navy Guided-Missile Destroyer
505 feet long

Port Royal, link
U.S. Navy Guided-Missile Cruiser
567 feet long

A picture of one of Iran's patrol boats, five of which were involved:

link to NYTimes story

Island Home Airport, from where I flew today

2008-01-06T20:20:00.001-03:00

Katie bought me a flying lesson for Christmas. Today, I took the lesson. From Knoxville we flew to Gatlinburg and back. Flying is the most fun, ever.

Morningside Park!

2008-01-06T20:18:00.001-03:00

Dad, me, my brothers

2007-12-31T20:09:00.000-03:00

Dad

2007-12-31T20:07:00.001-03:00

Morningside Park: Ultimate Frisbee on Sundays at 2:00

2007-11-13T19:29:00.000-03:00

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My new website

2007-10-08T18:09:00.000-04:00

stephentrmartin.com - Knoxville Bankruptcy

It's very basic, now, and still needs editing. It's a baby.

Girls in their Summer Clothes

2007-10-08T11:04:00.000-04:00

While cleaning out my email inbox, I finally listened to a song I'd been sent. Link. In this message there were also a dozen or so comments.

So I finally downloaded the song and listened to it and deleted it. Then I read some of the comments, thought: "that can't be right, that was Bruce Springsteen?" So then I went and found the original post so I could verify. True! Good to know! So, I have undeleted the song. Interesting song. I like them both so much. I'd even like to hear Mr. Merritt return the favor, now.

The current campaign for Presidency

2007-10-04T11:28:00.000-04:00

"this is the first election since 1928 in which neither the sitting president nor the sitting vice president has sought their party's nomination." Link

It will be Giuliani versus Clinton. Clinton will beat him. Democrats are excited to vote, and don't have huge problems with Clinton. Republicans are not excited to vote, and have major problems with Giuliani.

On Persuasion

2007-10-03T11:27:00.000-04:00

"I think the object of the game is to get out of the mindset of "getting people to do something" and instead just create a really nice, really open invitation." Link

Swearing In

2007-09-28T23:02:00.000-04:00

Thanks to Katie for taking pictures.

new documentary on lawyers

2007-09-27T21:38:00.000-04:00

Worth a look, but repeats (in one of the four trailers) the usual poster children for ridiculous lawsuits, even the McDonald's coffee suit. Link

For more (better) information on the McDonald's suit: Link

Today was my last day working in Oak Ridge. It was a great place for me, but it is time for me to hang my hat in another place, namely: Knoxville. I'm on my own, now. (Not completely on my own though, as I have some good support.)

Noncitizens and illegal immigrants will be denied

2007-09-25T19:09:00.000-04:00

emergency Medicaid coverage for chemotherapy. Link

The President used to (occasionally) speak Spanish. He doesn't do that anymore.

I'll be sworn in

2007-09-24T21:28:00.000-04:00

on Friday. I will then be licensed to practice law in Tennessee.

Tennessee's next execution

2007-09-24T20:50:00.000-04:00

was set for Wednesday, September 26, 2007.

Last week, U.S. District Court Judge Aleta Trauger barred the state from executing inmates under the state’s four-month-old lethal injection procedure. Link

Tennessee just asked the State Supreme Court to postpone the execution. The Court granted that request. Link

Update: the execution has been reset for January 8, 2007.

We don't kill people

2007-09-14T21:23:00.000-04:00

Boyd's death sentence was upheld by the Tennessee Supreme Court in January 1998 when the justices dismissed his claim that prosecutors improperly cited the murder itself as an aggravating factor to support their call for the death penalty. Link

"I've always taken the position that I'm not trying to be the 13th juror; I'm trying to be a backstop," Bredesen told The Associated Press on Friday. "The judicial system just kind of broke down." Link

Gov. Bredesen just commuted a death sentence to life in prison without parole. The crime was committed in Memphis at the Lorraine Motel in 1986.

We kill people.

2007-09-12T10:54:00.000-04:00

At 1:15 a.m. [this morning] a cable was screwed into the base of the electric chair. Link

Update:
"Everybody left in the execution room at this point. Everything was still. Nobody said a word. Then we heard the whir of the exhaust fan in the death chamber. Five seconds later: BANG! A loud electrical noise." Link

Knoxville bikes

2007-09-10T23:36:00.000-04:00

Article in Knoxville Voice:

"Stephen Martin moved to Knoxville in 2004 to attend law school and says it took him awhile to feel at home in his new city — until he started riding his bike to school from his home in the Fort." ...