tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31581631Sat, 04 Feb 2012 07:55:45 +0000crossfitglobal warmingchattanoogafamilyscooterWe can't stop. It's too dangerous.http://leecarmichael.blogspot.com/noreply@blogger.com (Lee Carmichael)Blogger36125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31581631.post-1419701368971981138Mon, 12 Jan 2009 19:26:00 +00002009-01-12T14:27:00.290-05:00Guild Trail - out n backFind more Runs in Chattanooga, Tennessee<!-- MMF PARTNER TOOL -->http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/The3rdGreatestBlogOfAllTime/~3/NYDsxXP9iEk/guild-trail-10k.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Lee Carmichael)0http://leecarmichael.blogspot.com/2009/01/guild-trail-10k.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31581631.post-8434827640344062389Thu, 28 Aug 2008 02:18:00 +00002008-08-27T21:35:08.912-05:00Option 1Murph - Rt 1Find more Runs in Chattanooga, Tennessee<!-- MMF PARTNER TOOL -->Option 2 - out & backMurph - Rt 2 (out & back)Find more Runs in Chattanooga, Tennessee<!-- MMF PARTNER TOOL -->Option 3Murph - Rt 3 Find more Runs in Chattanooga, Tennessee<!-- MMF PARTNER TOOL -->http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/The3rdGreatestBlogOfAllTime/~3/JIigRZNccqk/murph-1-mile-options.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Lee Carmichael)0http://leecarmichael.blogspot.com/2008/08/murph-1-mile-options.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31581631.post-7706039462795761519Thu, 24 Jul 2008 13:28:00 +00002008-11-13T10:31:11.428-05:00I was driving along, minding my own business (actually, I was at Starbucks getting coffee) when all the sudden the bright light from the heavens appeared. Then a van, covered front to back with savory scooters pulled up right next to me. I thought it was coming to take me home to scooter heaven.But actually, it was there so the driver could get coffee for the kickoff ride of the Amerivespa http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/The3rdGreatestBlogOfAllTime/~3/OFBhgdcxraU/scooter-in-sky.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Lee Carmichael)2http://leecarmichael.blogspot.com/2008/07/scooter-in-sky.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31581631.post-1730139714627855314Mon, 23 Jun 2008 02:20:00 +00002008-11-13T10:31:11.595-05:00Here's a quick tease of the 160 foot slip n' slide that The Traditions birthed last weekend. I'll add another post once I go through some of the pictures. PATIENCE!http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/The3rdGreatestBlogOfAllTime/~3/OtwyA39PRyg/preview-slip-n-slide-for-adults.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Lee Carmichael)3http://leecarmichael.blogspot.com/2008/06/preview-slip-n-slide-for-adults.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31581631.post-4525205217285058668Fri, 30 May 2008 16:54:00 +00002008-11-13T10:31:12.035-05:00global warmingI finally watched Al Gore's award-winning "An Inconvenient Truth" and I have to say, it made an interesting case for anthropogenic global warming (AGW). Aside from the wicked slide show and gigantic projection screen (I especially liked the scissor-lift part), I found it worth approaching with at least a skeptical attitude similar to that of any new scientific idea. Given its political http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/The3rdGreatestBlogOfAllTime/~3/uvEr3zhwKp0/global-warming.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Lee Carmichael)2http://leecarmichael.blogspot.com/2008/05/global-warming.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31581631.post-3352216283102825588Mon, 19 May 2008 15:11:00 +00002008-11-13T10:31:12.860-05:00chattanoogaYou might find this interesting - Chattanooga has ranked No. 3 on Relocate-America.com's list of best places to live. It was beat (narrowly, I'm sure) by Charlotte, N.C. (No.1) and San Antonio, TX (No. 2). That's not too bad at all! When I first saw the list I thought surely this must be a "Best Places to Live in Southeast Tennessee, Northeast Alabama, Northwest Georgia, or Southwest North http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/The3rdGreatestBlogOfAllTime/~3/4FKuIsvSCzg/chattanooga-ranks.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Lee Carmichael)0http://leecarmichael.blogspot.com/2008/05/chattanooga-ranks.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31581631.post-3696689690395884246Wed, 14 May 2008 12:35:00 +00002008-05-14T20:43:06.036-05:00Apparently I have a problem keeping up with my phone. So people don't think I'm ignoring them, I'm putting a "Phone Status" indicator on the side bar. You'll notice it says says it's "Lost" at the moment. This is not a test to see if I can put an "X" by "Lost". It's actually lost.UPDATE: I found it.http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/The3rdGreatestBlogOfAllTime/~3/XWnkS43C6wY/phone-status.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Lee Carmichael)1http://leecarmichael.blogspot.com/2008/05/phone-status.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31581631.post-1180153669664280967Tue, 13 May 2008 02:28:00 +00002008-11-13T10:31:13.797-05:00scooterNow that I'm thirty I've decided that the best way to maintain my youth is to get a vehicle that makes me look like I'm 12 years old. So, feast your eyes upon this beast! It's a Genuine Scooter Company Buddy 125. It comes complete with all of 9 (wait, make that 9.5) horsepower. That's basically equivalent to the energy in like twelve light bulbs. However, to make up for it and to bring my http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/The3rdGreatestBlogOfAllTime/~3/KzZW7BAT6Q4/my-sweet-ride.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Lee Carmichael)0http://leecarmichael.blogspot.com/2008/05/my-sweet-ride.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31581631.post-4357002749940086605Mon, 12 May 2008 16:04:00 +00002008-05-13T08:16:18.221-05:00crossfitfamilyIn my attempt to blog at least once a year, I am back. Seeing as how I've probably lost the 2.5 readers that I had when I last posted, it should be all up hill from here. What's probably going to happen is this will be my personal CrossFit log/journal (not that that will be particularly interesting to anyone but me) with a spattering of personal life developments here and there (also, probably http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/The3rdGreatestBlogOfAllTime/~3/99ycjt2pQj8/wha-wha-what.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Lee Carmichael)2http://leecarmichael.blogspot.com/2008/05/wha-wha-what.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31581631.post-115783778040081617Sat, 09 Sep 2006 21:36:00 +00002006-09-11T08:51:42.293-05:00I levitated over the highway and took this picture. Pretty cool huh?http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/The3rdGreatestBlogOfAllTime/~3/RjOatLakjaU/strip.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Lee Carmichael)0http://leecarmichael.blogspot.com/2006/09/strip.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31581631.post-115783768115682669Sat, 09 Sep 2006 21:34:00 +00002006-09-11T08:50:56.216-05:00This is the pirate ship that sinks after a fierce gunbattle with scantily clad women.http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/The3rdGreatestBlogOfAllTime/~3/XxFeisGEYys/pirates-of-las-vegas-blvd.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Lee Carmichael)0http://leecarmichael.blogspot.com/2006/09/pirates-of-las-vegas-blvd.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31581631.post-115777901859837335Sat, 09 Sep 2006 05:16:00 +00002006-09-11T09:11:12.413-05:00Ferrari Enzo.http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/The3rdGreatestBlogOfAllTime/~3/9WF0taiIGXY/600-000-car-anyone.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Lee Carmichael)0http://leecarmichael.blogspot.com/2006/09/600-000-car-anyone.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31581631.post-115776850374301210Sat, 09 Sep 2006 02:21:00 +00002006-09-11T09:46:40.303-05:00...all 3,211 rooms of it.http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/The3rdGreatestBlogOfAllTime/~3/tSiMq-OywhQ/our-hotel.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Lee Carmichael)0http://leecarmichael.blogspot.com/2006/09/our-hotel.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31581631.post-115751855453595031Wed, 06 Sep 2006 04:55:00 +00002006-09-06T21:19:06.483-05:00Here is a picture I took outside the Bellagio just after I broke into it's super secure safe.http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/The3rdGreatestBlogOfAllTime/~3/BEBJpLbEUmY/oceans-1_06.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Lee Carmichael)1http://leecarmichael.blogspot.com/2006/09/oceans-1_06.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31581631.post-115751333114576391Wed, 06 Sep 2006 03:28:00 +00002006-09-05T22:30:57.336-05:00...couldn't resist.http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/The3rdGreatestBlogOfAllTime/~3/NNIM2NGWrpg/dam-sign.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Lee Carmichael)4http://leecarmichael.blogspot.com/2006/09/dam-sign.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31581631.post-115751319316601463Wed, 06 Sep 2006 03:26:00 +00002006-09-05T22:30:26.393-05:00Standing as if he had just poured the last bucket of concrete himself, Lee Carmichael proudly poses in front of a big round thing with a bridge.http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/The3rdGreatestBlogOfAllTime/~3/QpQj8ATEZT8/what-cool-dude.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Lee Carmichael)0http://leecarmichael.blogspot.com/2006/09/what-cool-dude.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31581631.post-115750174145603582Wed, 06 Sep 2006 00:15:00 +00002006-09-05T21:47:01.860-05:00The line structures are cantilevered over the cliffs of the Black Canyon. These carry power from the powerhouse at the bottom of the canyon up to the Nevada side of the river.As a side note, in the back of the shot you can barely make out a couple of sets of huge concrete pylons. These are the beginnings of a bypass for Highway 93. If you could see the span they're trying to bridge you'd be http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/The3rdGreatestBlogOfAllTime/~3/ljhIQMS_TZU/structures.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Lee Carmichael)0http://leecarmichael.blogspot.com/2006/09/structures.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31581631.post-115750157055134583Wed, 06 Sep 2006 00:12:00 +00002006-09-05T21:34:01.410-05:00Here's a shot of the dam from the Nevada side. I can't get the whole thing in the picture or I would.http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/The3rdGreatestBlogOfAllTime/~3/HK9xsHoaID0/dam-arizona-side.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Lee Carmichael)0http://leecarmichael.blogspot.com/2006/09/dam-arizona-side.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31581631.post-115750134922418978Wed, 06 Sep 2006 00:09:00 +00002006-09-05T21:33:19.613-05:00This is a picture of one of the four "penstocks" at the Hoover Dam. Water flows through this on it's way to the generators. This pipe is 30 FEET in diameter. So much water flows through this that the room we were standing in shakes (fyi, the water is moving about 35 mph). Before water reaches the generators is is split into smaller pipes, one for each generator. This change in diameter http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/The3rdGreatestBlogOfAllTime/~3/e6QGMgYFVqk/30-penstock.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Lee Carmichael)0http://leecarmichael.blogspot.com/2006/09/30-penstock.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31581631.post-115749283462877969Tue, 05 Sep 2006 21:47:00 +00002006-09-11T08:49:06.106-05:00Here we are inside one of the two Hoover Dam powerhouses. There are 17 generators at the Hoover Dam. The eight in the picture feed Nevada and the nine on the other side feed Arizona. The total generating capacity for both sides is right around 2000 MW....which is a lot! (For comparison, Chickamauga Dam in Chattanooga has a total generating capacity of 160 MW!)http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/The3rdGreatestBlogOfAllTime/~3/BQYDP2A6Is4/hoover-dam-powerhouse.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Lee Carmichael)0http://leecarmichael.blogspot.com/2006/09/hoover-dam-powerhouse.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31581631.post-115749212457726405Tue, 05 Sep 2006 21:35:00 +00002006-09-05T21:14:17.903-05:00A view of the beautiful Lake Meade, courtesy of the Hoover Dam.http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/The3rdGreatestBlogOfAllTime/~3/VQE3SwCRqew/lake-meade-and-boulder-city.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Lee Carmichael)0http://leecarmichael.blogspot.com/2006/09/lake-meade-and-boulder-city.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31581631.post-115745243615473757Tue, 05 Sep 2006 10:33:00 +00002006-09-05T21:11:55.996-05:00...and this picture was taken in the a.m. http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/The3rdGreatestBlogOfAllTime/~3/9H_qwXseZD0/on-our-way-to-vegas.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Lee Carmichael)0http://leecarmichael.blogspot.com/2006/09/on-our-way-to-vegas.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31581631.post-115544511432104555Sun, 13 Aug 2006 04:58:00 +00002006-08-13T16:05:02.746-05:00Chunky Munkey is a Great Dane that we met in Memphis. He's weighs 190 pounds and, as you can see, stands about 5 feet tall. He put his front paws up in a chair and his head was about even with mine. I tried to get Amanda to ride him but she wouldn't.http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/The3rdGreatestBlogOfAllTime/~3/alM52ndXGmk/meet-chunky-munkey.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Lee Carmichael)1http://leecarmichael.blogspot.com/2006/08/meet-chunky-munkey.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31581631.post-115544493861255631Sun, 13 Aug 2006 04:55:00 +00002006-08-13T16:08:43.926-05:00That's right teeny-boppers, this is it, Shawnee, Oklahoma - the home of Brad Pitt. Rumor has it he was born in the field above when there were no rooms available in the local inn. http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/The3rdGreatestBlogOfAllTime/~3/-_uFw2Nlti8/home-of-brad-pitt.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Lee Carmichael)0http://leecarmichael.blogspot.com/2006/08/home-of-brad-pitt.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31581631.post-115544474075147965Sun, 13 Aug 2006 04:52:00 +00002006-08-13T16:01:51.296-05:00http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/The3rdGreatestBlogOfAllTime/~3/7_n7IvvY2RU/mighty-mississippi.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Lee Carmichael)0http://leecarmichael.blogspot.com/2006/08/mighty-mississippi.html