The Burke Blog
My money. My business. My life.

Yesterday I posted a list of my top ten favorite blogs from Chattanoogans that I like to read.  I made a horrible mistake leaving one off, so today it will get its own post.

From time to time people ask me why I even have a blog.  Honestly, there’s no reason that benefits anybody else but me.  I make an attempt at blogging just like many people keep a diary or a journal.  It simply provides an avenue to express my thoughts.  As much as I enjoy writing on [...]

Each year the new year brings new “resolutions” that people rarely keep.  I’m looking forward to one of mine this year that will keep this blog more up to date and fresh with new content.  I’m currently working on a redesign of KBB2.com, but with limited free time it could take me a week or [...]

The key feature I was missing on my Blackberry 8830 was the ability to view web pages as they appear on the internet. With the new Blackberry Storm I can see the correct formatting on web pages. Now I’m going to try to attach a picture I took with it.
UPDATE: I was not able [...]

The purpose of this blog is to provide an online journal for my thoughts.  If you’ve ever visited before, you’ve noticed that I write about business, sports, politics, life and anything else that is on my mind.  Although I am going to continue to write about those topics, I’ve decided to slightly veer closer to [...]

Coming off the long weekend in Destin, I’ve been swamped with work and school! I apologize for the sparse posts, but I have several things in the works including an update on the Hamilton County Sheriff’s race, my local products in professional baseball update, a Burke Holdings (investing) update, and several rants about our [...]

I’m always interested in what other local bloggers are writing about, and TennesseeTicket.com is one that I read on a daily basis. Joe Lance offers a non-partisan take on local politics that gives a unique insight into what’s happening in the area.
Yesterday Joe posted about a new website that would be launching today. [...]

I apologize for the infrequency in posting this past week.  I was slammed at work as we have been tying up loose ends for summer ball teams and working to prepare for the Stump on Sports All-Star Classics.  This weekend I will be posting on the following things:

Investing – Week in Review
Presidential Race Outlook
Photos and [...]

Jonathan Mason, fellow Ooltewah High School grad, and formerly my campaign manager, has started a personal weblog called Tombstones and Politics.  I was mad when I first came across it because he didn’t bother to tell me about it.  I was looking over the Google Analytics of my blog, and saw his URL as a [...]

Celebrating the beginning of Summer and Father’s Day, Amazon.com is offering massive discounts on their vast movie collection. Through June 9 you can save up to 50% off all DVD’s including the new Blu-Ray technology!
What is Blu-Ray?
Many of you may not be aware of the new Blu-Ray technology as it made it’s debut just [...]

I quit blogging back in March when I announced my candidacy for the Hamilton County District 7 School Board seat that was being vacated by Joe Conner. I really enjoyed being involved in the “Education Debate” in Hamilton County, and I had the opportunity to meet many people. My campaign team felt confident [...]