Only in Knoxville
Good Peanut Butter and Good Toilet Paper
…the rest of life is butter if you have those two things. Really good butter. Check out this awesome video of our ol’ buddy at ktownlowdown and his (much) better half, CouponKatie. You may have to watch the video twice, because the first time through you’ll most likely be distracted with thoughts of, “how did [...]
Knoxville Overground Co-Working Space Opening Next Week!
On Wednesday February 18 Knoxville Overground is holding a launch party and wants to invite the Knoxville blogging community to come check out the facilities from 7-10 pm. There will be live music, photographers, food & drinks, guest speakers, the Press, and silent auctions for “an hour of time with professionals, consultants, and celebrity entrepreneurs.” [...]
Twestival Knoxville
Knoxville Overground is promoting Twestival Knoxville this Thursday at Smoky Mountain Brewery at Turkey Creek from 6:00-9:00 pm. This is an international fund raising event for charity: water. Come out and join a bunch of cool people from Twitter (and me) for some fun. You can RSVP on Facebook or Eventbrite. Or…just show up if [...]
KPD, DAs, (non) DUIs,
I’m going to have to try and be delicate with this one…where to start? First the background:  A Knox County Assistant District Attorney, Samyah Jubran, was done a favor by KPD Officer Hakan Dururvurur when he let her drive home even though he thought she was too impaired to do so after a traffic stop.  What the [...]
I Don’t Get Out Much
 At least not anymore.  But I was out for most of the day today, at least if you consider the mall and grocery store as “out”.  When I say I don’t get out much, I’m talking about the house and my pajamas.  I mean that I literally don’t get out of my pajamas much. [...]
Some Great Reading on Knoxville History
Doesn’t matter if you’re local or not, there’re two great stories in the KNS over the past two days that are very intriguing. Â The story is about two possibly connected murders from 1968 and 1972 respectively. Â Everything needed for a good novel is involved–an unsolved murder of a prominent wife whose husband was having [...]
Big Election Day Turnout? Eh-It Depends
I early voted, but I went out for lunch to day and cruised by a couple of polling locations while I was out. Â Here’s what I saw: Â At A.L. Lotts, there was plenty of parking and no apparent line at 11:59 am. Â It didn’t look like much was going on there outside of a [...]
A Press Conference About Football? On a Monday?
Tony Basilio is reporting on air that Phil Fulmer will hold a press conference at 5:00 today at Neyland Stadium to announce he will not be returning as head coach next year. More coming, I’m sure. **UPDATE** This is probably a pretty smart move tax-wise. With the probably tax rate on his income next year, [...]
Business Fail Because of Banks and Credit Card Companies? C’mon.
I normally wouldn’t comment on a situation like Cindy Fairless Lay’s.  She is closing her privately owned business here locally, and that’s none of my business.  However, Ms. Lay wrote a guest column for the KNS (related article) today in which she explains why her business is closing.  In doing so, she’s put herself out there, [...]
Is Fulmer Gone For Real Now?
Tony Basilio is reporting on the air that University of Tennessee Athletic Director Mike Hamilton has requested a meeting with Jimmy Sexton, who is Phil Fulmer’s agent. This apparently signals an official move to end the Phil Fulmer error era at UT. According to Basilio, neither camp is going to confirm this, at least not [...]
