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, [...]
Our Own Hot Coffee Lawsuit
It looks like the little town of Knoxville has finally arrived. Â We’ve got a hot coffee lawsuit on our hands. Â That’s not a hot lawsuit about coffee, it’s a lawsuit over hot coffee. The lawsuit alleges that the 23-year-old Triplett drove to a Starbucks on Kingston Pike on July 13 and bought coffee via the [...]
The Phillip Fulmer Show
I didn’t see much of the game yesterday, but I’m sitting here now enjoying Phil Fulmer’s stoicism on his show. It’s amusing. You know, when you use the phrase “Chad had a fantastic second half”, and Chad is your punter, things can’t be too good on offense. Punters on good teams don’t have the opportunity [...]
Real Estate Woes and An ALMOST Good Idea
We have a property that has been on the market for nearly six months now. It is sitting empty because we would really rather sell it than rent it. But we don’t want to give it away either, and in this tough market that puts us in a little bit of a rough spot. We’re [...]
It’s Halftime. Can Fulmer be Fired Midgame?
I’m admittedly only halfway watching the Tennessee/Florida game, but what I’ve seen is atrocious. It looks like I stopped caring about college football a few years too early. I should have waited until this year to jump off the bandwagon. Every fan deserves at least one season of pure agony, right? I’m not talking about [...]
So Close To Being Smart
I was really interested when I heard that it may have been a University of Tennessee student, David Kernell, Â who was clever enough to “hack” into Sarah Palin’s Yahoo! mail account. But then there’s this… The hacker guessed that Alaska’s governor had met her husband in high school, and knew the Republican vice presidential candidate’s [...]
Christmas in September
Via Michael Silence, gas in Knoxville is at $3.99: That would be a $1 drop in 24 hours. Think stations were gouging yesterday? Â Did it make you mad? Â If so, logic dictates that you must now sing their praises for the generous gesture of dropping their prices. Or it could be that everyone got scared, [...]
Fire Fulmer! Redux
Here that? That’s the muffled sound of cars running in closed garages all over East Tennessee. There are big problems in the area. Well, big problems unless you advertise on sports radio here and want your ad heard in between the “Fire Fulmer” calls. It seems like I wrote this exact post exactly one year [...]
Knoxville Central High School Shooting
I just talked to a friend with a son at Central who is ok, so I’m relieved about that. Apparently he was just walking in this morning when the shot when off and was able to get back outside immediately. I’ll be adding reaction as I read it. **UPDATE** Again, Twitter is the best place [...]
NOTA Knox County
Yesterday’s stellar voter turnout make me wonder… If every office had a “None Of The Above” choice, would things be different? If voters had the option to choose NOTA would they be more likely to show up? What if an election victory by NOTA meant that another election would be held? My guess is the [...]
