There’s a thin line between normal and insane. I think I’m standing on it… which would explain the big blob of crazy on my shoe.
Posted in Local Characters on Jun 30th, 2007
It seems the Rogersville City Skate Park has always been a source of controversy. The park was initially unwanted by Town officials. The battle to build was hard-fought and the facility is likely the only Town project ever funded, in part, by children under 16 years of age.
Spearheading efforts for the development [...]
Posted in Uncategorized on Jun 30th, 2007
I was thrilled to discover Damarcationville listed at #95 on Wordpress’ Growing Blogs. You can check it out if you’d like. Just click the link and keep scrolling down, down a bit more. Keep going. Yeah, past the blogs written in German and Chinese…. There it is at the very bottom.
Hmph! [...]
Posted in Uncategorized on Jun 29th, 2007
When I read the Citizen-Tribune headline “How low can TVA go” I assumed it was a story about eminent domain… turns out to be a bit of bad news for area Lake Dwellers.
Posted in Hawkins County on Jun 29th, 2007
As area churches prepared for Vacation Bible Schools, scores of wide-eyed children eagerly awaited the opportunity to attend their first K-Mets baseball game and volunteers at Shepard’s Center were busy organizing their Free Youth Fun Day: other disturbing news was pouring out of Hawkins County:
Head Basketball Coach for Clinch School, Mike Noel, 36, was charged [...]
Posted in Uncategorized on Jun 29th, 2007
Yesterday, I had an appointment to see Dr. Frankenstein, the orthopedist who has gradually rebuilt my right knee. The knee has been achy since I subbed for a dance instructor friend last week.
See, I danced for many years. (Not that kind of dancing, you perverts.) I was trained in classical ballet. [...]
Posted in Uncategorized on Jun 26th, 2007
I’ve got a politically incorrect pet peeve. I thought about stewing silently. Alas, I’ve never been good at stewing. It makes my eyeball twitch. And the whole silent thing… obviously, we can forget about that.
Okay the thing is: I’m an Al Sharpton watcher. No, I can’t explain [...]
Posted in Stacey Campfield on Jun 25th, 2007
*Grocery Bills: Tennesseans can’t win for losing.
*The Ramsey Ratings: Times-News asked Senate colleagues to ranking Speaker Ron Ramsey’s performance. In response, Rusty Crowe, R-Johnson City, says:
“He really gives it his all to try to get you what you need but knows how to say no if he has to and still make you feel [...]
Posted in Hawkins County, Local Characters on Jun 24th, 2007
Hawkins County – Gary Murrell, who is sole candidate for the Emergency Management Agency Director post, wooed a group of emergency responders at the Public Safety Committee meeting on Wednesday. Meanwhile, Hawkins County Mayor Crockett Lee was likely still fuming over the outcome of Monday’s Budget Committee meeting.
According to the Rogersville Review, Lee [...]
Posted in Local Characters on Jun 23rd, 2007
Yesterday was one of those days.
The kids’ schedules overlapped. Ms. Diva had ballet. Mr. Smartypants had a baseball game. Mr. Dad claimed to be allergic to tutus. So, he attended the game. I transported Diva.
Midway through the frou-frou princess fairy dance, where Ms. Diva executed a lovely arabesque-fall-on-your-nose [...]
Posted in Uncategorized on Jun 22nd, 2007
Latest offering from my favorite political cartoonist, Clay Jones.
Jones toons, talks, calls himself an unreliable conservative… and he’s in a rock band. It’s official. I have just upgraded from admiration to crush.
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