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 Uncategorized on Nov 29th, 2007
Offering up complex and pretentious pontification would give me a headache right now.
So, I won’t. Instead I shall ponder upon things truly near and dear to my heart like Clay Jones or maybe red lipstick.
Yeah, red lipstick. Not just any old red lipstick. Grandma’s 1940’s dry, cake of fire-engine red lipstick, which much to your [...]
Posted in Hawkins County, Local Characters on Nov 28th, 2007
One hospital in America will win a free MAGNETOM Essenza, an all-new 1.5T MRI. This powerful diagnostic tool can help improve the quality of care for friends, families, and neighbors in your community. Go here. Select Wellmont / Hawkins County Memorial from the drop-down menu, watch the video and give them your vote.
Posted in Iraq on Nov 28th, 2007
(Hat tip to Ms. Joline)
Go to the Let’s Say Thanks web site, and you can pick out a card depicting patriotic scenes and hometown images. These designs were selected from a pool of entries from children across the country – including one from Knoxville, TN.
Select the message that best expresses your sentiment [...]
Posted in Blog, Hawkins County on Nov 28th, 2007
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Wouldn’t it be cool if the beehive made a comeback?
Posted in Uncategorized on Nov 21st, 2007
Just in time for Christmas! Roger Abramson at Music City Bloggers walks readers through the basics of establishing an online shopping account with this humorous yet distressingly accurate post:
Step One
Thank you for deciding to place an order with eggbeaters.com, your source for all of your online egg beater needs.
Before placing your order, you will [...]
Posted in The South on Nov 21st, 2007
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This video is so outrageous, you’ll think it is a southern spoof. And regardless of where you stand on the issue, you’ve got admire the calm manner displayed by Rhea County Executive, Billy Ray Patton as the conversation moved from illegal immigration to stinking Christians and sodomites. Patton politely declares the man [...]
Posted in Uncategorized on Nov 20th, 2007
WBIR’s Katie Allison Granju (who also happens to be a super-mommy blogger) reports that a middler schooler in Cornova, Tennessee allegedly tried to poison his teacher Friday.
Shelby County School Board spokesperson Mike Tebbe said the 10-year-old student walked to the teacher’s desk and poured a cleaning liquid into her coffee cup.
The student admitted what he [...]
Posted in Uncategorized on Nov 20th, 2007
From News Channel 11’s Consumer Watch Report:
You want to protect your kids from every danger. You teach them to look both ways before crossing the street, how to dial 911, and never to talk to strangers. Now there’s a new danger to include with those cardinal rules: identity theft. It’s a [...]
Posted in Uncategorized on Nov 20th, 2007
WASHINGTON, Nov. 19, 2007 – Since 6 a.m. Nov. 17, thousands of Americans across the country paused to text a message of gratitude to the nation’s servicemembers for their sacrifices through the “Giving Thanks” text messaging program offered by “America Supports You”, a nationwide program launched by the Department of Defense.Send a message [...]
Posted in Hawkins County on Nov 20th, 2007
From Kingsport Times-News:
SURGOINSVILLE — The remains of a person found in a burned mobile home Saturday near Surgoinsville hadn’t been officially identified Monday, but authorities have all but conceded that it is Jonathan Paul Gilliam, a registered sex offender who hasn’t been seen or heard from since the fire occurred.
Around 1 a.m. Saturday, firefighters [...]
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