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overheard between two six-year old girls…
Ms. Diva: “Um, let’s paint a Father’s Day card…”
Miss O: “Father’s Day?  How about a Mother’s Day card.”
Ms. Diva: “Mother’s Day is over.”
Miss O:  “Father’s Day is a long time away.”
Ms. Diva: “Let’s paint a picture of Obama!”
Miss O: “Yeah, we love Obama!”
Ms. Diva: “It can’t be a bad picture [...]

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Last week, I thought to myself: ‘Hmm, I should get back to blogging.’
I decided to wait until the kids and I had finished baking Christmas goodies. One thing led to another. By the time I’d scraped the sugar goo off the kitchen ceiling and opened the windows for ventilation, which was necessary after the mixer [...]

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I notice advertising – commercials, promos, print ads, online and mobile. And I analyze them: What is the message? How are they communicating this? Who are they targeting? What kind of psychology are they using? How is this going to make the consumer feel? Is that going to be effective?
A little geeky, I know. What’s [...]

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On April 1st, the Times-News reports Surgionsville Police Department welcomes to one horse “Marshal Dillon” and two mules, “Chester and Festus” to their patrol force. The animals were donated by Lirpa Sloof.
Ironically, this happens on the same date that a year ago,  a NASA Spacecraft was forced to perform an emergency landing at the [...]

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(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 [...]

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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 [...]

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If you thought this blog post was about religion, special church services, or chasing ghosts and/or booze, stop right here. It isn’t.

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The Bonnie Blue Farms will not be open to the public this Fall. Myers Pumpkin Patch, however, will remain in business (Sept. 1 – Oct 31st) despite dire predictions that the recent drought will adversely affect pumpkins crops and result in severe shortage of jack-o-lantern supplies and Thanksgiving pies.

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I just discovered by way of Volunteer Voters that today might have been Nathan Bedford Forrest Day.  Kleinheider has a copy of the proclamation posted over there & sure enough, it says:
NOW, THEREFORE, I Phil Bredesen, Governor of the State of Tennessee, do hereby proclaim Sunday, July 13, 2007, as NATHAN BEDFORD FORREST [...]

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When Rogersville 4th of July organizers threatened to pull-out all the stops for this year’s celebration: they weren’t just whistling Dixie. The event was phenomenal.
The Rogersville “Honoring America” Parade was true to the theme. In honoring our country, we celebrated her greatest resource – the people.
Grand Marshals of the parade [...]

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