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Where else are you going to get headlines like this in the newspaper?
Scuffle with son over sandwich meat burns shotgun-packing meth maker
A scuffle over your son with sandwich meat should stand for a head line on its own, but a shotgun-packing meth maker is icing on the cake.
Stay classy East Tennessee. Stay classy.
Bob Dylan has canceled his show in Knoxville due to low ticket sales:
Snider declined to reveal how many tickets were sold but said the number was too low to rely on last-minute ticket purchases to save the show.
“It’s just sort of tough times economically, right now,” said Snider.
Yes, things are tough economically, but another reason ticket sales are low is because it’s the “Bob Dylan” concert. I saw Dylan at Smokies Stadium with Willie Nelson in 2004. Dylan was horrible. He was two verses into “All Along the Watchtower” before I even recognized it. Waste of time and money.
Willie is always a tremendous show, and Mellencamp is a great show as well. I’ve only seen him once and walked away a fan. Actually, I walked away realizing how big of a fan I’d always been.
I didn’t buy tickets because Dylan was part of the show. Can’t justify giving money for him to take time away from two good acts.
And some breaking news for the KNS–Mellencamp dropped “Cougar” about 20 years ago. You got scooped!
For Knoxville peeps, my friend Jen has a $50 gift certificate to the new Earth Fare store in Bearden to give away.
in celebration of the opening of their new Knoxville store on June 17th, Earth Fare gave me a $50.00 gift card to give away! Yeah, very cool. They just said, hey Jen – give this away for us.
All you have to do is leave a comment telling her why you’d like to win it.
KNS article on my buddy Jay. He bought an old eyesore building on Broadway, gutted it, and is completely renovating it into some very nice commercial space. Part of that invovles a green roof. Stop by and check out what he’s doing if you’re interested.
Proponents of green roofs rave about the benefits. Energy savings routinely reach more than 25 percent. Plants convert heat and soil moisture into humidity, which brings about evaporative cooling. Vegetation-growing roofs reduce noise, improve air quality and are pleasing to the eye.
We’re putting together some structure and a website for our local coworking group, and were kicking the idea around about how to include people (or not). I’m a big fan of keeping rules as simple and minimal as possible. I figured eight rules were plenty…apologies to Chuck Palahniuk.
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Patrick Beeson has a nice article with some tips for drivers. It’s a good, quick list of pointers, but I’m assuming this will be of interest only to the drivers who don’t make a habit of yelling “Git off da roa-ohd!” or throwing stuff at cyclists.
I was riding a lot on the roads a couple of years ago when I was training for longer triathlons. I decided it just wasn’t worth the risk of getting hit by some a-hole after a guy was killed on one of the routes I rode often. I started riding on Cherokee Boulevard exclusively–plenty of space, and people are aware and considerate of cyclists there for the most part. That kind of sucks for longer rides, but the monotony built up my mental fitness and it paid off in races.
Sure, a cyclist has just as much right to be on the road as a motorist, but I’m still not comfortable putting my life in the hands of someone who doesn’t know or care about that fact. Drivers should actually be happy that more people will be on bikes. The decreased demand for gasoline will have prices falling in no time.
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