Martin Luther King, Jr. Day: The Birthday of a King?
Today is Martin Luther King, Jr. Day in the United States, a holiday that has brought quite a lot of controversy since its inception as a legal holiday in 1983. The avid disagreement about the holiday...
View ArticleRain is in the forecast for tonight and Tuesday
An area of low pressure over the central part of the United States will move towards the Great Lakes area over the next two days. This low pressure, along with a high pressure centered off the East...
View ArticlePresidential Candidates Debate in Myrtle Beach: Hysterical Sand Sculptures
There will be another Presidential Debate tonight in Myrtle Beach. As the field gets smaller with the resignation of Gov. Huntsman today, the stakes get higher and higher. Fox News will show the...
View ArticleKidVid: More fun with Thomas the Tank Engine and Timmy (the hilarious lamb)
It doesn’t matter how many times a parent tells a child that listening is important; kids think that parents couldn’t possibly know anything. Well, maybe not most preschoolers, but there are those out...
View ArticleYou can't evict an idea - # J17 Occupy Congress
January 17, a day that is sure to make history as occupiers from everywhere descend upon Washington, DC to "Occupy Congress". In solidatity and in conjunction with the Occupy Wall Street movement, the...
View ArticleWe told you so-Shipley and Ford were cleared as Examiner said
Regular readers might recall that it has been since last July that this writer has written and investigated the case of Representatives Tony Shipley and Dale Ford, who stood accused of improperly...
View ArticlePeriodization for training optimization
Periodization is an extensive topic in the field of sport science. To discuss it in depth in one article is impossible, but triathletes need to have a basic understanding of the principles in order to...
View ArticleFacebook Privacy : How to spring clean your page using your Timeline
Do you worry sometimes about the amount of information that you post on Facebook through status updates and comments? Most people would answer that they do to some degree, feeling that their personal...
View ArticleFree to Good Home: Out of sight is out of your mind
Free to Good Home: Out of sight is out of your mind! It happens to so many people these days. Situation change, whether...
View ArticleWill Tennessee General Assembly tighten the Bible Belt?
The Tennessee General Assembly started their session last week, and they are debating some issues that are being watched closely around the country. In this distinctly Bible Belt State, there has been...
View ArticleAmerica occupies the Capitol
January 17 2012- the day the American people converged on Washington DC and officially occupied Congress, this is history being made right now. Many streamers using Ustream brought the events to us...
View ArticleWebsites to go dark to protest SOPA
Kingsport, Tennessee – People all across East Tennessee are expressing concern over the controversial federal anti-piracy legislation known as SOPA. Opposition appears to be picking up steam and...
View ArticlePaula Deen is not your doctor, y'all
Paula Deen has admitted that she is a Type II Diabetic, and the Fat Police have gone crazy persecuting her! The whole thing is ridiculous on so many levels; it's difficult to know which to address....
View Article"Today's Special" is a satisfying comedy with heart
No CGA. No zombies or vampires. No special effects. No hate or revenge. No gratuitous sex. With all these negatives, what does Today’s Special have to recommend it? Its huge heart. Today’s...
View ArticleDiabetes: Famous celebrity diabetics
Paula Deen has Type II diabetes, and she has signed an agreement to work as a spokesperson for a pharmaceutical company. People have been particularly harsh to Paula Deen in an often irrational way....
View ArticleMore than 100K people ask President Obama to pledge to veto SOPA/PIPA
Kingsport, Tennessee: Internet users across East Tennessee and the U.S. continue to express their outrage at the near-passage of the Stop Online Piracy Act and PROTECT IP Act. In less than 24 hours as...
View Article10 Best tastes of the year for 2011
With the economy being what it is, a lot of folks are opting for fewer meals out, or at least trying to maximize their dollar when they do choose to eat in restaurants. This year’s Best Tastes...
View ArticleKidVid: "David and Kamal" explores an unlikely friendship
David and Kamal is a movie that one really really wants to like (even the box art screams out "Love me!"). After all, it’s about an unlikely friendship between two nine...
View ArticleGoogle confuses bloggers with new rules about ads: Tool to check your blog
Just when we think we understand Google's search engine criteria, they change the rules. Well, they call them algorithms, but they appear to be some secret formulas agreed upon by men in tall, pointy...
View ArticleSOPA: "CIAO for Now" as sponsor withdraws bill for redraft
SOPA, the controversial bill being considered to control illegal pirating of intellectual, copyrighted material by off-shore entitites, has been withdrawn for the time being. Rep. Lamar Smith (R-TX),...
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