A teacher friend of mine sent along this excerpt from Mark Twain's "Tom Sawyer Abroad" featuring Huck Finn and Tom Sawyer talk...

A net surfer from Colorado found this here cup of joe today while searching for some info on the band Cibo Matto, which is a band I discover...

Ahhhhh, Friday movie time. Best day of the week. Nothing is quite as satisfying as finally getting to see a movie made here in East Tennesse...

If politics has become a stale and unpleasant joke, then why not make a comedian president? That's the idea in the new movie "Man o...

The funding mechanisms of local and state government are headed for a collision course which will impact all residents and businesses - perh...

Some Wedesday web-walking has much to offer on all kinds of topics - discuss them as you wish. I will make this claim first, however -- seem...

There are more obese people in the world now than there are undernourished people, according to comments presented at the annual conference ...

A fascinating story was cited today by Justin on KnoxViews about a "test" that's been taking place at the airport in Knoxvill...

"Thus, for example, George W. Bush's new name is: Fluffy Chucklefanny. (Thanks goes to Tits McGee for revealing the above web page...

I think I know how the NASA folks feel. It isn't that something important is missing or destroyed, it's just that no one knows where...

A survey out this weekend from Newsweek reveals a growing trend among Americans - that Democrats would provide improved leadership in both ...

Remaking every movie ever made is no new invention in Hollyweird, silent films often got remade and I kinda lost count of how many times C.B...

A 13-year-old boy in Connecticut and his family have been ordered to take down a sign in the yard annnouncing "nite crawlers for sale...

Hey!! Where's the Friday movie and DVD reviews?? Such messages filled my email today. Fear not, faithful readers, it will be here on Sat...

Hot summer days and hotter nights. Time to take a journey to Cantaloupe Island by composer and pianist Herbie Hancock, with the legendary Fr...

The breakdown of British Petroleum's pipeline is more than a potential 8 percent loss in domestic oil distribution, it's likely part...

I had the honor of judging the Youth Talent Contest at the annual Jefferson County Fair on Monday night. Normally I have been the emcee of t...

This will certainly blend the most pessimistic and the one at the other end -- what was it? Oh yeah. Optimism. A recent commenter here left ...

via Hutchmo at NiT

I think this particular patch of ruminations began because I was out this morning barefooted in the yard. Nothing quite like that feeling of...