The makers of "The Matrix" trilogy, the Wachowski Brothers, are offering a sneak peek at their newest movie, "Speed Racer...

A friend mentioned something in an email to me the other day about television and Christmas which prompted some thinking on my part -- he wr...

A man who identifies himself as a pastor shot some video as he was protesting against illegal immigrants in Rhea County. His video page at Y...

The straight-up fact is that when a person nabs the 1st District Congressional seat, it's pretty much theirs for as long as they wish to...

England explores Dollywood in the latest issue of The Economist, which offers their own drawing (see image at right) to go with their report...

Sophie, the official canine representative of yer Cup of Joe Powell returns in a recent photo, courtesy of The Editor . A black and white p...

Despite intentions of some in the state's government, proposed changes in the laws on doing business in public remain snarled and confus...

A rather unexpected surprise arrived for this humble-but-lovable blog, from Michael Silence at the Knoxville News Sentinel this past week - ...

Greetings from your humble narrator/blogger. And yes, I am keenly aware that I have been rather absent over the last few weeks, as I work to...

The creators of Conservapedia said their web site was launched to balance the 'liberal bias' of the web site WikiPedia. So what do c...

I was reading some reference books the other day and read about a movie released in 1970 which I had never heard about, a movie that boasts ...

"Good news everyone!!" Fine news for fans of the once-cancelled and now revived animated sci-fi comedy show "Futurama": ...

Shameless plug number two here for the stage production of Frank Capra's "It's A Wonderful Life", which I am directing for...

The state's legislative committee reviewing/re-writing open government meeting laws needs to stop and close up shop, revoke all recommen...

A follow-up to yesterday's post on the ideas of privacy -- Jack Lail had some sound opinions on the topic in the comments of that post ...

AT&T has a policy now in place to block online services if one says anything negative about them, and this just before they launched th...

A frustratingly brief news report caught my eye this weekend, with headlines claiming a government official said Americans need to redefine ...

Even though we haven't arrived at the Thanksgiving holiday yet, some moviemakers have crafted a special gift for your Christmas stalking...

My good friend and blogger Juliepatchouli writes with some very disturbing news that after recently relocating to a new home in the Strawbe...

I'm shifting gears today and diving into the bizarre zone of Current Events, and what I see is grim and convoluted and mostly a maze of ...