No movie is better at tackling the mood and madness of the current age better than " Southland Tales ". It's no wonder it'...

The chaos and confusion amid the Olympic Torch run in San Fran yesterday made trying to locate the troubled symbols of the Olympics like pla...

A definition of the word Legislation: a solution to a problem which may, or may not actually exist, which may or may not actually create any...

A brief sample of things found on the Internet which may bring a smile or a grimace -- An American takes 15 million ice cream sticks, then 5...

Yesterday state officials provided information about a draft agreement for the state to start offering statewide cable TV franchises, just a...

Voters were provided a comprehensive and vast, link-filled assessment of the state House, Senate and federal candidates in Tennessee thanks ...

If all the people who are so interested in protesting the next Olympics because they are in China, and China is the poster child of human ri...

I can think of few writers and creators of our current age who have reflected the twisted, fearful nature of the modern mind better than Ste...

I did not know that public libraries were hotbeds of violence - but apparently they are in Knox County. How else to explain a new program to...

Starting next month, a printer which can rip out 16.5 high-resolution pages per second(!!!) is headed to consumers. It's made by Kyocer...

Time was when hit with some insomnia on a night in early Spring, I might have taken to the road and found some forgotten diner and sipped co...

While supporters were hoping for a response in the tens of thousands, the numbers were more in the hundreds for independent truckers attempt...

NOTE : For the most recent info, see this post - thanks! I've spoken with a few friends in the trucking industry, and though they don...

I've seen it mentioned in the news, and likely you have too - rumblings and reports that independent truckers plan to stop driving today...

Call me digitally dumb or digitally delusional. It's just that keeping up with the constant flow of technological change usually results...

Returning roundup of what the best bloggers in Tennessee are talking about, via TennViews : • 10,000 Monkeys and a Camera: Five Years. 4000 ...

Yesterday millions of humans all over the planet joined an 'initiative to raise awareness' called Earth Hour and turned off lights a...

The oddest moment in TV show history may well have occurred on March 4, 2001 in the pilot episode of "The Lone Gunmen", a spin-off...

Bloggers have been noting that the traffic traps at red lights are bringing plenty of trouble. Mike Silence notes, as does Music City Blogg...

A new movie opening this weekend at the IFC Center is a film-festival favorite called "Shotgun Stories" and I am happy to see my o...