From Cairo, February 2011. It worked - Mubarak resigns presidency. The shoe ?? Oh, right, the shoe ... Some "notable shoe incidents...

I have a good excuse for not having created new posts at my normal rate. I have what could best be termed a metabolic derangement. I've ...

I'd have to turn in all my cult movie fan credentials if I failed to mourn the passing of cult cinema superstar Tura Satana, who fled th...

It appears that after many decades debating health care, insurance, and all the costs involved with medicine and doctoring and all the legis...

The real fight over tax breaks debated last fall in Congress was centered on folks who make $250,000 or above. So that's really who they...

The Tennessee Teachers Association may lose their right to collective bargaining under legislation just introduced in the state legislature,...

Plans put forth by Republicans like Rep. Doug Lamborn to eliminate all funding for the Corporation for Public Broadcasting reveal a basic la...

Bad ideas float up and out of Hollywood so often, you'd think it was a required habit. Recently a Warner Brothers exec, Jessica Goodman ...

There's a momentary online/news-cycle of outrage 'n infamy swirling around Tennessee Congressman Steve Cohen for comments he made th...

I'm well aware that I have "friends" and "relationships" with people I have never met face to face. We interact with...

In November of 2010, The Telework Enhancement Act was signed and adopted by the Federal government. It requires Fed agencies to develop poli...

Those damn dirty history books has just done plain ruint Amurica and TeaNessee and hit all needs a good cleanin' 'n white-warshin...

I'll have to ask for some patience from readers as I work on a variety of design changes for this blog. Which means this site is under r...

Winter's cold hands have been far too familiar this first month of 2011. Attempts on my part to find something more light-hearted or at ...

Hoo boy. If, in your time of trouble, you consider it valuable to turn to the twittering celebrity Sarah Palin, then you'll be rewarded ...

The grim and deadly attack on a member of Congress, a child, a Federal judge, and the public in general all gathered for a question and answ...

In the mid-60s, John Lennon was apparently pushing hard to get the rights to make a 'Lord of the Rings' movie and also wanted Stanle...

The Library of Congress claims to be archiving all the Twitter posts, but how will your loved ones handle your digital remains? If you want ...

An Alabama-based publisher is making news as their new edition of Mark Twain's "Adventures of Huckleberry Finn" and The Advent...

I was momentarily perplexed during the holidays watching the alleged news on cable television. Numerous shows - especially those on the CNN ...