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Deliverance » STUPID BUSINESS TRICKS
Posted 28 minutes ago
As a consumer and customer I continue to be amazed by the stupid things businesses say and do in the name of saving money and/or increasing sales. Even worse we as consumers do economically stupid things without thinking. Some examples (and expect me to return with more): --Airlines. Need I say much more? Is there anything they haven't started charging ... [Link]

Mac Fanatic » Stunning Lego Photographs
Posted 37 minutes ago
Flickr user Balakov likes to take photos using Lego figures.  And not just any photos, Balakov actually recreates famous paintings, photographs, and scenes in painstakingly detail.  The attention to detail in his work is truly amazing and the result is wonderful.  I especially love the recreations of Star Wars scenes and the way Balakov has even went past the series and created scenes ... [Link]

jonathanhickman.com » I still can’t believe I got a new car
Posted 41 minutes ago
I still can’t believe I got a new car this week. A year from now I’ll probably look back at the Subaru as a distant memory, as in “oh yeah, I used to have one of those.” Wow. The new car makes my long commute 10x better. I still can’t believe I got a new car [Link]

Ramblin' Man » IndiaFest 2008
Posted 44 minutes ago
This sounds like a big bunch of multi-cultural fun over Lenoir City way: India Fest '08. [Link]

Rocky Top Talk: Front Page Posts » Austin Johnson: RTT#8 in 2008
Posted 66 minutes ago
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jonathanhickman.com » Spoke too soon
Posted 73 minutes ago
A few days ago, I remarked to my mother “gee, isn’t it nice how C has been sleeping so much better lately?” A while back we went to extreme measures to make a bedroom out of a closet here at the office. We darkened windows and built up the ambient noise, and we put a nice rocking chair in there ... [Link]

Ramblin' Man » 10 Days Out: Aug. 22-31, 2008
Posted 95 minutes ago
Friday, Aug. 22 DISCOVER THE BIJOU Four local acts will help show off the historic Bijou Theatre at 8 p.m. as part of "Discover Downtown," a series of events presented by the University of Tennessee Cultural Attractions Committee. The concert will feature theater and music by the Boozehound Gandy Dance Hobo Cabaret, below, and bands Llama Train (performing their last ... [Link]

Rocky Top Talk: Front Page Posts » Willie Bohannon: RTT#9 in 2008
Posted 97 minutes ago
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Thirteen Letters » 5 Guys
Posted 104 minutes ago
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Instapundit » No title
Posted 105 minutes ago
WHAT'S NOT TO LIKE? A service that lets you bypass phone trees. [Link]

Citizen Netmom » senseless…
Posted 106 minutes ago
School shootings always are. 15 year old Ryan McDonald got up this morning, kidded with his grandmother, caught the bus and went to school — where he was supposed to be, doing what he was supposed to be doing. Somewhere along the line, he got crosswise with Jamar Siler in the cafeteria. Jamar pulled a gun from his backpack and ... [Link]

Great Smoky » What do you say about this?
Posted 109 minutes ago
Nothing. It isn't funny, or ironic, or silly. Just tragic. KNOXVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — A student fatally shot a 16-year-old classmate during a dispute Thursday at a Knoxville high school, as other teenagers watched in horror as the victim clutched his chest and fell to the floor.The shooting happened shortly after 8 a.m. at the Central High School cafeteria, Chief ... [Link]

Instapundit » No title
Posted 2 hours ago
NOT OVER YET: "A massive e-mail and Internet campaign is under way aimed at derailing the nomination of Barack Obama and making Hillary Clinton the Democratic Party's standard bearer next week at the national convention in Denver." [Link]

The Screening Log » Ben Affleck to board 'Extract'
Posted 2 hours ago
Ben Affleck is in final talks to join Jason Bateman, Clifton Collins Jr., Mila Kunis and Kristen Wiig in Mike Judge's upcoming comedy "Extract," Variety reported earlier today. The film follows the misadventures of a flower extract factory owner (Bateman) who's having trouble at work and at home. Affleck takes over the role of a lawyer, while Collins plays a ... [Link]

Gene Patterson » Another Tragedy
Posted 2 hours ago
Just weeks ago, we were writing that violence can happen anywhere. In the aftermath of the deadly shootings at the Tennessee Valley Unitarian Universalist Church, the thought was - if it can happen at a church, no place is truly safe. But even given that tragedy, I didn’t think it could happen again so soon. And certainly not at a ... [Link]

terryfrank.net » On the Radio
Posted 2 hours ago
Today at 5:00 we’ll talk with Drew Johnson, President of the Tennessee Center for Policy Research about the latest Pre-K study. We’ll also talk the latest on the brewing scandal in the Bredesen administration regarding the actions of Lt. Ronnie Shirley in the Tennessee Highway Patrol. At 3:00 we’ll talk with Cliff Kincaid of Accuracy in Media about Barack Obama ... [Link]

katie allison granju » Follow me on Twitter
Posted 2 hours ago
You can find my Twittering here. addthis_url = 'http%3A%2F%2Fwww.katieallisong~ addthis_title = 'Follow+me+on+Twitter'; addthis_pub = ''; Follow me on Twitter [Link]

RoaneViews » The Great Cumberland County Soap Opera Continues
Posted 3 hours ago
Well, they've got into a legal pissing match, it would appear. Link... read more [Link]

Instapundit » No title
Posted 3 hours ago
DOING OPEN-SOURCE SCIENCE. "Openness has always been an integral part of science, with scientists presenting findings in journals or at conferences. But the open-science movement, with many of its leaders in the Boston area, encourages scientists to share techniques and even their work long before they are ready to present results, when they are devising research questions, running experiments, and ... [Link]

Straight Talk » No title
Posted 3 hours ago
MOUNT VERNON, ILL. -- Wearing a white cowboy hat and preaching atop his horse Coby, Pastor Steve Hamson gives a modern-day meaning to "sermon on the mount." With a Bible in one hand and reins in the other, Hamson strikes the fear of God in his parishioners -- more than a dozen of them listening on horseback in a humid ... [Link]