I hadn’t formed a full-fledged opinion on the Occupy[ ] protests yet, but when I learned that Tennessee Gov. Haslam ordered the Tennessee Highway Patrol to arrest the protesters—who were peaceably assembled and exercising their First Amendment right—I realized it didn’t matter what I thought. Because agree or disagree with the reason, they have the [...]
Tear down what is old when it’s not pretty anymore
Destruction of any sort, whether it’s planned or not, always leaves me feeling a bit unsettled. So when I went to the doctor the other day and saw that the building(s) that housed Middle Tennessee Medical Center from 1927 until October 2010 is being demolished, I was jarred. I worked in this hospital from Sept. [...]
Internet killed the video star
The other day Ian and I got a text from a friend letting us know that Video Culture, a local independent video store, was closing this weekend. Now, the fact that a video store—especially a locally owned, non-chain one—was closing wasn’t a surprise. But for anyone who went to MTSU, at least in the mid- [...]
We’ll see how it goes
Today after work Ian & I joined a gym. We’d been talking about it for a while and had tried to go check out the one a block from our house last week, but it was so full there wasn’t even anywhere to park for a minute. At about 7:30 p.m. So today we stopped [...]
I get knocked down, but I get up again
They Might Be Giants covers Chumbawamba This is amazing. If you don’t want to watch, it’s They Might Be Giants covering Chumbawamba’s iconic song Tubthumping (hat tip to Morgan). I say iconic, but what I really mean is “the song that defined my freshman year in college and therefore holds a special place in my [...]