Daily Archives: March 11th, 2010
Happy Hour: Chug It Edition
- Good news, y’all: We can drink the water. Metro Water Services released a report saying that Nashville’s tap water is completely up to par with EPA water safety standards. [City Paper]
- At least four of the seven bus routes that were going to be cut on July 1st may be safe after all. The city is looking at taking money from a few departments including the Arts Commission and the Adventure Science Center to give MTA an extra $1M to continue the routes. Bus ridership rate is the highest in 30 years in Nashville. [WSMV]
- Tennessee Sen. Fred Hobbs sent out a letter today apologizing for last week’s comment that Barack Obama kind of maybe might be a terrorist for all he knew. [City Paper]
- For the first time since Miley’s cringe-inducing Vanity Fair photo shoot, Stage Dad Of The Year Billy Ray spoke publicly about it on NBC’s “Today” show, still claiming he had no idea that they were going to “strip her down and wrap her in a blanket.” But, he said, “Stuff happens.” [WSMV]
Photo by emdoylethemick.
Good news, y’all: We can drink the water. Metro Water Services released a report saying that Nashville’s tap water is completely up to par with EPA water safety standards. [City Paper]
At least four of the seven bus routes that were going to be cut on July 1st may be safe after all. The city is [...]
Photo Of The Day: June 17, 2008 (Caption Contest)
Sometimes we get pictures in our pool that leave us sort of speechless, but they’re usually ones that go a really long way in explaining why we love this town. We just feel like we need to let you guys take over the captioning for this shot that was snagged by ronbox on Sunday night, because we have no idea what’s going on here. So throw us your best one-liners and we’ll post our favorite at the end of the day. Don’t be shy!
Photo Of The Day will be a recurring feature for Nashvillest as long you keep giving us stuff to post. Don’t worry- We’ll give you props. Just add them to the pool or tag them with “Nashvillest†if you’re feeling lazy.
Sometimes we get pictures in our pool that leave us sort of speechless, but they’re usually ones that go a really long way in explaining why we love this town. We just feel like we need to let you guys take over the captioning for this shot that was snagged by ronbox on Sunday night, [...]
Tall Tales: Tim Ross And The Toothed Zipper
Tim Ross, Channel 4 weatherman extraordinaire, is becoming sort of a staple around here at the Nashvillest HQ for his loud tie collection and over-the-top enthusiasm about, well, the weather. A few days ago, we made another big discovery: Tim has a blog. And on his blog, Tim writes poetry. So as you’re just waking up and tuning into Tim’s morning forecast over at WSMV, we’d also like to direct you to his other work:
I’m afraid to wear my pants.
I’m scared what’s underneath.
‘Cause Mama says my zipper
Has tiny little teeth!
* Based upon my very own childhood memories
Original Poetry by Tim Ross / Copyright 2008 www.timross.com
Tim’s pretty much a renaissance man: He authors kids’ books, paints pictures, fields a lot of redundant questions from kids about his job, and fills out weird internet surveys on his website. In other words, Tim is our hero.
Tim Ross, Channel 4 weatherman extraordinaire, is becoming sort of a staple around here at the Nashvillest HQ for his loud tie collection and over-the-top enthusiasm about, well, the weather. A few days ago, we made another big discovery: Tim has a blog. And on his blog, Tim writes poetry. So as you’re just waking [...]
Bright & Early: Wanna Get Away Edition
Good morning, Nashville. We hear it’s been a rough road for our favorite former Director of Schools Pedro Garcia ever since the city ran him out earlier this year, but we didn’t know it was this bad: He’s having such a hard time selling is $1.2M Brentwood mansion that he’s now throwing a pair of round-trip Southwest tickets and some box seats at the Hollywood Bowl into the deal. We’re not sure how far this would go in bribing someone who’s already dropping over a million bucks on a house, but we wish him the best of luck with that.
- The scene is not safe. Just in case you thought we’d seen the last of the killer tomatoes, another salmonella case was confirmed yesterday in Shelby County. This is the fourth known case in Tennessee after two were found in Williamson County last week and another in Rutherford.
- Who will revive the electric car? Sen. Lamar Alexander was in town yesterday for a forum with state lawmakers and auto manufacturers to talk about the future of hybrid electric plug-in cars. We were a little upset that we weren’t invited, but then we remembered that we could still drop him an email about how much better our lives would be if we save ourselves a few hundred dollars by just plugging in our car.
- Bits & pieces. Tullahoma has to cancel the July 4th fireworks show they’ve been having since 1969. There’s always room for you all in Nashville! … Spring Hill is one step closer to bringing back the property tax … Five years after a shark bite, a Brentwood teen still loves to swim … Vandy researcher receives $2.4M grant to research HIV … There’s a dilapidated nuclear plant on the Tennessee-Alabama border and TVA’s not fixing it.
Photo by dwneese.
Good morning, Nashville. We hear it’s been a rough road for our favorite former Director of Schools Pedro Garcia ever since the city ran him out earlier this year, but we didn’t know it was this bad: He’s having such a hard time selling is $1.2M Brentwood mansion that he’s now throwing a pair of [...]
Miley Cyrus: Tennessee’s Most Expensive Teenager
Word on the street is that we just spent $3 million in tax incentives to bring Miley Cyrus back to her home state to film the new Hannah Montana movie. Believe it or not, this may actually be a good thing, since Disney’s endorsement could bring many more film productions to Tennessee before all is said and done. Well, we guess that depends on how you define a “good thing” – tell that to the 1,200 state employees who will be getting their buyout packets today. We’re still not sure why we had to pay the Cyruses to come home, but it’s been an entertaining few weeks, and we’re glad we did.
Word on the street is that we just spent $3 million in tax incentives to bring Miley Cyrus back to her home state to film the new Hannah Montana movie. Believe it or not, this may actually be a good thing, since Disney’s endorsement could bring many more film productions to Tennessee before all is [...]
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