Happy Hour: No More Beer For His Horses

20 August 2008 | 5:43 pm

Author: Christy Frink

The latest in a series of Pointless Presidential Candidate Endorsements By Country Music Stars, Toby Keith is voting for Obama. [WSMV]
Wanna get away? Delta Airlines is about to start offering nonstop service to Cancun from Nashville. [WTVF]
Oktoberfest is getting a makeover this year and will now go by the new name, Germantown Street Festival, for the first time since it started 30 years ago. [Tennessean]
It’s official: Our electric bills will be going up by 20% come October. We are quietly weeping. [WKRN]
After a 5-year old boy brought his uncle’s drugs to school for show and tell, the uncle is finally in court for the charges today. [Tennessean]

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"According to Middle Tennessee Electric, adjusting thermostats by one degree either way impacts bills by about 3%."

Gee thanks MTE, that means if I keep my apartment 7 degrees warmer than usual I'll be running about 90 degrees in my place...at that rate, I might as well just turn it off completely and open the windows. Hurray for being screwed!