Good morning, Nashville. You may look around and notice that a few less people are buzzing around the office this morning in honor of Day Without A Gay–a national demonstration by the gay community intended to show the rest of the workforce what our day would be like without them in it. Actually, Tennessee probably won’t be seeing much of this despite the fact that the guy behind all of this is a Belmont grad. Because Tennessee is pretty thoroughly conservative, it is thought that something like this would only lead to folks losing their jobs.

• Yikes. We always said that the Natchez Trace Parkway, in all its deserted beauty, feels like the perfect setting for a slasher movie. The discovery of a burned body along the road yesterday confirms our suspicions. Police seem to think someone lit the guy on fire, and since they’ve yet to identify him, you may want to give them a call if you know of a young man missing with a large shoulder tattoo.
• Fork it over. Just when we thought we were off the hook for the electricity bill increases, now our sewer and water bills are getting an expensive makeover thanks to a $500 million plan to reform the whole system.
• Bits & pieces. This just in: People can’t drive in the rain … Mayor Dean put out a call for business leaders to fight the English Only referendum … Nashville actually saw a net increase in jobs last month, though we feel like they must be lying … Tennessee might be close to executing a woman for the first time ever.

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