Daily Archives: March 10th, 2010
Happy Hour: The David Briley Show!
- After going back and forth a few times, Eric Crafton has decided that he’s definitely not showing up for the English Only debate with David Briley on NPT and definitely isn’t sending someone into the fire in his place. So uh, looks like David Briley will be arguing with himself. [Pith In The Wind]
- The Tennessean’s taking a week off, y’all! Because Gannett told them to! And without pay! Seriously though, we are kind of wondering how they plan to publish a newspaper without staff. [New York Times]
- Under the new Obama administration, the EPA will immediately start inspecting other coal ash sites around the country to make sure Kingston and Alabama-ish spills don’t repeat themselves. [WSMV]
- Things in the Tennessee House of Representatives certainly aren’t suffering from any lack of Crazy. [Post Politics]
- You want lower tuition? UT will give you lower tuition. By cutting 700 jobs. [WKRN]
- It is going to be cold, cold, COLD tonight. But not as cold as it’s going to be tomorrow night. [Tennessean]
Photo by Kittywinks Peeks.
After going back and forth a few times, Eric Crafton has decided that he’s definitely not showing up for the English Only debate with David Briley on NPT and definitely isn’t sending someone into the fire in his place. So uh, looks like David Briley will be arguing with himself. [Pith In The Wind]
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Our Favorite Country Musician Remixes Our Other Favorite Country Musician [Snoop Dogg]
Remember back in July when we told you that Snoop Dogg was going to be remixing Johnny Cash’s “Walk The Line” for a Johnny Cash Remixed project? Well, the day has arrived. Sort of. The album comes out January 27, but thanks to a stroke of good luck, we can actually listen to good ol’ Snoop’s track in its entirety RIGHT NOW. Thanks to the Nashville Cream for digging it up, it totally made our day.
Remember back in July when we told you that Snoop Dogg was going to be remixing Johnny Cash’s “Walk The Line” for a Johnny Cash Remixed project? Well, the day has arrived. Sort of. The album comes out January 27, but thanks to a stroke of good luck, we can actually listen to good ol’ [...]
The Green Wagon: Nashville’s First “Green” General Store
Entrepreneur Jennifer Casale is opening what she calls “Nashville’s first green general store” this Friday in Sylvan Park, and we’re loving the idea. We love the idea of a neighborhood general store, and we love it even more for being sustainable and environmentally friendly. And Jen herself is the real deal – She even drives a station wagon that runs on the waste vegetable oil from local restaurants.
The Green Wagon will house a classic collection of general store merchandise, with everything from cleaning supplies to clothing to shampoo to crib mattresses. The store will feature a “refilling station” where customers can refill their bottles with certain products at a discounted price, instead of buying new containers. A large portion of the products in The Green Wagon inventory are made locally, therefore reducing the business’ and customers’ carbon footprint that would normally occur during the shipping process. Since the notion of “green” is relatively new and somewhat undefined, Jen uses a standardized assessment that will evaluate products based on their environmental footprint across the product’s lifecycle stages. This standard purchasing process will give The Green Wagon customers peace of mind and allow them the freedom to walk in and feel confident about any item they purchase. The Green Wagon hopes that defining its standards of “green” will simplify and enhance the shopping experience for customers.
The Green Wagon is located at 4429 Murphy Road and opens this Friday. It will be open from 10am-7pm every day. While you’re down there, stop at the Produce Place and grab some local produce. We’re definitely jealous of Sylvan Park right now.
Entrepreneur Jennifer Casale is opening what she calls “Nashville’s first green general store” this Friday in Sylvan Park, and we’re loving the idea. We love the idea of a neighborhood general store, and we love it even more for being sustainable and environmentally friendly. And Jen herself is the real deal – She even drives [...]
Bright & Early: Let Them Eat Cake Edition
Good morning, Nashville. Things look pretty grim for Metro Nashville Public Schools this morning since the state has published a new report taking them to task for failing yet again to follow orders that were intended to bring them up to federal standards. Problem is, they seem to be stuck between a rock and a hard place. While they’re supposed to be hiring 41 new people to fulfill requirements for adminstration, ESL, and special education, constant budget cuts have forced them into a hiring freeze. Just this month they’ve been asked to cut an additional $4M with more cuts expected in February. All we can say is that newly-hired director Jesse Register sure has his work cut out for him.
- Killing us softly. Seems like everyone has a bone to pick with the TVA these days. As the result of a lawsuit filed by the State of North Carolina, they now have to put special pollution controls on the four coal-burning plants closest to the border because of sulfur dioxide and other nasty stuff that floats into our neighboring state. And we wonder why Nashville gets smoggy in the summer.
- The old-fashioned way. About 250 students showed up for the protest outside the Capitol yesterday regarding college tuition hikes intended to save the state some money. A few of them succeeded in getting a meeting with the Governor, which we can imagine is no small feat on the first day of the General Assembly.
- Bits & pieces. We’re pretty much going to be freezing our butts off from now until Saturday afternoon, but we’re sad because there’s no snow in the forecast … UT students aren’t exactly happy with their imminent tuition hikes … Dell-haters were vindicated yesterday when Dell had to settle with Tennessee and 45 other states for providing crappy products and customer service … Volkswagen promises they’re not going anywhere but the ‘Noog.
Photo by Silenus81.
Good morning, Nashville. Things look pretty grim for Metro Nashville Public Schools this morning since the state has published a new report taking them to task for failing yet again to follow orders that were intended to bring them up to federal standards. Problem is, they seem to be stuck between a rock and a [...]
Adorable Elephant & Dog Become BFF [Happy Humpday]
CBS News’ Assignment America did this adorable piece on an unlikely friendship: An elephant and a dog have become best friends at the Elephant Sanctuary in Tennessee. Knowing that this cute couple is less than 2 hours away in Hohenwald somehow makes today 100% more bearable. Let’s say it together: Awwwwwww. Happy Humpday!
CBS News’ Assignment America did this adorable piece on an unlikely friendship: An elephant and a dog have become best friends at the Elephant Sanctuary in Tennessee. Knowing that this cute couple is less than 2 hours away in Hohenwald somehow makes today 100% more bearable. Let’s say it together: Awwwwwww. Happy Humpday!
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