Daily Archives: December 3rd, 2011
Happy Hour: Not Without Our Chickens
- Metro Council is considering banning us from keeping chickens in our yards unless our yards happen to be 5 acres. And donkeys, and horses, and geese, and peafowl (we had to look this one up, but it’s refering to peacocks), and pigs also. [Tennessean]
- At least one engineering expert is calling shenanigans on the TVA report on why the Kingston ash spill happened, saying that “it ain’t rocket science,” and that it’s a simple case of a dike that burst. [Tennessean]
- While all of the Steve McNair hoopla was going on, Sahel Kazemi was buried in Florida today with a ceremony of about 30 friends and family. [WKRN]
- I-40 West will be shut down near downtown this weekend and rerouted through I-440 or I-24. [Tennessean]
Metro Council is considering banning us from keeping chickens in our yards unless our yards happen to be 5 acres. And donkeys, and horses, and geese, and peafowl (we had to look this one up, but it’s refering to peacocks), and pigs also. [Tennessean] At least one engineering expert is calling shenanigans on the TVA [...]
Photo Of The Day: July 10, 2009 [Feel Good Friday]
Schmidt’s Guenon, Nashville Zoo. Photo by rbglasson.
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.
Schmidt’s Guenon, Nashville Zoo. Photo by rbglasson. 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.
Bright & Early: The Takeover Edition
- Sue or be sued. Election administrators in eight Tennessee counties filed a lawsuit this week claiming that they were unfairly fired because they’re Democrats. In Tennessee, the majority party in the legislature can pick the election commissioners in each county and the commissioners choose the administrators. Since the Republicans took over this year, they chose their own commissioners, and the commissioners are the ones who are now being accused of doing the firing.
- Remembering No. 9. More than 4,000 folks turned out for Steve McNair’s memorial service yesterday including Mayor Dean, Governor Phil, and many of McNair’s former teammates. Though the real funeral won’t happen until tomorrow in Mississippi where McNair was from, friends and fans were grateful for the chance to remember him close to home.
- Bits & pieces. Councilwoman Megan Barry, along with Ronnie Steine, Tim Garrett, and Jerry Maynard, will officially file the non-discrimination ordinance on July 21st that would make it illegal for Metor to discriminate based on sexual orientation … Remember that it’ll probably be looking a little smoggy downtown today … Parents, teachers, and school administrators are trying to figure out what to do with McGavock High School … Revenue for the state came in at $134 million less than the original estimate last month.
A year ago on Nashvillest: We seriously thought that Green Hills was going to blow up, learned that we’re the 25th largest city in the US, figured out what to do with all of our homeless alligators, and followed along with Mayor Dean’s trip to New York to learn how to run a school system (sound familiar?
Good morning, Nashville. Mayor Dean is preparing himself for the possibility that he may be getting a little more than he bargained for when he took on the mayor job. Test results are slated to come in this month for No Child Left Behind benchmarks, and if Metro Schools’ marks don’t measure up to federal [...]
Cow Appreciation Day: A Lotta Work For A Little Chicken [Freebies]
Today is Chick-fil-a’s annual Cow Appreciation Day, wherein ambitious cheapskates who dress like cows can score free meals at the fast-food chain. This seems like an awful lot of work for some free food, but we won’t judge those who participate. The Cow Appreciation Official Rules state:
For one day only, black and white spots, cow bells and furry ears will be appropriate attire in the nation’s second largest chicken. In celebration of July 10, Cow Appreciation Day (an unofficial yet nationally recognized holiday), Chick-fil-A will award a free combo meal (breakfast, lunch or dinner) to any customer who comes to one of the chain’s 1,300-plus restaurants fully dressed as a cow. “Fully dressed as a cow” means an effort to be dressed like a cow from head to toe. For customers who want to join us in partial cow attire (such as the cow headband, a cow-printed hat, vest or purse) a free entrée will be given.
The “partial cow attire” option sounds particularly attractive to us. Chick-fil-a even provides a helpful Starter Kit for the unfortunate cow-costume-less people of America, which provides cow ears and noses and spots and signs so that hungry customers can go all out on Cow Appreciation Day. A+ for creativity, Chick-fil-a!
Today is Chick-fil-a’s annual Cow Appreciation Day, wherein ambitious cheapskates who dress like cows can score free meals at the fast-food chain. This seems like an awful lot of work for some free food, but we won’t judge those who participate. The Cow Appreciation Official Rules state: For one day only, black and white spots, [...]
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