Monthly Archives: December, 2011
Google Eats East Nashville Listserv, Ruins Lives (And It’s Back!)
Whether you read it for the laughs or because it’s pretty useful, you’ve probably noticed that the East Nashville listserv has been missing in action lately. We’ve gotten several e-mails asking where it went, so here’s the deal: Google ate it and no one knows why. After several days of trying to resolve the issue, The Powers That Be have created a new one.
If you, like us, have been experiencing symptoms of withdrawal, here’s what to do: Subscribe by visiting the new East Nashville homepage or sending a blank e-mail here, and then post your heart out by shooting a message to the group.
Thanks to Laura Creekmore for the tip (and for getting us all back up and running!)
Photo by vondruska.
Whether you read it for the laughs or because it’s pretty useful, you’ve probably noticed that the East Nashville listserv has been missing in action lately. We’ve gotten several e-mails asking where it went, so here’s the deal: Google ate it and no one knows why. After several days of trying to resolve the issue, [...]
Bright & Early: Crossing That Bridge Edition
Good morning, Nashville. The Metro Council sponsor for the controversial May Town Center proposal seems to have given up for the time being, announcing yesterday that he’s going to defer it indefinitely at the next council meeting. The Metro Planning Commission determined that it was a bad idea last week and it probably would’ve failed in the council anyway, so this development shouldn’t be too shocking. However, we don’t expect we’ve heard that last of it.
- On the mend. Sgt. Mark Chesnut, the officer injured in last week’s I-40 shooting, is doing a little better and his condition has been upgraded from critical to critical but stable. And as for the suspects, they’re appearing in court today and the Tennessean will be posting some video shortly.
- Suspicious what? And for your morning dose of Creepy, some cadaver dogs in training came across a “suspicious mound” out by the airport. We’re eager to hear how that one turns out.
- Bits & pieces. That kid from UT who hacked Sarah Palin’s email during the campaign is trying to have the charges dismissed (and this cracked us up a little) … Tennesseans are staying close to home this year for the Fourth … The Preds are looking at quite a few new free agents … Josh Turner and his wife had another baby which they named something mostly normal.
A year ago on Nashvillest: We learned the true origin of the texting while driving ban, found one more reason not to use city buses, and remember that time some band flashed a room full of kids and parents at Rocketown?
Photo by wil onstott.
Good morning, Nashville. The Metro Council sponsor for the controversial May Town Center proposal seems to have given up for the time being, announcing yesterday that he’s going to defer it indefinitely at the next council meeting. The Metro Planning Commission determined that it was a bad idea last week and it probably would’ve failed [...]
Hold The Phones: Texting While Driving Ban (And Some Other Stuff) In Effect Today
Folks, today’s the day. Today is the day that the texting while driving ban officially hits the books, much to the chagrin of chronic crackberry-ers and speedy T9-ers alike. You all voiced some strong opinions about the ban a couple months ago, and the day of judgement has arrived.
Now that texting while driving is illegal, will you be putting down the phone while driving, or will you be taking your chances?
Some other things you can’t do starting today:
- Visit the Main Branch of the library on a Monday. Our city is broke, the newer slimmer budget goes into effect today, and Mondays at the Main Branch were one of the things that had to go. Bordeaux, Edmondson, Green Hills, Hermitage, and Madison will all be opening at 10am instead of 9:30am on Mondays, too. All other branches are unchanged. CORRECTION: Bordeaux, Edmondson Pike, Green Hills, Hermitage, Madison, AND Southeast branches of the library will open at 10 am every day not just Mondays. And the Main library closes at 6 instead of 8 on Tuesday-Thursday. (Thanks, Jesse!) [Tennessean]
- Pull one over on your bartender. Any driver licenses printed from today forward will have your birth date in giant red letters which cannot be mistaken for anything other than your actual birth date. So minors, no more flashing the ID in hopes that no one will notice you’re underage. [TN.gov]
- Tote your loaded, concealed gun into a bar (yet!). This one doesn’t start for another two weeks. If you’re tired of waiting to carry your concealed weapon into a bar and you have a change of heart about guns in the meantime, consider trading it in for a circus ticket. [WKRN]
- Buy wine in the grocery store… still. Not that we’re bitter or anything. Fortunately, you CAN have it shipped to your house from out of state now. [WKRN]
Photo by tim caynes, defaced by us.
Folks, today’s the day. Today is the day that the texting while driving ban officially hits the books, much to the chagrin of chronic crackberry-ers and speedy T9-ers alike. You all voiced some strong opinions about the ban a couple months ago, and the day of judgement has arrived. Now that texting while driving is [...]
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