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Bright & (Not So) Early: Aftermath Edition
Good morning, Nashville. By now, we’re sure everyone has heard about the massive earthquake that struck Haiti yesterday. Eight Nashvillians were in Haiti doing mission work at the time and survived, notifying church members and friends back home by text message. Congressman Jim Cooper is working closely with the State Department to identify and locate [...]
Happy Hour: Ready, Set, Fight
We’re not sure which is funnier: The fact that Stephen Colbert almost had a Knoxville building named after him, the honorary parking space they gave him instead, or guy holding up Colbert’s honorary parking sign in all of the photos whose name is “Chuck Morris.” [KnoxNews] Or maybe that everyone’s favorite blogging state rep Stacey [...]
Happy Hour: Turning Up The Heat
As we have harped on and will continue to harp on until it gets some more coverage, the contaminated medical equipment at the VA hospitals in Tennessee, Georgia, and Florida that have resulted in (so far) 33 Hepatitis cases and 5 HIV cases may have ruined a bunch of donated organ tissue as well. [WSMV] [...]
Happy Hour: Twist And Shout
We’ve got a tornado watch until 11pm! [WKRN] The same guy who robbed the Wachovia on Fourth Ave. downtown a few weeks ago robbed the same Wachovia again this morning. Lesson learned: If you find a good thing, stick with it? [City Paper] The VA hospitals (including the one in Murfreesboro) may be off the [...]
Bright & Early: This Is Just A Drill Edition
Good morning, Nashville. Today is the day that the Nashville International Airport will be inciting mass panic by way of a “full-scale disaster exercise” involving a pretend plane crash complete with painted-up victims and emergency vehicles and helicopters and fake news crews and probably smoke bombs galore. Since this will be completely visible from both [...]
Happy Hour: Yeah, So We Wish We Could Run A Marathon
Big changes in store for this year’s Country Music Marathon. Not only are they tweaking your course, jacking up your registration prices, and embarrassing all you half-marathon runners by making you wear bright red shirts, but they’re also changing the t-shirts to synthetic materials instead of cotton. Yikes! (Alright, so it really isn’t that bad [...]
Bright & Early: Pot, Meet Kettle Edition
Good morning, Nashville. The new coach at University of Tennessee is already in hot water for using some illegal tactics to lure potential recruits to the team including a staged mock press conference and… a fog machine? Creative! The UT athletics department blew the whistle on Coach Kiffin and sent him a letter pointing out [...]
Happy Hour: Out With The Old
The University of Tennessee announced today that they’ll be passing the torch to former Oakland Raiders coach Lane Kiffin. He’ll also be starting at $2M per year plus bonuses, which we think is totes ridic. [WTVF] Tennessee Rep. Zach Wamp (hailing from the ‘Noog–go figure) just signed on as the Jihad Prevention Act which will [...]
Happy Hour: Fulmer Farewell Edition
Looks like the rumors are true: 15-year football coach Phillip Fulmer really is leaving UT. [WKRN] Election Day rumors are running rampant, so be wary of anything you hear (like this one). You can always double-check information on the Election Commission website and contact them with any weird stuff that comes up. [WSMV] A lot [...]
Bright & Early: Float On Edition
Good morning, Nashville. The town was all a-twitter yesterday with sightings of the Goodyear Blimp hanging out over downtown. Turns out that the “largest evacuee” was just on its way inland like anyone else dodging hurricanes these days. After lurking around Nashville yesterday afternoon, the blimp was bound for its Ohio HQ to wait out [...]
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