• Välkommen till Nashville! Nashville is finally getting an IKEA, and our co-founder wonders why everything cool shows up after she moves to Portland.
• Mayor Megan Barry called for action to fix Nashville’s beleaguered transit system, while unveiling renderings of the proposed Gallatin Pike light rail project.
• Thar’ be dragons! A five million year-old “winged snake species” fossil has been discovered near Johnson City, Tennessee.
• Still no word on the Predators’ opponent in the Stanley Cup Final (!!!!!). Ottawa and Pittsburgh have pushed their series to a deciding Game 7 tonight in Pittsburgh.
• At least one person says that the Predators sold out their season ticket holder allotment in about five minutes. Right on cue, somebody from our neighbor to the west reminds us that not everyone likes hockey.
• Since those folks prefer football, the NFL has cut the overtime period to 10 minutes (from 15) and decided to grant more leeway in end-zone celebrations. No word yet if the Titans have worked on any in practice.
• A study shows that construction worker injuries are under-reported in Nashville while construction activity is at an all-time high. That in spite of one in ten reporting an injury on the job site.
• A Nolensville family has been harassed for months by a man claiming ownership of their house through some made-up court (of which he happens to be a clerk).
• A man was found with his pants on fire in a South Nashville electric substation after knocking out power for thousands of homes. The would-be copper thief was arrested.
• A census of Nashville’s homeless population shows an overall decrease, but an alarming rise in homeless youth. The count itself is a bit suspect because of its methodology.
• In the-kids-are-alright news, a homebound Cheatam County high schooler was crowned prom queen after administrators initially denied her permission to attend.
• Have a great holiday weekend!

Photo by Jonny Schneider.