A weekend without a downtown festival. What would I do with myself? I could have ventured out to Vestival, which I’m sure was a lot of fun just over the river. We actually spent a good...
How’s that for a hodgepodge of topics in a title? Several interesting events and new resources are emerging while others are sorting out as they must. It’s never dull around this place. First, the new...
It’s become a tradition for me to walk about in the snow each winter and take photographs of downtown Knoxville. The twist this year was that our initial snow wasn’t a snow at all, but was...
I’ve touched on the East Tennesee Community Design Center in previous articles, here and here, for example. It’s an organization I first encountered through an early Pehca Kucha presentation. The website best describes what they do, “ETCDC...
Irony abounded. The temperature dropped through the thirties as the group gathered to discuss global warming. Their warning has everything to do with future generations, but the small group that gathered outside the Howard H. Baker,...
So, how did you do? Did anyone get them all? Here’s another ten and I’ll put the answer key at the bottom like yesterday. Good luck! #1 East Tennessee History Center #2 Window of CBI (Office...
Probably the best thing about my job is that I get the chance to meet, talk with and get to know really smart and creative people. Yesterday I introduced you to Brian R. Jobe who certainly...
So, here we are with the top ten. Before we get into it, I’d like to thank some people who have been important to the success of the blog this year. Just John added tremendous value...
One of my nerdy personality quirks is that I really enjoy statistics. I’ve obsessed at various times over SEC football statistics, music statistics (sales, artist rankings, chart positions) and, obviously, I now pay attention to Internet...
I hope you all had a marvelous Christmas or, if you don’t celebrate that holiday, I hope you had some quiet, quality time with your family. To ease into another shortened holiday week, I decided to...