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Well, 1100 Broadway, or at least the sports part of 1100 Broadway, is about to get a lot better. Larry Taft has been named the new sports editor! Larry was a sports writer at The Tennessean from 1977 to 1997, worked for the TSSAA for a year or so, then returned to The Tennessean, where’s he’s been ever since.
Larry has what I would call encyclopedic knowledge of sports in general, local prep sports in particular. Some people have photographic memories….Larry doesn’t have a photographic memory in general, but he sure seems to when it comes to sports.
Larry is a good guy and passionate about Tennessee prep sports and Tennessee sports and sports history in general, so expect good things ahead from The Tennessean’s Sports section.
I was driving back from filling up at Kroger and was stuck behind a guy in a jeep (a “Navy Dad” judging from his license plate frame) who, for some strange reason, wanted to go 5-7 MPH under the speed limit the whole way. This irritates me to no end, but I just bide my time and cuss him under my breath for being a moron.
Well, I was stuck behind him for a little while, and just when I neared my turn to go home, a floodlight on his rear bumper lights up and is so bright it’s blinding me. It stays on about 30 seconds, then turns off. At first I thought something was wrong with his brakelights. But then as I turn I get a good look and realize this jerk has attached floodlights to his rear bumper that he can turn on from inside the car to blind people he thinks are tailgating him or doing something else “wrong”!
I couldn’t believe it! For one thing, I wasn’t even tailgating the asshole. And even if I had been, that doesn’t give him permission to “punish” me by blinding me. What an idiot! I mean, he must have no life at all if he has time to sit around and attach floodlights to his bumper for people tailgating him at night.
WTF?! What kind of moron must he be? If I were going to take his attitude, I guess I’d have to now attach mirrors to my car at just the right position and angle to reflect his floodlights back into his rearview mirror.
Hey, Navy Dad….don’t you have anything better to do? Really? Good Lord, what a loser
UPDATE: I ordered 2 pounds of the Le Conte View coffee Monday June 18th and received it at my doorstep Tuesday June 19th. Now THAT’S speedy delivery!
A few years ago, on one of our trips to Gatlinburg, TN, I discovered a coffee shop in downton Gatlinburg called Coffee & Company. I went in and got a mocha or something, I don’t remember what, exactly. While in there I also picked up a pound each of two of their straight blends of beans: their Black Bear Blend (this will take the Grrrrr out of your morning!) and their Le Conte View.
Well let me tell you, the Black Bear Blend was good, though I haven’t had it since. The Le Conte View, though, was and is exceptionally good! I have never had a coffee so smooth and delicious, and without any kind of aftertaste!
Ever since then, Le Conte View has been my first request when my wife asks what I want for my birthday/Christmas/Father’s Day etc. Everyone I’ve ever told the coffee about who has subsequently tried it has agreed with my assessment of this coffee. This is the best coffee I have ever had.
Here’s a description from their Web site:
Le Conte View: Aromatic blend of Indonesian & African coffees with a rich smooth taste. Hints of fruity black currant notes. Medium bodied and well balanced! Fair Trade and Organic!
Le Conte View is always my first choice. I even tried real Kona coffee once (not the Kona blends that only have like 10% Kona coffee) and I didn’t think it held a candle to Le Conte View. I strongly encourage you to order a couple pounds of Le Conte View beans from Coffee & Company. It’s best when you grind it fresh yourself. It costs $12.99 per pound and is well worth it!
How many more people have to be killed by illegal aliens before we finally start enforcing the immigration laws?
Courtesy of WSMV.com: Car Accident Kills TSU Track Member
I am sick and f’ing tired of illegal aliens driving drunk and killing our citizens and no one doing a damn thing about it! And here Bush and the rest of the idiots in Washington are pushing for amnesty! Amnesty!!!!
What kind of amnesty can you offer the families of those killed by illegal aliens? Amnesty is a Travesty!
Rest In Peace Joycelyn Gardiner, and my thoughts and prayers are with her family
Ok, I’ll admit, I watch Celebrity Fit Club every season…..I don’t know why, really, but I like it. This season featured, as one of it’s celebrities, Dustin “Screech” Diamond, of “Saved by the Bell” fame and, of late, questionable porn star.
I’ve watched ol’ Dustin this whole season on Celebrity Fit Club and he has been basically a moron the whole season. Anything he could do or say to get attention, he did.
At first I thought he was just flat out an asshole. But then I realized I shouldn’t hate him….I should pity him. I really think he was “Screech” (and is still called this by the public when they see him out and about) for so long that he thinks he has to act like some idiot jerk to leave that image behind. He is so desperate to leave Screech behind that he tries to be some tough guy when really he is a scared little boy crying inside.
We should pity someone so concerned with how others see him. Well, I guess we can hate him too!
