Anne Pressly Murder Trial

Are you looking for up-to-the-minute information about the trial?  You won’t find it because media is not allowed into the courtroom and tweeting “ist verboten”.  However, that doesn’t stop an good reporter from stepping out of the courtroom from time to time to tweet.
Get near-time Twitter updates from Fox News’ Jill Monier right here:
http://www.myfoxmemphis.com/generic/community/FOX13_News_Tweets
or from [...]

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The Garage Saga Continues

Last year, I started a series called “It’s One of Those Things” in which I detailed my travails with my garage door opener.  I resorted to buying new sensors and all was fine.  That is until about a month ago when the door on the other side decided to act up.  If you’ve followed the [...]

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Free House

Normally, I would keep something like this to myself, hoping to win and FINALLY go off to live in England!  However, spreading the word may help someone else with the same dream and it should also help Michelle and Paul Wood.  They own the house in question, located in Allerton, West Yorkshire, England.  The house [...]

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30 Thousand and Counting

To all readers, subscribers, browsers, and passers-by:
Thank you for taking me over the 30,000 mark!!!
I owe a lot of that to Alpha Inventions and to CNN.  Yes, believe it or not, CNN pulls in feeds on news stories from blogs related to or containing links to their stories.  That alone has accounted for hundreds of [...]

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At the Sound of the Tone, the Time will be…

Summer is around the corner and musically, it seems like it’s time for The Beach Boys and Chicago.  That probably tells you something about me culturally, that I associate these two groups with summertime (yet I had a dream last night about being at an Earth, Wind, and Fire concert).
A few minutes ago as I [...]

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What’s Going On in Anne Pressly’s Murder Case?

The media is pretty quiet these days.  Here’s what I’ve been able to glean so far:

Curtis Lavelle Vance, the accused rapist and murderer, is scheduled to stand trial in September.  (http://www.broadcastingcable.com/article/231025-Market_Eye_Central_Arkansas_Keeps_Keeping_On.php)
The defense for Mr Vance has requested a mental evaluation but has also stated that they will not pursue an insanity defense.  (http://www.nwanews.com/adg/News/259499/)

More as it’s [...]

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Kentucky Free Chicken

Author’s Note:  It seems KFC is having capacity issues as undoubtedly thousands try to get their coupons.  Here’s what I received moments ago as I tried:  “Our partner, Coupons, Inc. is experiencing an exceptionally high volume of traffic to the site right now. Please check back soon to get your coupon. Sorry for any inconvenience.“  [...]

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It’s Another One of Those Things

Spring.  It means many things to many people—and critters.  The ducks are back at the feeders, the red-wing blackbirds shrill from tree branches, and the chipmunks are scurrying around the stacks of cut wood.  Ah yes, and the mice are in the garage.
Seems some genius decided to put down some grass seed last year, only [...]

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Overstating the Obvious

On the drive home this afternoon, I was listening to Mandalit DelBarco on NPR.  I generally appreciate her stories, which seem to have the corner on insight into the Latino community.  One of the coolest parts of her stories is hearing her pronounce her name at the end—but that’s a thought for another day.
Today’s story [...]

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Quiznos Giving Away 1,000,000 Free Subs

When there’s a good deal, we should share the information.  Well, I ran across this information just a few minutes ago and as of this posting, Quiznos has only given away 56,166 free subs.  That means that there’s still plenty of time for you to jump on the bandwagon.  After all, that’s what theyr’e doing.
Denny’s [...]

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