Year: 2008

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ACT NOW! They are voting TODAY!

They are voting today!

This vote regarding kids going to the school closest to [their] home, gets voted on TOMORROW! This is an initial vote by six house members. They must be contacted today.

The original email:

Dear Friends and Neighbors,

Rep Mike Turner and Senator Haynes have proposed a change to the Tennessee Code that shall allow "any pupil so desiring to attend the school closest to the geographical location of the place of residence of the pupil." This bill is in committee this week so we must ACT NOW! You can get more information on this bill by going to the TN government state website: http://www.state.tn.us/

The bill is being proposed in both the house (2524) and senate (2891). This addresses the concerns of many families throughout Knox County who felt that their children should attend a school closer to their home.

I encourage you to call or email your representative. Also, if you have a relationship with anyone on this list or in the State House or Senate, please contact them as well.

Below is a list emails for State Officials representing Knox County.

Thank you for your time.

Pamela Treacy

Senate

  1. Randy McNally (R) 307 WMB, 37243-0205 741-6806 741-7200
    94 Royal Troon Cir, OR 37830 483-5544
  2. Jamie Woodson(R) 317 WMB, 37243-0206 741-1648 253-0270
    8509 White _s Pond Way,37923 539-8683
  3. Tim Burchett (R) 310A WMB 37243-0207 741-1766 741-7200
    8220 Bennington Dr 37909 693-1902

House District

  1. Harry Tindell (D) 33 LP, 37243-0113 741-2031 741-1446
    P.O. Box 27325, 37927-7325 524-7200
  2. Park M Strader (R) 214 WMB, 37243-0114 741-2264 741-1005
    708 Farragut Commons Dr,37934 694-9165
  3. Joseph Armstrong (D) 25 LP, 37243-0115 741-0768 253-0316
    4708 Hilldale Dr, 37914 523-6374
  4. Bill Dunn (R) 205 WMB, 37243-0116 741-1721 532-8221
    5309 LaVesta Rd, 37918 687-4904
  5. Frank Niceley (R) 113 WMB, 37243-0117 741-2282 253-0217
    1023 Creek Rd, Str Plns37871 433-4419
  6. Stacey Campfield (R) 113 WMB, 37243-0118 741-2287 253-0217
    2011 Flagler Rd, 37912 455-2627
  7. Harry Brooks (R) 207 WMB, 37243-0119 741-6879 253-0212
    6600 Washington Pike, 37918 687-5987
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Knoxville Under Assault!

Is it fallout from Oak Ridge? What’s this white stuff in the air?! Oh, the children tell me its "magic we don’t have to go to school dust." I’m not buying it. They went off to school too overjoyed at the snow to concentrate on their studies. I know Noah will daydream and chant over and over that at any moment they will cancel school and send everyone home; he won’t hear a word today. He was first to notice the snow and gleefully asked, "do you know if they cancel school?!" to which I replied, "Yes they won’t." The children are very happy today. And yes, I bought milk.

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Who is F—ing Who?

Update: Scroll below the videos to read about the backstory. Part of the humor in all this is that many people miss that this is a gag…a bit.

If you have been living in a closet then you probably don’t know that Sarah Silver is f—ing Matt Damon. Just in case you missed it here is the bleeped version:

Of course, Jimmy Kimmel has a response video:

Interestingly enough, the video is dedicated to the memory of Norman Mailer. I suspected that the dedication was a joke, but if it is, the joke went over my head. Mailer passed in November 2007 which could mean the dedication is serious. Of course a piece of his bio could be the joke reference:

"Mailer was married six times, and had several mistresses. He had eight biological children by his various wives, and adopted one further child." Source, Wikipedia

The backstory to these videos adds an extra level of hilarity. Silverman and Kimmel are still together. Kimmel and Damon are good friends. Kimmel has a running gag on his show about not having enough time to interview Damon.

During Kimmel’s third season — when he reportedly had trouble booking guests — he would frequently close out his show with “apologies to Matt Damon, but we ran out of time” even though Damon hadn’t even been slated to appear. [Source, AOL Television]

Read more at AOL Television and The New York Post.

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Tech Advice of the Day

Folks, if you are on the phone with technical support and they say, "now we are going to reinstall your operating system" or "we need to format your hard drive," hang up the phone and get a geek to your house. And that doesn’t mean the Geek Squad because they will do the same thing. You need your friend Joey’s nephew or that guy from work but get someone to come sit with you at your computer and help you. They may still need to reinstall or reformat but they’ll at least get your data backed up first!

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We’re having two more babies!

I feel like someone slipped me a mickey last night. I mean I slept the sleep of the dead (well, expect at 4am when the puppy decided she couldn’t wait for me to wake up–I did not have the will power to start my day at 4am today). I slept so well that I had vivid dreams! They were detailed, multi-colored and had intricate plot lines! In short, I dreamed Cathy and I had two more babies. Now about that vasectomy fund…