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A Few Clouds ~ High: 88°F ~ Low: 66°F Wednesday, June 19, 2013 |
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Summer tips
Posted Wednesday, June 12, at 2:39 PM We had a reader ask us to put a question to the community: Do you have any special tips for dealing with the summer heat -- especially as it relates to families, small children, and so on?
Leave your answers in the comments below.
RC and Moon Pie Festival I always look forward to covering the RC Cola and Moon Pie festival; some years I have a schedule conflict, or someone else has that Saturday in the newsroom rotation, but I'm tickled to say I'll be there again this year. It doesn't seem like three years since I was there last, but it was -- here's the video I made that year:...
Street view I've seen the Google Street View car two different places in Shelbyville today. David Melson asked me if I waved, and I didn't. I was in my own car. In one case, the Google car had pulled into a convenience store parking lot and may not have been taking photos anyway. The second time I saw it, I was quite a distance away...
River levels We're under a flood watch today; if you're interested in following Duck River or Wartrace Creek levels online, here are the links. Duck River at Shelbyville: http://water.weather.gov/ahps2/hydrograph.php?wfo=ohx&gage=shvt1 Wartrace Creek at Wartrace:...
Bees have set up shop on a plastic chair in the courtyard at the apartments where I live. I'm not sure what kind of bees they are, or I'd have called a beekeeper.
Contact suggestion E-mail is a much, much better way to get in touch with someone in the T-G newsroom than sending us a message through our Facebook page. It's easy to ignore incoming messages on a business Facebook page, and we don't want your event or announcement to get lost in the shuffle. You can find individual e-mail addresses at http://www.t-g.com/contactus ...
User-submitted photos We love it when you submit your photos to the T-G web site, but please read and follow the guidelines that appear on the photo submission page. Some of the most common guidelines that are violated: You must list your real name as the person submitting the photo...
O Fitbit, where art thou? I reviewed the Fitbit, a sort of high-tech pedometer, for one of my tech columns ( http://www.t-g.com/story/1929388.html ) last year, and really liked it. I had to send that review model back after a week and a half, but just recently my brother in North Carolina did me a huge favor. ...
A year ago at this time, I blogged a complaint about Turner Classic Movies failing to show "The Quiet Man" on St. Patrick's Day for the second year running. Well, I must not have been the only one complaining. it's back this year, and will air at 8:30 p.m. Sunday...
Reading to kids Tomorrow, March 2, is the official date of Read Across America Day; since it's a Saturday, many schools will observe it on another date, such as today or Monday. I'm guessing we'll get some great photos from some of the schools of their guest readers...
Printers and ink I ended up having to buy a new printer on short notice over the weekend, and I ended up buying the cheapest one I could find -- which may end up costing me more in the long run when it comes to ink cartridges. What's been your experience, good or bad, with printers, ink and refills? Do you refill cartridges? Do you take them someplace like Walgreens to be refilled? Have you tried generic, off-brand cartridges available online?...
Love on his own terms I told one of my co-workers a little earlier that for years, I assumed I wouldn't like "Citizen Kane," only because of all the hype about it being the Greatest, Most Critically-Acclaimed Movie of All Time. I was wrong; I fell in love with it the first time I saw it, and it's one of my favorites, one of the movies I can watch over and over and over again...
The Tennessee Aquarium in Chattanooga has been trying to promote its own groundhog, "Chattanooga Chuck," as an alternative to Punxsutawney Phil for our part of the country. We received this news release today: Chattanooga Chuck's 2013 Forecast On the second day of February I'm put to the test...
'Pete truly loved representing his district' In an opinion column last month about the passing of former State Rep. Clarence "Pete" Phillips, I mentioned Doris O'Neil, who was his administrative assistant at Legislative Plaza. I got an e-mail over the weekend from Mrs. O'Neil, and she's given me permission to share it with you:...
First names We have asked for this, and asked for it, and asked for it, with no discernible result. If you are a teacher or work in the front office at a local school, and you submit Santa letters (or anything else) to the newspaper, please, please, please include your first name. ...
Steve Mills had a great blog post about pet safety, related to the fumes released by Teflon and similar non-stick coatings when they get too hot. I didn't mean to hijack the post, but I had to drop in that I love the original nonstick cookware, properly-seasoned and cared-for cast iron. I got ready to make another comment and figured I would move some of that discussion over here...
Parade floats If your club or organization is going to be working on your Christmas Parade float this week, please e-mail Jim Davis, jdavis@t-g.com. We'd like to get some photos of people preparing their float for the parade.
Wal-Mart, or Walmart? I was reading Steve Mills' blog post and noticed that he (like many others) referred to the big retail chain as Wal-Mart. Wal-Mart was known as such for decades. Their next-to-last logo featured a five-pointed star in place of the hyphen, but the business was still referred to as Wal-Mart in print...
Palate, palette I got a news release from a children's science museum in Murfreesboro announcing an upcoming fund-raiser. The event, I was interested to learn, will be "palette-pleasing," because of the hors d'oeuvre being provided by a nearby Italian restaurant...
Hostess, the company which makes the Twinkie and other snack cakes, says it is shutting down as the result of a labor dispute. Assuming that the company does go out of business, I'm sure that some other company will purchase the Twinkies recipe and brand name, and the product will be back on the market sooner rather than later. But in the meantime, they may be in short supply...
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John I. Carney is city editor of the Times-Gazette.
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