In 2004, I did a feature about Dr. Omar Hamada, son-in-law of Jo and Bob Newton of Shelbyville:

If a novelist invented a character who was a Baptist preacher, a singer, a black belt in Tae Kwon Do, a physician and a former Green Beret (recipient of a Bronze Star, to boot), you'd laugh and call it outlandish or larger than life.

Meet Omar Hamada.

This morning, thanks to Music City Bloggers, I discovered that Dr. Hamada has a blog.