Eugene’s virtual 40th birthday party.

February 28th, 2006 at 1:31 am (East Tennessee and The South, Entertainment)

An old friend of mine is having a surprise, virtual birthday party tomorrow. Well, it’s today, I guess. A cool idea, and props to his blog-savvy wife, Juli.

WARNING: CONTAINS SOME INSTANCES OF INCRIMINATING PHOTOS OF AUTHOR OF MILDLY POPULAR EAST TENNESSEE BLOG.

So, Happy 40th, Eugene!

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Cheney’s Got a Gun

February 24th, 2006 at 10:15 pm (News, Politics, & Other Serious Stuff, East Tennessee and The South, Entertainment)

Hilarious. Cheney’s Got a Gun. And props to Spike O’Neil — whoever he is — for sounding just like Aerosmith’s Steven Tyler.

Just in case I need to explain this to anyone — this is based on Aerosmith’s Janie’s Got a Gun from back in the 90’s.

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Autistic basketball player causes mayhem at game

February 24th, 2006 at 10:01 pm (Entertainment)

UPDATE: The permalink on this thing keeps breaking. It’s working right now, but if it breaks again, let me know.

This will be made into a movie.

Hat tip to Burnt Orange Nation.

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Tax expert H&R Block errs in calculating its own taxes

February 24th, 2006 at 7:15 pm (Humor, News, Politics, & Other Serious Stuff)

Oops. Imagine the meetings.

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Sallie Mae celebrating huge win in Congress on student loans

February 23rd, 2006 at 7:13 pm (Education)

Sallie Mae is gloating over a little-known provision in the recently-passed Budget Deficit Reduction Act prohibiting holders of student loans from refinancing those loans.

It’s just not right that you can refinance your mortgage, but you can’t refinance your student loan.

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Pics of this year’s snow

February 12th, 2006 at 10:43 pm (East Tennessee and The South)

Just a few pictures of this year’s “snow storm”:

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