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Neither 3rd nor 47th: Education and personal accountability can lead us to a happy medium

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Commentary by Cesar A. Muedas

Friday's Tennessean reported that our state is the third most obese. Today, the Jackson Sun picks up the AP story that ranks Tennessee as 47th in the nation for library funding.
Three quarters of my household are Tennessean by birth; I am a proud Nashvillean by choice. How do these types of stats rub us? Not a pretty picture, indeed. But if we are really tired of

Another thing about my daughter.

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I mentioned earlier how she, the youngest in the household, tends t

The Sibling Dynamic, Part Three

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Stoic and strong, she's watchful and wary of her surroundings. She can be just as mischeivous as her brother, but hers is the quieter kind. His trouble is announced to the household by the sound of something breaking, something tumbling over and bumping into the wall.

SpiralFrog Claims Six Million Uniques in June

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The Deal (via Ad-Supported Music Central) has an article with some stats on SpiralFrog. In the last week of June, founder and chairman Joe Mohen predicted six million unique visitors for the month.

First Comes The Yard Sale, Then Comes The Delousing...

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A few years ago, I found myself possessed of way too much stuff. I made an attempt to deliver it to the local GoodIntentions and was greeted frostily by a drop-off manager who had just been snookered into taking fifteen liquor boxes of garbage from some yuppie in an Escalade. Not nice.

pathetic ain’t he?

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Been a long day so this is all I got…a picture of Cooper looking pitiful because he can’t come through the gate to play with the cat, Cartman.

Marti Rutherford is already running again?

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I received a campaign mailer today; you know, one of those glossy, double-sided, 6 X 9, red-white-and-blue deals with a picture of the candidate on it.

The slogan on one side, poised over a big red "vote" check mark, says:

US Open continues

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It looks like the US Open is going to go into this morning. Hard to believe that 72 holes around that place couldn’t determine a winner … but it didn’t and know they get to play 18 more holes. The USGA is all about tradition, and an 18 hole playoff is definitely that. I am a big fan of the The British Open’s 4 hole playoff. That seems give us the best of both worlds.

Metro won’t contract out social services

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Despite a 2004 audit that called for Metro Social Services to outsource its nutrition and homemaker services, the public agency announced Monday that it will continue to provide both services directly.

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