I think I junked out too much last week and I ended up gaining a half pound instead of losing any. Boo! Also exercised one day less than the plan. The hard part is doing it when you’re tired or...

Headed to Scotland in a few weeks and looking for suggestions on what to not miss or what we must do. Staying here in Edinburgh. Never been anywhere in Scotland. Tags: travel Scotland Edinburgh

Knoxnews Online Editor Jigsha Desai has posted her 1982 World’s Fair 25th anniversary package. It even links to the 20th anniversary package that Traci McDonell (who now runs the city of Knoxville’s web site) did while she was at the...

America’s newspapers (like so many other institutions) are definitely in a phase transition right now – and, as physicists will tell you, this is where the really interesting stuff happens. In chaos theory, we’re on the turbulent edge, described as...

Wayne Bledsoe, co-worker and News Sentinel music writer, has been spearheading an effort to do a CD of Knoxville music sponsored by the paper. He’s hassled through record companies, production details and a cover art battle to get what is...

If you think you need to “whack it,” think about the Sopranos. Yep, when you need to kill something. Well, the Sopranos figure prominently in a post by Om Malik on when to whack a venture or proejct, but it’s...

Ryan Sholin has a good item for the todo list. Do you have a plan for a the biggest story that ever hit your town? Here’s what Roanoke.com did in the Virginia Tech shootings. Ditto, Ryan’s note to self. Tags:...

From Merlin Mann on Twitter: hotdogsladies Some days I’m Dr. Frankenstein, and some days I’m The Monster, but most days I’m just a dim-witted villager with a torch and a farming tool. Tags: merlin mann

Wow. Great post about the Collegiate Times at the Va. Tech campus. Their coverage and response has been getting kudos all around. Tags: virginia tech college newspapers

Newscoma got me wound up yesterday with this post. There were several good comments. Worth the read for Newscoma’s and the others. Here’s another link to it. Tags: blogs newspapers MSM and blogs