Tue
Feb 24 2009
07:27 am
By: bizgrrl
It's Fat Tuesday!
Mardi Gras costume suggestions from The Times-Picayune:
Friends and family can throw on their most threadbare clothing, for instance, and go as the economic recession. Or dress as Wall Street bankers carrying buckets for a bailout.
Happy day to all!
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- Knoxville stays among top-10 US cities for rising home prices, most realtors expect continued increases over the next year (4 replies)
- How the Cost of a Burger Stacks Up in Every State (1 reply)
- Judge blocks Biden administration rule capping credit card late fees at $8 (1 reply)
- Private equity ownership of hospitals made care riskier for patients, a new study finds (24 replies)
- Labor Dept. says Tennessee firm employed minors to clean meat saws, head splitters at slaughterhouses (3 replies)
- Yowza! That was some storm last night (2 replies)
- Why are prices still so high? Corporate greed, some say (4 replies)
- UT pro-Palestine protests (7 replies)
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TN Politics
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Knox TN Today
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- Tracking down joy (Knox TN Today)
- Cruising with Headricks, Crockers (Knox TN Today)
- Opening soon: New Harvest Dog Park (Knox TN Today)
- What’s new at Kern’s Food Hall (Knox TN Today)
- Come meet the world’s greatest eater (Knox TN Today)
Local TV News
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- Open Streets Knoxville highlights the city's efforts to become more walkable (WATE)
- Pickleball tournament raises money for Blount County Deputy Greg McCowan's family (WATE)
- Joey Chestnut takes title of Bologna Eating Champion in Knoxville (WATE)
- Some Knox County Schools graduations rescheduled for inclement weather (WATE)
- Police: Man charged after two fatal shootings near North Broadway (WATE)
- East TN man gets 8-year term in connection with boy's death, abuse suffered by girl (WBIR)
- Roane County couple accused in children's deaths face key court hearing Tuesday (WBIR)
- Family of fallen Knox Co. deputy Tucker Blakely attends 2024 Tennessee Law Enforcement Officers' Memorial Service (WBIR)
- Tennessee Theatre hosts first-ever Marquee Awards to honor high school musicals (WBIR)
- 'We are heartbroken and grieving' | Zoo Knoxville humanely euthanizes 46-year-old elephant Tonka (WBIR)
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- South Memphis celebrates its collective power after closure of toxic facility - Chattanooga Times Free Press (Times Free Press)
- Kennedy: Central Exxon in Collegedale thrives by following Underwood family version of the golden rule - Chattanooga Times Free Press (Times Free Press)
Wire Reports
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- Bruce Nordstrom, who helped grow family-led department store chain, dies at 90 - NBC News (Business)
- Morehouse graduation: Biden tells grads he hears their Gaza protests - The Associated Press (US News)
- School officials identify student shot, killed on Kennesaw State University’s campus - WSB Atlanta (US News)
- When will the power be back on? CenterPoint gives Sunday update - KHOU.com (US News)
- Gold Holds Near Record as Fed Rate-Cut Optimism Fuels Demand - Bloomberg (Business)
- Trump's praise of the NRA is 'sickening,' says mayor of Birmingham, A.L. - MSNBC (US News)
- Trump team claims Michael Cohen 'collapsed' under cross-examination. Is that true? - The Independent (US News)
- U.S. troops and equipment will leave Niger by mid-September, the Pentagon says - NPR (US News)
- China's Housing Rescue Is Too Small to End Crisis, Analysts Say - Bloomberg (Business)
- Ed Dwight, America's first Black astronaut candidate, finally goes to space 60 years later - The Associated Press (Business)
- Consumers are so demoralized by inflation and high rates they've given up on saving for the American Dream and are spending money instead, economist says - Fortune (Business)
- Mercedes workers in Alabama vote against UAW membership - TESLARATI (Business)
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Laissez les bons temps rouler!
For those of usinz' from East Tennessee it is pronounced.............
"Lay Bon' Ton' Rulay"
Enjoy Fat Tuesday!.............and for those who party the day away before 'Lent'.........
What are you giving up? I am thinking of chocolate.....or maybe cig's or both.....Look over your shoulder for the wild woman with an awful look in her eyes for the next few weeks. And.... I am hoping my son will give up online video games. We will see what happens......and when the National Deficit is solid and in the green........well.......figure it out....sit on the sidewalk with me and my chalk ...painting a picture of our future with my bucket beside me expecting my bailout. See you in the bread line!
What are you giving up?
I'm a Protestant. Several hundred years ago, my ancestors decided to give up Roman Catholicism for Lent, and I'm continuing the tradition.
(Actually, until I moved to Maryland, I'm not even sure if I heard of the concept of giving something up for Lent. However, I did not do what some people unaccustomed to Catholicism have done, and told a Catholic co-worker on Ash Wednesday, "hey, you have something on your forehead.")
Voting is like driving. If you want to go backwards, select R. If you want to go forward, select D.
"hey, you have something on
"hey, you have something on your forehead."
I actually did that one time. And I'm married to a Catholic.
(My excuse is that we had just moved to Florida and it was my first exposure to diversity in the workplace and whatnot.)
Recommended
Recommended listening:
Buckwheat Zydeco - Buckwheat's Zydeco Party
Neville Brothers - Yellow Moon
The Meters - Look Ka Py Py
Leo Dorsey - Ride Your Pony
Fats Domino - Live in Austin TX (Austin City Limits)
Dr. John - Gris Gris
Professor Longhair - Crawfish Fiesta
Beausoleil - Bayou Deluxe
V/A - Saturday Night Fish Fry
Wayne Toups - Zydecajun
Boozoo Chavis - The Lake Charles Atomic Bomb
Hackberry Ramblers - Early Recordings
Rebirth Brass Band - The Ultimate Rebirth Brass Band
The Hot 8 Brass Band - Rock with the Hot 8
V/A - Putumayo Presents: New Orleans
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Dirty deeds done dirt cheap! Special holidays, Sundays and rates!