A number of senators, including our own Marsha Blackburn, have been spied reading books (Blackburn), sleeping or passing notes during the proceedings. Why?
Coming off two World Series appearances in the past three seasons, including the championship in 2017, the Houston Astros are being severely disciplined for stealing their opponents’ pitching signals. The purpose and benefit of intercepting and rightly interpreting the signals between an opp…
Should I come in for a massage when I’m sick?
Anyone stopping by here over the past eight years knows I have a fun obsession with the English language, a big part of which centers around so-called buzz words.
Lighting is an important aspect of your home’s interior design. It is not only functional, but can be mood-altering!
I learned about voting from my mother, who took me with her to vote in the historic Franklin Courthouse when I was a preschooler.
The headline about a NASA intern discovering a new planet on his third day at work, caught my attention. Did I mention the intern hasn’t graduated from high school yet?
Those wacky royals are at it again.
What if you were told that there was a way to look and feel younger, make friends and live longer? That there was an amazing method that has been proven to make you smarter, less stressed and all around happier? That, just by doing this simple thing one day a week, you can change your life i…
Many people vow that THIS is the year that they will finally get their book written. They have been repeating the vow since the late ’80s, but this year is different. And what will make this year different? Well, because our aspiring author…
Who knew, as Donald Trump begins the last year of his first term as president, he would be facing impeachment proceedings?
Turn right now to the obituary section of Williamson Home Page or your local newspaper and if you don’t see your photo and obituary there then I have a message for you. Here is the message: The coming year is one of profound opportunity and thus great responsibility.
The holidays are winding down and it is time to start packing up the decorations, getting back into a more normal daily routine and looking forward to a new year filled with new possibilities. Many have been in a holiday frame of mind since early November and have "decked the halls" both ins…
I get an annoying family brag letter every Christmas from a friend. I want to just toss it in the trash without opening the envelope. But I’m afraid I need to be able to comment on at least something from it when I see her.
The host of a local morning radio show last week asked listeners to call and give their opinions as to what this decade, that is coming to an end, will be remembered for.
It seems like we were just celebrating Thanksgiving and now Christmas is less than two weeks away! Everyone is rushing around to finish decorating and shopping tasks in preparation for the big day.
How do I keep from overeating at holiday parties?
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At my stage of life, with plenty of Christmases behind me, Christmas evokes memories, whether they are of my childhood or the childhoods of my children.
What do we really know about ALICE? ALICE works, hard, but she is barely surviving. ALICE hasn’t had a raise in five years, but her household budget has increased by over 30% in that time.
To rake or not to rake? That is the question! Every year about this time, you stop cutting the grass and realize just how many trees you have in your yard when the leaves start to accumulate on your lawn. You may even be lucky enough to have leaves from your neighbors’ trees find their way i…
Condoleezza Rice, secretary of state under former President George W. Bush, said “There’s no greater challenge and there is no greater honor than to be in public service.”
Hair loss is a chronic and progressive condition that affects women and men of all ages. Actually, a recent study from The American Hair Loss Association estimated that at least 50% of women by the age of 50 and 25% of men before the age of 25 will see their first signs of hair loss. Knowing…
Columnist’s note: It was a great Thanksgiving holiday, with lots of good food and family, but writing a column didn’t make it into the mix of activities. Accordingly, I’m re-running a piece from two years ago that ran the Monday after Thanksgiving. See you back here next week.
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Williamson County has a homelessness problem. We just refuse to talk about it.
Today, in observance of Thanksgiving, I will list some of what comes to mind as I think about what I’m thankful for, based on the past year or so of “What I know” columns:
Recently, while talking with a friend who is active in partisan politics, I asked him if he’d voted in the Oct. 22 municipal election, in which voters went to the polls to select Franklin’s Mayor and four at-large aldermen.
Editor's note: In Part 1 of "Where have all the court jesters gone?": Ramon Presson reminded us of some great bygone columnists who offered much-needed doses of humor.
As I wrote a few weeks ago when I reviewed the book Digital Minimalism, I have dialed back my web browsing considerably, especially news sites.
From minor challenges to major crises, stress is a part of our lives. Sometimes, it can feel like you're under too much pressure from yourself, work, home or a combination of the three. It may not be easy to recognize the stress in your life and it's easy to brush things aside. Here are comm…
It is now sweater and soup weather. Fall is upon us and along with that comes the regular use of heat in our homes. Did you turn off all the ceiling fans in your home when you switched over to heat side of the thermostat?
It seems there is always something new with technology.
“We interrupt our regularly scheduled programming to bring you this special news bulletin…”
Our greatest living humorist, Garrison Keillor, recently wrote, “I miss the old days when newspapers used to publish humor columns, like Dave Barry’s. Why did he go away? In Dave’s column, you learned things The New York Times didn’t print — stuff about exploding badgers or a man with grass …
Shortly after 7:30 p.m. on a crisp October evening, a doorbell rings at an undecorated house in a Williamson County neighborhood. A middle-age man gets up and grumbles his way to the door. When he opens it, three children in costume call out in unison, “Trick-or Treat!”
By the time you are reading this, this year’s World Series could be history.
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1. Weakness in Numbers
My wife and I have granted each other permission to give a signal when one of us starts repeating his/herself in public.
Major corporate mergers and acquisitions, like A-list celebrity marriages, don’t always work out. In 1968, the New York Central and Pennsylvania railroads merged to form Penn Central, which immediately became the sixth largest corporation in America. In declaring bankruptcy two years later, …
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Home remodeling is back to being big business in the United States this year with the Joint Center for Housing Studies of Harvard University suggesting that it could easily exceed the $300 billion spent last year as the housing industry continues to improve. Many Baby Boomers are contributin…
Political leaders certainly aren’t the original brewers of the increasingly popular Profani-Tea and Vulgari-Tea but they certainly are steeping it, drinking it, and promoting it lately.
It had been my intention to write a column about the weather — the absurdly hot September we had; the autumnal equinox being ushered in with record high temperatures; and the continuation of same right into October, the month we’re supposed to be feeling that nip in the air.
By RAMON PRESSON Dear Fed-Eggs Recruiter, I should begin by telling you that yesterday I spilled sweet iced tea on my laptop keyboard. Fortunately, everything works ecksept the key for the letter in the alphabet that comes between W and Y. When I tap that key, nothing happens. Most people seeking an ekksecutive position at …
By AMANDA HAGGARD If you’re not changing, you’re not growing. It’s a well-known adage, but one that’s plenty true. For the past 10 years, Home Page Media Group has done a lot of both. We started out as a hyperlocal website serving just Brentwood — and over the years we’ve expanded into many other communities, …
By BOB McKINNEY Some good-natured ribbing came my way after last week’s review of the book Digital Minimalism and the examples of how I have attempted to digitally declutter my life. My younger son noted the irony of my reading the book on an electronic reader. My daughter-in-law, during a text exchange among family members, …
By BOB McKINNEY Some good-natured ribbing came my way after last week’s review of the book Digital Minimalism and the examples of how I have attempted to digitally declutter my life. My younger son noted the irony of my reading the book on an electronic reader. My daughter-in-law, during a text exchange among family members, …
By BOB McKINNEY Some good-natured ribbing came my way after last week’s review of the book Digital Minimalism and the examples of how I have attempted to digitally declutter my life. My younger son noted the irony of my reading the book on an electronic reader. My daughter-in-law, during a text exchange among family members, …
BY JAROD TANKSLEY As we move into fall, there are some routine maintenance items that you are probably handling around your home. You may have started tidying the garden or landscape areas and giving your patio or deck and outdoor furniture some attention too. With a season change and cleaning in mind, you should also …
PHOTO: Spring Hill Fire Department Assistant Chief of Training and Safety Mike Bryan was one of only 20 selected from across the state of Tennessee. / Photo courtesy of the city of Spring Hill SPRING HILL Spring Hill’s own Fire Department Assistant Chief of Training and Safety, Mike Bryan, has been chosen to serve at …
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