State-ing the obvious, or, grill my landlord, grill my landlord

I walk to work each morning through one of the most beautiful blocks in Nashville - 5th Avenue through Germantown between Madison and Monroe. Greenery and gardens abound. Friendly faces, hot dogs, Germantown Cafe and front porches. But then, I cross Jefferson. Take a look at the picture. This is [...]

Endorsements and tough choices - Briley for Mayor

I feel compelled to say that I have no pretense that my endorsement of anyone via my blog, Salem’s Lots, has much more meaning than my yard sign. I don’t pretend that the citizens of Nashville are waiting, breath bated, for me to pronounce who they should vote for in the coming election.
So, [...]

Clique-ity clack, or Ridin’ the Bozo bus

I was cool for about three minutes once when I lived in New York. Sadly that was over 30 years ago. I have a cool Keith Richards t-shirt and I know a few cool folks, but I’m about as cool as the current side of the pillow. I hear talk about blogging [...]

What S-townMike said - Freda for the 19th

The political fortunes for those of us in the 19th district of Davidson County are going, in the words of the fabled cliche, from famine to feast. We’ve been under-represented by our current city councilman Ludye ‘cris’ Wallace for the past few seasons (honestly, I’m being kind with the hyphenated ‘under-represented’).
Ludye’s time is up, [...]

Zoning in…still life at the Metro Council Meeting

The Salemtown Neighbors Association showed up at the Metro Council Meeting last night.   It was ‘public hearing’ night.  The agenda for the meeting was approximately 12 pages long.  ‘Our’ issue was on page 8.
Our issue was a bill to permit a developer to flood a nearby tract of land with duplexes.  We weren’t asking for [...]

My name is John, and yes, I’m a twitter-crit…

Back in the early days of Twitter (roughly a week and 1/2 half ago), I checked out the Twit-world and I laughed. I chuckled. I made fun, publicly. Then I got some response from folks that understand far more about technology than I’d understand in two lifetimes. People like Kate’O, Jaxn, Lynnster [...]