Thursday, December 23, 2004

Older Snarls

Bushels of Yuletide Cheer!

Carols of Shrubby Doings

by Scott McNutt

Not only are the evil liberals unwilling to acknowledge President Bush’s whopping, mandate-setting, 3-percent landslide; they’re ruining the holidays with godless rewrites of Christmas songs. Don’t read their scurrilous efforts (highlighted in red below so you’ll know what to avoid).

The Christmas 'lection Song:

Chestnuts Lib'rals roasting on an open fire,
Jack Frost nipping at Ashcroft peeping up your nose,
Yuletide carols being sung by a choir Imagined plots being heard through a wire,
And folks dressed up like Eskimos for nuclear snow.
Everybody knows a turkey and some mistletoe some captives done up for show,
Help to make the season paranoia bright.
Tiny tots Zealots with their eyes all aglow,
Will find it hard to sleep tonight.
They know that Santa’s on his term two is on its way,
He’s bringing lots of toys and goodies on his sleigh pinko commie dismay.
And every mother’s child is gonna spy,
To see if reindeer really know how to fly mom is a terrorist in disguise.
And so I’m offering this simple phrase Bush sends this communiqué:
To kids from Suspects may be one to ninety-two.
Although it’s been said many times, many ways,
Merry Christmas to We have our eyes on you.

The Little Drummer Drafted Boy:

Come they told me.
Pa rum pum pum pum Said Rumsfeld, “come, come.”
A new born King draft board to see.
Pa rum...Said Rumsfeld, “come, come.”
Our finest gifts sons we bring rush,
Pa rum... Said Rumsfeld, “come, come.”
To lay before the King Bush.
Pa rum... Said Rumsfeld, "Come, come!" Rumsfeld: "Come, come!" Rumsfeld: "Come, come!"

So to honor fight for Him,
Pa rum... Said Rumsfeld, “come, come.”
When we come.
Little baby Look here, Dubya,
Pa rum... Said Rumsfeld, “come, come.”
I am a poor boy, too you.
Pa rum... Said Rumsfeld, “come, come.”
I have no gift to bring It’s not my shit to sling,
Pa rum... Said Rumsfeld, “come, come.”
That’s fit to give our King Your mitt holds the shiv, O King.
Pa rum... Said Rumsfeld, "Come, come!" Rumsfeld: "Come, come!" Rumsfeld: "Come, come!"
Shall I play for you Must I die for you,
Pa rum... Said Rumsfeld, “come, come.”
On my drum You and your Rum?
Mary Dubya nodded.
Pa rum... Said Rumsfeld, "Come, come!" Rumsfeld: "Come, come!" Rumsfeld: "Come, come!"

 

Walking in a Winter Wonderland Walker in a Winner’s Plunderland:

Sleigh bells ring Children scream.
Are you listening?
In the lane Iraq,
Snow is glistening Bullets whistling.
A beautiful sight,
we’re Bush is happy tonight,
Walking in a winter Walker in a winner’s wonderland.
Gone away is the bluebird Shut away are the boo birds.
Here to stay is a new bird Dubya stays for a new term.
We sing a love He hums a war song,
As we go he goes along,
Walking in a winter wonderland Walker in a bigger blunderland.
In the meadow we can build a snowman Iran he can build a straw man.
Then pretend that he is Parson Brown they have bombs to be found.
He’ll say: Are you married? “Are they buried?”
We’ll say: No man They’ll say, “Amen!”
But you can do the job when you’re in town they will beg and sob when they’re burnt down.
Later on we’ll he’ll conspire,
As we dream by the fire he gloats on the fires.
To face unafraid,
The plans that we’ve made new world he’s made,
Walking in a winter wonderland Walker in a winner’s plunderland.
In the meadow we can build a snowman Iraq he can claim a strong man.
And pretend that he’s Though we know that he’s a circus clown.
We’ll have lots of fun with mister snowman hype with Minister Strong Man,
Until all the kids knock him down his own people cast him down.
When it snows they bow,
Ain’t it thrilling?
Though your nose gets a chilling their “ohhhs” get kinda silly.
We’ll frolic and play the Eskimo way He’ll have the last say with his puppet-show play,
Walking in a winter wonderland Walker’s walking in his winner’s plunderland.

http://www.metropulse.com/dir_zine/dir_2004/1452/t_snarls.html

Saturday, September 18, 2004

More Snarls, Yikes!

WWJD
It’s not what you think  

Profiteering prophets are nothing new. From the medieval Catholic Church’s indulgence-hawking (basically, a “get-out-of-hell-for-a-fee” card) that Martin Luther mightily protested, to televangelist Oral Roberts’ 1980s scam, fleecing his flock of $9.1 mil by claiming God had contracted a hit on the preacher unless He got His payoff, holy rollers in dough have always prospered...  

Read the full column here:
http://www.metropulse.com/dir_zine/dir_2004/1445/t_snarls.html

 

No Mr. Mojo Rise ’n Shine
The joys of late somnolence

I love getting up early. To rise before the sun, to gaze upon heaven’s starry brilliance before it fades, to taste the dampness of the settling dew, to smell the musty loam before exhaust fumes blanket it, to touch the black stillness of the pre-dawn air, to listen to the silence before the birds sing—these are the things that make a man feel truly alive.

No, not really. You didn’t take that nonsense seriously, did you?

You carpe your diem, I carp if I don’t get my per diem of sleep per noctem...

Read the full column here:
http://www.metropulse.com/dir_zine/dir_2004/1442/t_snarls.html

 

You Can Succeed with Self-Improvement!
...but keep your "personal growth" to yourself

Back when I worked in corporate America, every day in my mail slot at the office I would find glossy flyers excitedly promising to teach me "in an intensive, three-day, hands-on course," "everything you need to know" about things like "The Fundamentals of Interpersonal Skills!" I was very dedicated to improving my work situation. So I conscientiously crammed each and every one of these flyers into my boss's mail slot...

Read the full column here: http://www.metropulse.com/dir_zine/dir_2002/1224/t_snarls.html

Orange U R Icon?  

An interview with UT's backup mascot, Pulpy, the Big Orange  

Announcer: We’re here at the SEC Mascot Media Days, teleconferencing with the University of Tennessee Volunteers’ backup mascot, Pulpy, the Big Orange! Pulpy, we know you wanted to be here with the rest of the SEC mascots. Can you explain the circumstances that forced you to stay away?   Pulpy: On advice of my counsel, I decline ta respond ta dat.  

Read the full column here: http://www.metropulse.com/dir_zine/dir_2004/1437/t_snarls.html

Weather or Not

Or "Meteorologists: misguided fools or lying scum?"

On Sunday January 6, 2002, an unusual event occurred in East Tennessee: It snowed, which in itself is no remarkable thing. What was unusual—astonishing, even—was that this incidence of frozen precipitation had been anticipated. Weather forecasters across the region had really, truly predicted this snowfall. In fact, they predicted the heck out of it!

Read the full column here: http://www.metropulse.com/dir_zine/dir_2002/1216/t_snarls.html

Monkey Business

Rattling bones in the closets of the high and mighty

There's a rumor going around, gentle reader, that I've slept with every woman in Knoxville. Now, I'm no saint. I have skeletons in my closet that include long-past, drunken sexcapades that would put George W. Bush's youthful indiscretions to shame. So, for all I know, I've had sex with "W." And maybe with you, gentle reader. But that's just between you and me and the governor.

Read the full column here: http://www.metropulse.com/dir_zine/dir_2000/1030/t_snarls.html

Got a Complaint? http://www.metropulse.com/dir_zine/dir_2001/1143/t_snarls.html

Rednecks Is Us http://www.metropulse.com/dir_zine/dir_2000/1038/t_snarls.html

Travel Baggage http://www.metropulse.com/dir_zine/dir_2000/1026/t_snarls.html

Clone Aid http://www.metropulse.com/dir_zine/dir_2002/1220/t_snarls.html

Deemployed http://www.metropulse.com/dir_zine/dir_2003/1330/t_snarls.html

Cats Can Catscan http://www.metropulse.com/dir_zine/dir_2000/1046/t_snarls.html

Highland Fling Flop (Vol. 1&2) http://www.metropulse.com/dir_zine/dir_2002/1228/t_snarls.html

http://www.metropulse.com/dir_zine/dir_2002/1232/t_snarls.html

Hit Me http://www.metropulse.com/dir_zine/dir_2003/1348/t_commentary2.html

Smooth Moves http://www.metropulse.com/dir_zine/dir_2003/1345/t_snarls.html

Agents of Orange http://www.metropulse.com/dir_zine/dir_2001/1135/t_snarls.html

Conventional Wisdom http://www.metropulse.com/dir_zine/dir_2004/1414/t_snarls.html

The Street Name Game Plan http://www.metropulse.com/dir_zine/dir_2003/1341/t_snarls.html

Fueling Controversy http://www.metropulse.com/dir_zine/dir_2004/1418/t_snarls.html

Ask Miss Behavior! Polite Society http://www.metropulse.com/dir_zine/dir_2002/1218/t_missbehavior.html

Ask Miss Behavior! Holiday Advice http://www.metropulse.com/dir_zine/dir_2003/1349/t_missbehavior.html

Ask Miss Behavior! Invasion Etiquette http://www.metropulse.com/dir_zine/dir_2002/1251/t_yikes.html

Democracy Inaction http://www.metropulse.com/dir_zine/dir_2000/1022/t_snarls.html

Undeadheads (Vol. 1&2) http://www.metropulse.com/dir_zine/dir_2000/1025/t_yikes.html 

http://www.metropulse.com/dir_zine/dir_2000/1049/t_yikes.html

Constitutionally Protected Cliches http://www.metropulse.com/dir_zine/dir_2000/1015/t_yikes.html

Feeding the Corporate Beast http://www.metropulse.com/dir_zine/dir_2000/1040/t_yikes.html

Roadkill on the Road to Progress http://www.metropulse.com/dir_zine/dir_1998/834/t_feature.html

Affaire de Carburetor http://www.metropulse.com/dir_zine/dir_2000/1012/t_yikes.html

Use as Directed http://www.metropulse.com/dir_zine/dir_2002/1212/t_snarls.html

Shift Happens http://www.metropulse.com/dir_zine/dir_2002/1242/t_snarls.html

Dress Decoding

Profits of Doom

Deja Ewe

Self-Helpings

Urban Removal: The James Agee Memorial Big Gaping Maw That Once Was Fort Sanders

Peeved Pets

Addicted to Loathe http://www.metropulse.com/dir_zine/dir_2001/1142/t_gamut.html

Friday, September 17, 2004

Cover Stories

Is Knoxville a Creative City? The "creative class" is the hot new topic in chambers of commerce across the country. So where's the buzz in Knoxville?http://www.metropulse.com/dir_zine/dir_2003/1306/t_cover.html

Color, color every wall...but not that shade of pink! We look at choosing a color you can live with http://www.metropulse.com/dir_zine/dir_2003/1312/t_cover2.html

Love the One You're With: The Joy of Self-Servicing http://www.metropulse.com/dir_zine/dir_2004/1407/t_cover.html

The Mayoral Reader: Hizzoner's tastes run to history and biography http://www.metropulse.com/dir_zine/dir_2003/1326/t_cover2.html

A Taste of Romance, Knoxville Style

General Interest Articles

Fallen Icons: Where, by reviewing the final recordings of George Harrison and Warren Zevon, the author seeks redemption for prior sins http://www.metropulse.com/dir_zine/dir_2003/1339/t_gamut.html

Fan Nation: The son of Star Trek's creator and a local film producer team up to honor a shared vision of a better tomorrow 
http://www.metropulse.com/dir_zine/dir_2003/1314/t_gamut.html

Knoxville Hockey Finally Off Thin Ice? Puck-slinging appears to be experiencing a local resurgence
http://www.metropulse.com/dir_zine/dir_2003/1310/t_gamut.html

Costumed Knoxville: This Halloween, be a hometown spirit—dress like Knoxville! http://www.metropulse.com/dir_zine/dir_2002/1243/t_gamut.htmlNicking

Nicking Names: From scuffly to scruffly, Knoxville's been known as a lot of things. What will the 21st century call us?http://www.metropulse.com/dir_zine/dir_2002/1235/t_gamut.html

Winner of the Knoxville Nickname contest: http://www.metropulse.com/dir_zine/dir_2002/1238/t_letters.html

Just in Time for the Music: Brainchild of musical wunderkind Wendel Werner, this all-woman jazz choir has just arrived on the local scene — but it's already setting its sights abroad http://www.metropulse.com/dir_zine/dir_2002/1231/t_gamut.html

A Never-Ending Quest: Jeff Bradley's Tennessee tour guides drive his mission to introduce residents of different parts of the state to the rest of it http://www.metropulse.com/dir_zine/dir_2002/1230/t_gamut.html

Auld Acquaintance Should Be Unforgettable: Burnsing It Up with Knoxville’s Scottish Society http://www.metropulse.com/dir_zine/dir_2002/1211/t_gamut.html

Distilled Life: When in Lynchburg, Stop and Smell the Whiskey Burning http://www.metropulse.com/dir_zine/dir_2001/1141/t_gamut.html

Poetic License: Our resident humorist attempts to air his "Dirty Laundry" at local poetry readings  http://www.metropulse.com/dir_zine/dir_2000/1048/t_gamut.html

Dungeons, Dragons, & Drinkers: Role playing games grab geeky adults as well as teens http://www.metropulse.com/dir_zine/dir_2000/1030/t_gamut.html

Reporting in Knoxville, Tennessee, 2002-2003

The Agee Park Agenda: UT takes the first step in park development  http://www.metropulse.com/dir_zine/dir_2003/1325/t_citybeat.html

Quixotic K2K: Has Knoxville's on-line forum lost its relevance? http://www.metropulse.com/dir_zine/dir_2003/1323/t_citybeat.html  

Smart Starts:  Bike-Walk-Bus Week launches Smart Trips  http://www.metropulse.com/dir_zine/dir_2003/1316/t_citybeat.html

Magnolia in Bloom: Pellissippi State's newest campus thrives http://www.metropulse.com/dir_zine/dir_2003/1314/t_citybeat.html

...By Any Other Name: KCDC struggles with 'blight' http://www.metropulse.com/dir_zine/dir_2003/1309/t_citybeat.html

Seniors' Moment: New county exec asks community to focus on retiree needs
http://www.metropulse.com/dir_zine/dir_2002/1247/t_citybeat.html

Agee Park at last? Memorial to Knoxville's Pulitzer-prize winner on its way http://www.metropulse.com/dir_zine/dir_2002/1238/t_citybeat.html  

Historic Occasion: Council passes the Lyons View Historic Overlay http://www.metropulse.com/dir_zine/dir_2002/1228/t_citybeat.html

Into the Recycle Bin: Election Commission Removes Referendum from Ballot http://www.metropulse.com/dir_zine/dir_2002/1227/t_citybeat.html

A Square Deal: Redevelopment Plan Approved and Funded http://www.metropulse.com/dir_zine/dir_2002/1226/t_citybeat.html

Moving Forward on Market Square: Entrepeneurs Aren't Waiting http://www.metropulse.com/dir_zine/dir_2002/1221/t_citybeat.html

Cycling through Election Changes: Where are Council's lines drawn on changing the election cycle? http://www.metropulse.com/dir_zine/dir_2002/1215/t_citybeat.html

Hard Times at Ijams: Nature center cuts staff http://www.metropulse.com/dir_zine/dir_2002/1214/t_citybeat.html

Song Lyrics

Listen to "Body and Soul," lyrics by Scott Carpenter and Scott McNutt, at: http://www.lynnpoint.com/taoist_cowboys.html

Technical Articles

Quantitative Risk Assessment of Chemical Reaction Systems: The State of the Practice, with John Farquharson, et al. (Process Safety Progress, Winter 1997).

Revalidating RMPs to Comply with EPA's New RMP Rule http://www.abs-jbfa.com/rmpnews.html , with Dale Crumpler, et al.

CD, Movie, Video & Miscellaneous Reviews

CDs

Gran Torino, The One and Only http://www.metropulse.com/dir_zine/dir_2002/1238/t_eye.html

Warren Zevon, My Ride's Here http://www.metropulse.com/dir_zine/dir_2002/1227/t_platters.html

St. Somewhere, St. Somewhere http://www.metropulse.com/dir_zine/dir_2002/1233/t_eye.html

Bob McCluskey, Emergency Lunchbox

Movies

"Collateral" Fromage (MP 14.33)

Substance of the King (MP 13.52)

Rock 'n' Roll Fantasy (MP 13.41)

Mark This on Your Calendar (MP 14.05)

Big, Dumb "Day" Is OK (MP 14.23)

Video

Of Tuscany and Tombs (14.13)

The Matrix Redundant (13.43)

Standup, Siddown!

Musketeer Role Call

Comfort Films

Family Tradition (MP 13.48)

We Could Be Heroes (MP 13.34)

Summer (Movie) Heat (MP 14.06)

The Reality Thing

Dick, Less

Sci-Fi My Eye

Supermovies

Dotcompulsion (MP 13.37)

Downbeat, Upbeat

Bourne Again

Re-Vamp

Splendor on the Wind (MP 14.10)

Miscellaneous

Speaking Well of a New Speakeasy http://www.metropulse.com/dir_zine/dir_2002/1219/t_eye.html

Best of Knoxville bits, 2003 http://www.metropulse.com/dir_zine/dir_2003/1317/t_cover7.html

Best of Knoxville bits, 2002 http://www.metropulse.com/dir_zine/dir_2002/1217/t_cover7.html

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