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

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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