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The Giants were trailing 7-3 in the Super Bowl last night. Their defense was playing well but the offense had only managed one field goal. As I said I would the other day, I got into a New York state of mind by enjoying a Mallomar ...

dr. bass-o-matic
We also discuss the new Forensic Anthropology exhibit at the Frank H. McClung Museum that I wrote about last week. Jefferson and Bass are contracted for at least two more Body Farm novels. They told me that the next one will be set in ...

domo arigato
When Rockapella performed at George Mason University in December, I wanted to go but couldn't. My sister did and used the opportunity to buy a Christmas gift for my wife and me. She got us the group's "Live in Japan" CD and had it ...

nosh bridges
It seems like every newspaper had a story and every local TV news show had a cooking segment about snacks over the past two weeks. Super Bowl Sunday has become an eating holiday to rival Thanksgiving. Finally, here's an opportunity for ...

please, please, please don't go away
The TV in our living room stayed tuned to WATE all evening for "Lost" and the new show that followed. "Eli Stone" was pretty good and worth watching again next week. One of the stars is Natasha Henstridge, who first became famous in the ...

poll vault
Internet traffic must have been busy tonight at OnTheIssues.org. I repeatedly got error messages when I tried to load the page during prime time. I finally got through but not until late in the evening. My son told me about the site as ...

what the chuck
Occasionally the Web Watch column in the News Sentinel describes a website that piques my interest. When that happens, I wonder why I haven't remembered to read the column every week. Then I click through the archives until I lose ...

advanced molecular chemistry
The last thing I needed to do was add another series to my television viewing repertoire. But that's what happened after watching the first two episodes of "Breaking Bad." I almost let this one slip by. ...

The Day After
My friend Frank Murphy wrote this about it on his blog recently:. "The other day I flipped past and got immediately hooked in by a classic Redskins victory. My wife and son watched with me. We were just in time to see Doug Williams' ...

dem bones
A sign at the entrance to the new forensic anthropology exhibit at the Frank H. McClung Museum (through May 7) warns visitors about the graphic images ahead. Another sign prohibits visitors from taking pictures. ...

earache
The lady sitting next to me in the bleachers said today was the first time she had been to the city meet. I told her it was my last. At least for the winter season anyway. I think there will be one more summer city meet in my future. ...

let the points soar
The announcers were Frank Gifford, Dan Dierdorf and an unrecognizable Al Michaels. His voice has changed dramatically over the years. Is it just me or does Michaels do the overwhelming majority of the talking on the Madden NFL video ...

for the mighty and the bold
Seeing the word Knoxville on the Engadget HD site caused me to do a double take today. They ran a blurb about DirecTV finally offering HD versions of our local channels. I thought about trying to write a whole blog entry about this but ...

mired wagazine
It stung a little bit to see radio on Wired Magazine's new list of "Things That Suck." Obviously, I still enjoy radio and have hope for its future. However the Wired article does raise valid points. Radio does remain viable as a way for ...

On February 4, ...
Rutledge and Frank Murphy. Yamashita -- convicted on a command responsibility theory, as IntLawGrrl Beth Van Schaack has written here -- was hanged soon after. The case drew new interest 40 years later. In Hamdan v. ...