Santa Claus Church Sign

This sign is at the church out on Peavine Rd. in Crossville. It really caught my eye. I can't believe they put this up there. Just because you believe in Santa, doesn't have to mean you don't believe in Jesus Christ. The sign really bothered me. A symbol of hope and love isn't an automatic attack against Christ. Why make it out to be that?

Car smashes into Big O Doughnuts

If having a porta-potty blown into the street wasn't enough action for one day, a car had to smash into a doughnut shop. Tuesday afternoon a woman was pulling into a parking space at Big O Doughnuts. Well, she accidently hit the gas pedal instead of the brake and the car lunged over the sidewalk and smashed into the dining area of the doughnut shop. Please take note of the fireman ordering doughnuts at the counter! Crossville Chronicle photo.

Porta-Potty Hell!

This is unbelievable! The wind has been blowing so hard like crazy here today. So I hear a call on the scanner about a porta-potty being blown over into the street. So I went out there and grabbed a quick pick. The city workers had to come out and move the thing and it was nasty. Apparently some of the goods had spilled out. Anyway, notice the fine case of irony here. A plumbing sign in the background. I'm just glad I didn't have to help move it!

Flying Spaghetti Monster initiates change!

After a few short weeks of adorning the Cumberland County Courthouse lawn, the Flying Spaghetti Monster has made a mark. County commissioners on the buildings and grounds committee decided to eliminate and evict all displays on the courthouse grounds. No more chainsaw carved Moses, Statue of Liberty, Monkeys or Bears or FSM... No long-term displays will be permitted as of May 1. Apparently the FSM was a little too much for the public and the county commission to take. I am going to miss his noodly appendages, though. Oh well. I guess sometimes it takes a brick in the forehead to make someone realize they are walking into a brick wall. LOL! This is an interesting, yet predicted turn of events!

More People Smitten with FSM!

There are more and more people in Crossville, TN smitten by the beautiful Flying Spaghetti Monster adorning our courthouse lawn. I've heard that pirates will be making a weekly journey to see his holy noodleyness each Saturday at 3 p.m. in order to visit, worship and be touched by his noodly appendages. The County Mayor Brock Hill even issued a statement that he thought the FSM was made to ridicule and minimize Christianity.
Now our beloved noodly courthouse lawn ornament has people leaping to his holy defense. Ariel, is to be commended for her courage and artwork in using the system to enable all of us to enjoy such a treasure in front of the county's courthouse. Her use of the first amendment right in this case is stunning!

Flying Spaghetti Monster in Crossville!

This is too funny.

A local artist has erected a sculpture of a Flying Spaghetti Monster on the Cumberland County Courthouse lawn for Flying Spaghetti Monster Day. It is there with all the other statues and forms of freedom of expression. Sound ridiculous? It is doing exactly what the artist intended - provoking thought, discussion and question. Is a courthouse lawn the most appropriate place? I don't know, but as long as there is a statue of Jesus, monkeys, nativity scenes, statue of liberty and veteran's memorials, then a Flying Spaghetti Monster should be allowed as well. The Flying Spaghetti Monster is the symbol of worship for the Church of the Flying Spaghetti Monster. Several people have taken note of the sculpture with its noodly appendages.

The artist, Ariel, has a blog here. It explains the entire process and her thoughts.

Enjoy!

Gag me with a Spoon! Hillary wins Tennessee

It was as if I had eaten a sackful of Krystal burgers when I heard the news. Hillary Clinton won big in Tennessee. My stomach hasn't churned that bad in years. I really don't like her all that well. In our county she won by a three to one margin. Lets hope folks start changing their minds.

OK, maybe I'm not so loyal

Well, I planned on being loyal to writing on this blog as often as possible, but with all the running around and with Christmas and New Year celebrations and running to cover people's stories about how wonderful they are and everything they're doing for everyone else - it kind of got put on the back burner. That's the funny thing about community news - so many people want to be portrayed in a way that makes them look important. Sometimes it's hard to get to the really good stories because you're so busy with covering the silly crap. Everyday is fun, though, and something really crazy happens just about every day. Just the other day we had a guy come into the office bitching about us changing a word in his letter to the editor that really wasn't a word. "Well, people would know what I mean," he said. It's sometimes a challenge to deal with that kind of mentality. It sure is funny, though.