Buying gift cards could be a simple solution if you’re out doing some last-minute Christmas shopping. Sure, you could put more thought into the choice, but if you’re like me, you’re tired of fighting the crowds. Experts warn us that criminals have recently increased their focus on gift card theft. But they’re not stealing the…
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I saw a story the other night on our local news that blew my mind. Last year, Nashville’s airport was in the top 5 for gun seizures by the TSA. We came in fourth nationally. The news story said that at the current rate, we could move up to third when they update the numbers…
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I love digging into stories on the internet about research projects that try to make some sense of our world. And since I spend so much time reading these articles, the algorithms of websites like Google and Facebook feed me daily. Just the other day, I found some research that tracked the smartest states across…
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In recent years, postal theft has become a severe problem. Thieves steal both incoming and outgoing mail in your home mailbox. Plus, there has been an increase in theft from those big blue mail collection boxes. The postal service thinks they have a solution to the problem. They’ve created a high-tech mailbox. But they won’t…
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Most NFL fans know that the Tennessee Titans were once the Houston Oilers. While most teams that move from one city to another, like the Raiders, Rams, and Cardinals, retain their nicknames, the Titans’ owners decided to change their name once they moved to Nashville in the late 1990s. But for some reason, the team…
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The holiday season always reminds me of a catalog that we used to get in the mail. No, it’s not the Sears Wish Book or the J.C. Penney Christmas Book. The holidays always remind me of the Fingerhut catalog. The company still exists online but stopped mailing the catalog many years ago. We always looked…
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Last weekend, a couple of Nashville suburbs experienced deadly tornadoes. As the climate changes, our area is dealing with more of these violent storms. In the last four years, tornadoes have caused death and destruction within five miles of my home. We’re frequently under tornado warnings here in Middle Tennessee. And I’m stunned by the…
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The holidays are here; for many like me, it’s time for the office holiday party. For most of my life, I dreaded company parties. But my office has adapted the annual party into something that is honestly lots of fun. We don’t hold just one big party for everyone; we do things differently. We break…
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