Michael Silence

• Michael Silence: Observations on UK loss and other disasters Published 12/04/2011 at 4 a.m.

  The comments were biting, but for the most part above the belt.

• Michael Silence: Bloggers offer leftover advice Published 11/27/2011 at 4 a.m.

  It's three days after Thanksgiving and you're still wondering what to do with all the leftover turkey. (No, don't send it to Congress. There are already enough there.)

• Michael Silence: Some .gov sites lack basic information Published 11/13/2011 at 4 a.m. 1 Comment

  While the pace of social media continues to race upward like TVA salaries, government websites continue to evolve.

• Michael Silence: Don't swat a hornet's nest Published 11/06/2011 at 3 a.m. 1 Comment

  There's an old adage: "Don't swat a hornet's nest." That's what the state of Tennessee did when it told a group of Occupy Nashville participants to get off public property, in this case the Legislative Plaza. Apparently, state officials thought ...

• Michael Silence: Polls get taken out of context Published 10/30/2011 at 4 a.m. 1 Comment

  There's hardly a spot on the Internet that doesn't have some reference to the latest poll on the GOP presidential race.

• Michael Silence: Failures OK when it's other party Published 10/23/2011 at 4 a.m. 6 Comments

  A politician falls and the opposition pounces.

• Michael Silence: Cats and cornmeal popular on blogs Published 10/16/2011 at 4 a.m.

  I've penned a blog for more than seven years, slapping up more than 19,000 posts, of which I'm sure at least one made sense (Well, I suppose that's open to interpretation).

• Michael Silence: Former Lady Vol helps cause Published 10/09/2011 at 4 a.m.

  If you thought University of Tennessee coach Pat Summitt's August bombshell was a flash in the pixels, you'd be wrong.

• Michael Silence: New concern over online privacy Published 10/02/2011 at 4 a.m.

  Facebook announced some changes last week that were met with more concerns of invading one's personal privacy.

• Michael Silence: Bloggers sample good grub Published 09/25/2011 at 4 a.m.

  The "Urban Toddler" loves picking out the vegetables in downtown Knoxville. Then there's a refugee from Hurricane Katrina in Knoxville discussing Jamaican barbecue. Oh, and there's also the "bacon cheeseburger meatloaf."

• Biscuit festival tops Top 10 Food Festivals Published 08/01/2011 at 2:21 p.m. 2 Comments

  Tennessee has two in the top 10.

• European nations approve Appalachian Trail extension Published 10/13/2010 at 9:51 a.m. 13 Comments

  Europeans have endorsed a project to extend the Appalachian Trail across the Atlantic. Last week, trail clubs in Iceland, Norway, Sweden, Denmark, the Netherlands, England, Ireland and Wales formally joined the International Appalachian Trail during a meeting in Aviemore, Scotland.

• Silence: Anonymous comments part of online life Published 06/20/2010 at midnight 3 Comments

  The sanctimonious, high-brow bloviating by some Ivory Tower types is getting old - like half a decade old.

• Columnist: UT worst among the Sweet 16 Published 03/22/2010 at 10:36 a.m.

  Thanks, Mike DeCourcy. You just wrote Bruce Pearl's pre-game speech.

• CEO's racist e-mail making the rounds in TN Published 03/05/2010 at 3:33 p.m. 57 Comments

  The TN blogosphere is exploding over this: Walt Baker, the prominent CEO of the powerful Tennessee Hospitality Association who was a key figure in gaining approval of the controversial $585 million convention center, sent the kind of "joke" email last ...

• Will Florida go after Kiffin? Published 12/28/2009 at 1:27 p.m.

  Why not hire the guy that is raiding your state, again, again and again? And Kiffin has wasted no time capitalizing on Meyer's exit: Coaching is also a business, though, and Kiffin only slightly side-stepped questions regarding possible plans to ...

• No Silence Here: Hostessgate = Watergate? Published 12/15/2009 at 9:01 a.m.

  One might infer a NYT columnist is getting a bit carried away with the comparisons: Whether Coach Lane Kiffin actually handed the hostesses a road map and chits for gasoline fill-ups is not the point.

• The 'story' behind Rep. Duncan's shiner Published 10/16/2009 at 4:55 p.m. 6 Comments

  When Rep. John Duncan (R-Tenn.) took to the House floor this week, there was something noticeably different about him: He was sportin' a shiner.

• ESPN gets its game on at Chandler's Published 10/02/2009 at 7:06 p.m. 7 Comments

  Just saw ESPN filming at Chandlers Deli for a special feature during the game tomorrow.

• Reactions to Pearl with some Kiffin tossed in Published 09/25/2009 at 3:21 p.m.

  Give University of Tennessee men's basketball coach Bruce Pearl credit where due; these days, it's pretty tough to come up with a remark controversial enough to keep Lane Kiffin out of the newspaper.

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