Man, it must really be Halloween time around here.
Certainly, a lot of weird, bizarre things have been going down around town.
Yeah, a full moon hung in the sky and things got downright scary.
Spooks and goblins appear to be in full freak-out mode.
Evil runs amok. Demons and trolls run from shadow to shadow throughout our streets.
Just consider some of the leads from stories posted last week at murfreesboropost.com:
• An FBI agent cannot confirm information about a search of a Murfreesboro man’s apartment relating to the Miley Cyrus hacking investigation. The local man apparently hacked into her phone email photo account and downloaded her photos, including some that were of a somewhat provocative nature.
• Vandals (you may remember them as being in on the sack and overthrow of Rome and its empire) tossed a rock through the Republican Party headquarters on the Public Square overnight Monday. The rock has “anarchy” written on it.
The strong-armed vandals demonstrated they were “fair and balanced” the next night, tossing a rock at Rutherford County Democratic Party East Lytle Street headquarters overnight Tuesday. The Democrats’ rock did not carry an obvious message (well none beyond that of the rock being thrown through a window).
• Something exploded in a bonfire Saturday causing plastic fragments to become embedded in a woman’s arm, a sheriff’s deputy reported.
• One man suffered stab wounds after exchanging racial slurs Saturday at an Old Woodbury Highway tavern, a sheriff’s deputy reported.
Meanwhile, others news of Biblical and brimstone proportions included a legal decision in the ongoing Bible Park controversy and proposed fireworks ban, and just last week a fireworks supermarket became a giant fireworks display.
I’m mean, come on. Miley Cyrus racy pix, acting out political anarchists, exploding bonfires. Those supermarket tabloids have to make this kind of stuff up, and it’s happening to us.
Makes you wonder about what’s going to happen this week in the actual run-up to Halloween, the true witching hour.
I’m just hoping we don’t have to have a city exorcism
Trick or treat indeed.
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Now I may be totally off base on the above.
Rick Spence e-mailed The Post with a possible alternative to at least some of the latest developments.
“With your keen ear to the ground, you, no doubt, have heard that Ernest T. Bass was spotted on the “Square” within the last forty-eight hours.
“Certainly, this news may help to solve the fact a ‘rock’ was thrown through the Demo Party window. However, on the other hand, I am fairly certain Ernest T. does not know what an ‘Anarchist’ is. While he may be one, he can't spell it. Therefore, that rules out that he threw the brick into the Repub office.”
Actually, Rick may be right across the board. Ol’ Ernest T. (“I see you, you can’t see me. It’s me, it’s me, it’s Ernest T.”) may have just accidentally picked up a rock that said “anarchist.”
Somebody should call Barney, or his cousin, Truman.
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As a Titans’ fan are you having trouble trying to keep expectations in check?
Are you hoping the Titans pull a trick on the Colts for a huge treat for fans Monday night at LP Field?
Monday night is going to be exciting indeed as adults dress up in powder blue for the Titans’ “Code Blue” promotion.
And, certainly the buildup is appropriate.
Most of us fans are getting more excited every week as the wins keep coming and the loss column still shows a big old zero, the only one on that side in the National Football league.
But, despite the great start, you can’t help but hold back some. Hey, weren’t the Lions’ 6-0 last year?
And, if you look at the big tests that are coming up: the Colts here Monday, and later the Packers, Steelers, Brett Farve and the Jets, the gotta-be ticked-off Jags and Colts at home, you get concerned.
Still the Titans’ defense is just scary with hungry players at every position.
And, a good kicking game, a quarterback who plays its safe and a running game that comes at you with speed and power bode even better as colder weather approaches.
Oh, my thumping heart. Try to stay calm. It’s a long season.
But, dang it’s exciting. |
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