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We’re busy, busy, dreadfully busy
You’ve no idea what we have to do.
Busy, busy, shockingly busy
Much, much too busy for you.

-Veggie Tales

I’m sure I wouldn’t be too busy for you, but 2008 has already been a hectic year. Some things I anticipated going in and others happened unexpectedly. On a side note, my friend has a 5-year-old, hence the inspirational song lyrics.

I’ve gotten behind again on updating my blog, so for starters, how about a candidate video? Or 34? Or 50? The number keeps growing and I lose track.

And here’s a white chicken chili recipe I’ve definitely got to try next time I attempt the dish. My flaming version from several weeks ago still has my throat fearing of my combo of chili powder and cumin.

And since I love chocolate and coffee, I took on Coffee and Chocolate, a new shop in downtown K-town.

And now a friend of mine has launched a new site, dedicated to the incompetence of drivers in this town. This should be fun!

http://www.knoxvilledriverssuck.com/

George Martin, a retired New York Giant, is walking across the country from New York to San Francisco to raise money for 9-11 charities. Martin’s journey through Tennessee will take about 40 days. He walked through Knoxville in November.

Watch video.

The University of Tennessee took on Temple University (my Dad’s alma mater) Friday night in Knoxville at the newly renovated Thompson-Boling Arena. I was so impressed with the renovations, I had to share some photos:

The new jumbo-tron cost $3M!

Kudos to UT. The experience at the Arena really feels like you’re attending a professional sporting event.

(I have an accompanying video I’ll be uploading later today. My home version of Moviemaker is really old and the quality was too embarassing to post.)

On Wednesday, local buyers placed winning bids for several Market Square buildings that were auctioned by the federal government. The properties include Preservation Pub, World Grotto, Oodles Uncorked, a vacant property on the corner of the Square and others.

Watch the video.

The voice over is done by Josh Flory, News Sentinel business reporter.