Right now I’m trying to lose some weight. I feel like I need to lose about 10 pounds to be healthy, about 30 to be the weight I would love to be. I haven’t changed my eating habits much, but I am trying to eat more fresh fruits and vegetables. Mostly I am trying to get in shape by exercising for at least 30 minutes everyday. I’ve been successful on that count lately, which is exciting. I’ve always considered myself an undisciplined person who could never do anything consistently. Maybe the consistency only comes if my goal is truly important to me. Hm.
The Tennessean bugs me. I feel like they jump on any negative angle they can find about the whole Predators ownership deal. Of course, Preds marketing needs to step up, too, and give the local papers more positive things to report. The Preds players always seem to be doing great things for the community (see this recent article about J.P. Dumont visiting hospital patients), but the good stuff hardly ever makes the news.
If you have any extra money, buy some Preds tickets. If you don’t want to go to the game, you can give the tickets to me. 🙂
Likewise, if you still have extra money after you buy some Preds tickets, take a class at the Nashville Jazz Workshop. I took a class there this summer — what a great experience! I received top quality instruction and got to sing with some incredible musicians. The classes are open to experienced singers and beginners. And once again, if you have the extra money but don’t want to take a class, you can give the money to ME so I can take more classes and become a famous jazz singer. 🙂
News reports are talking about “a big recall for chocolate lovers.” This headline is referring to the recall of some white chocolate squares made for baking. Um, that is not chocolate. At least, it’s not the type of chocolate that most chocolate lovers turn to in their times of need. Maybe “a big recall for bakers” or “a big recall for homemade candy enthusiasts,” but not for chocolate lovers.
I agree that the Tennessean doesn’t do much research and posts a lot of negative news about the Preds, while on the other hand the Nashville Post puts out some great articles that always seem to have actually done research into the issues on the ground. (like this one about how the new ownership group has a solution in place to bring in more events/sponsorships to the arena)
But i have to give the Tennessean credit: much in the style of a political endorsement made by the paper (no individual “By” line), they just published an editorial asking for the city to do what is needed to keep the team.
Yep, just read that editorial. Good stuff.
There’s a great blog post from Metro Council member Emily Evans here.
The Preds marketing department needs to find ways to get warm bodies in the seats. Promotions to get fans in there might be a good idea. Of course, they may be in limbo with the ownership change pending, but still I’d hope they could do something.
That said, I agree with what Plaster said in his show the other day–the Preds and the Sports Council are dropping the ball by not reporting the paid attendance numbers. They tell all of us they need x amount and then don’t tell us if we’re succedign or failing. It’d be like a teacher not returning any graded papers until the day report cards go out…