Do you have a drone? Maybe you’ve seen your neighbors with one. What are your rights? I spoke with Cookeville lawyer Brett Knight from Fry, Fry, Knight & Murphy about drones.

Author Melissa Fay Green’s new book Underdogs: Children, Dogs and Unconditional Love is about dogs trained to serve children with disabilities. You won’t believe the stories of these service dogs and how they change the lives of the families involved. Here’s my interview with Melissa about some of these great, true stories and how she found out about 4 Paws For Ability training clinic.  Here is our interview:

A musical based on the life and songs of Donna Summer is in the works. Her husband, Bruce Sudano, is teaming with Dodger theatricals to tell her story. Donna died in 2012 from lung cancer, which she believed was caused by inhaling toxic fumes after the 9/11 attacks in New York City.

A survey has revealed the most annoying things a passenger does while traveling:
1. Backseat driving. 61% of people in the survey said it’s the most annoying thing you can do when you’re a passenger.
2. Being a bad navigator, 11%
3. Hogging the radio, 9%.
4. Falling asleep, 6%.
5. Taking your shoes off, 5%.

Cookeville welcomes the 28th Annual Run For The Wall. Over 300 veteran motorcycle riders will make their way northbound on Jefferson Avenue from Interstate 40 between 4:30-5PM on Monday, May 23. Tennessee resident and wounded veteran Shaun Meadows will be leading the ride into town. You can purchase a shirt that will go toward the bike built for Shaun Meadows. They are $15 at the Cookeville Chamber or Boswell’s Harley Davidson in Cookeville. 

Should your company be banned from emailing you at night? Maybe the French are on to something here.  They are about to pass a law that will BAN companies from emailing their employees at night and on the weekends. One of the members of parliament says it’s necessary because right now, “Employees physically leave the office, but . . . they remain attached by a kind of electronic leash, like a dog.” Ok next on the list let’s ban them from TEXTING us, too.

Mike Smith came in this morning to talk about the building clinic for the June 18th Soap Box Derby. The clinic is this Saturday from 9 to Noon at Chi Alpha (185 W 12th St, Cookeville, TN 38501) across from the TTU Hooper-Eblen Center in Cookeville. For more information about getting your Soap Box Derby car kit, call Mike Smith at 931-267-8615.

In his more than 50 year career, Eric Clapton has sported lots of different looks and you can see many of them in his new animated video for “Spiral”. Based on photos and album covers, the clip starts with the cover for his new I Still Do album and slowly spirals backward through his career. When it reaches his early days with The Yardbirds, it quickly spirals forward towards the present again.  Take a look…….

Scout is a sweet beagle mix girl about 6 years old, and she is already fixed and housebroken! She knows sit, loves any kind of affection, enjoys treats, and weighs about 20lbs. She would do best in a home without small children. She has been at the shelter since January and needs a forever home because she is such a well behaved girl.

Today is Friday the 13th and if you’re superstitious this is your year. Most years have 3 Friday the 13th’s, this is the only one this year. There are some odd coincidences around the number 13 like, Apollo 13. It barely escaped becoming a doomed flight and was launched on 13:13 CST, April 11,1970, with the explosion that disabled the craft occurring on April 13(a Monday). President Franklin Delano Roosevelt would never host a dinner party with 13 guests in attendance and refused to travel on the 13th day of any month! Miami Dolphin Quarterback Dan Marino wore No. 13 throughout his distinguished football career. In his one and only trip to the Super Bowl(1985), the San Francisco 49ers clobbered his team, 38-16! Stevie Wonder was born on this day.  He’s made it 65 years and also had a big hit with Superstition. As for me, I defy the superstition.  13 is one of my favorite numbers.  We make our own luck, right? Happy Friday the 13th. Enjoy a little Stevie Wonder!