Stephen Yeargin

Two lines have defined the weekend. The first was on Friday in Green Hills at the Apple Store, where we waited thirty minutes or so to line up a “Genius” at the Genius Bar to have a look at my Mac mini. The diagnosis was not good, but expected. The hard drive had keeled over [...]

I downloaded “Christmas in Fallujah” off iTunes after hearing a bit about the song itself. Billy Joel wrote the song but had no desire to sing it because he did not believe he had the right voice for it. For that, he chose Cass Dillon. It probably will not be unseating “White Christmas” from its [...]

Tired of re-runs and mind numbing reality television? The Writer’s Guild of America is tired of thirteen-week contracts and half of its 12,000 members making less than the minimum to be eligible for health insurance. Meanwhile, six guys pin billions of dollars in profits on the entertainment divisions of their respective conglomerates. So, if they [...]

I did something today that I am not particularly proud of. No, it was not that I bowled a 58 in the second game at the company outing (the first game was a 104, still the lowest score on my foursome). No, it was not that I impulsively came home from that outing and immediately [...]

Last Friday (Aug. 3) we went to the John Mayer and Ben Folds concert (with special guest James Morrison) at the Sommet Center. It was the first time I had ever attended a concert at the arena, so I opted for the club seats to stay away from the screaming teenagers. No such luck. Between [...]

We had been looking forward to the Red Bull Flugtag for months, the marketing-laden event sponsored by the energy drink maker where contestants spend countless hours making crafts intended to fly under their own human power off the end of a platform. To keep it interesting, points are also rewarded for showmanship and crowd appeal. Most simply drop.

My iTunes account is finally organized the way I like it, but I managed to lose a play list based on this year’s Dave Matthews Band concert at Starwood. I didn’t go to the concert, nor have I ever been to anything above a “B” grade show — unless you were a RiverStages fan. The [...]

August arrived with little fanfare, although I was surprised that I missed Al Gore launching a television network in the headlines. My take on Current TV is that it looks like VH1 or MTV before they became hyper-obsessed with reality television. I don’t see it being added to the UT Martin lineup anytime soon, however. [...]

A little piece of advice to all of you out there who may at some point consider working on an organization’s Web site: don’t start more than one at a time. I think I could have used this advice a few days ago before I started on this one and what will eventually be this [...]