Speedway In Lights
The region’s most dazzling holiday light show returns to Bristol Motor Speedway and Dragway. The Pinnacle Speedway In Lights, Powered by TVA, kicks off its 23rd season with more lights and a route that offers visitors the chance to take a lap around “The World’s Fastest Half-Mile.” Holiday light seekers will circle the concrete oval as […]
The Loafer
Adopt a Veteran
Market Innovations is proud to support our veterans any way that we can. One way we attempt to give back to our veterans is through our annual Adopt a Veteran event. This event is our effort at providing a quality Christmas experience to local veterans! We enlist local businesses to sponsor the event in order […]
Lauren Stotsky
Veteran of the Week
The Loafer’s Veteran of the Week is SPC David W Callahan. Prior to his enlistment, Mr. Callahan worked in the Elizabethton, TN 776 Maintenance Company as a Diesel Mechanic. He enlisted into the Army National Guard on August 8, 1996 and served until 2002. He attended boot camp in Fort Knox, Kentucky in November of […]
Lauren Stotsky
Children of Men
Imagine a barren world where the human population is slowly dying off, because humans have become infertile. Only two generations remain, the Alphas and the Omegas, and the last human being to be born has just been killed in a bar fight. The novel described is none other than Children of Men by P.D. James. […]
Lauren Stotsky
Your Weekly Horoscope
November 12th – November 18th Aries (March 21-April 19) This is your week to home in on what your true strengths are and use your natural abilities to fuel a project you have been wanting to start! Taurus (April 20-May 20) This week is your chance to learn some new coping strategies for […]
Living Your Best Life
Eat Guilt Free During The Holidays
Coach Leslie J. here to give you 3 simple steps to ENJOY the holidays, eat all the delicious food, and not feel an ounce of guilt about it and you won’t have to give up on your health goals! You can stick with your goals AND EAT THE PIE! Yes, it’s possible! Let’s talk about […]
Pop Life
The King
The new film “The King“, current showing on Netflx, stars Timothee Chalamet (“Call Me By Your Name”) in the title role, and is based on several plays from “Henriad” by William Shakespeare. Chalamet portrays Hal, the estranged and eldest son of King Henry IV (Ben Mendelsohn), who is so disgusted with his father’s war efforts, he spends his time drinking and rousing about […]
Batteries Not Included
Pinball Adept
You may be familiar, if you’ve ever taken any kind of quiz or whatnot on social media, of The Myers-Briggs Personality Type test. A quick and easy way to find out what your psychological profile is in how you relate and react to the world. When I took the test a few years back, it […]
Living Your Best Life
HEALTHY GIFT IDEAS
Have a health-minded friend? Or maybe you have to buy a gift for the person that has everything! Here are a few out-of-the box ideas that she or he will love! #1 A Subscription Box: This is what’s hot right now. Give your friend a box of her favorite things. You can choose a onetime […]
Pop Life
Maleficent Mistress of Evil
The fairy tale of Sleeping Beauty experienced a twist in 2014 when Disney released “Maleficent“, a story focusing on the powerful fairy Maleficent (Angelina Jolie) who cast a spell that caused the human girl Aurora (Elle Fanning) to fall asleep. Maleficent cast the spell because she was betrayed by King Henry who had attacked the Moors, the home of Maleficent and […]
Batteries Not Included
Jezebel
There’s a very distinct reason I refer to myself as a “film writer” and not a “film critic.” I don’t feel like I’m a critic, for one thing. Generally speaking, my whole vibe is “CHECK OUT THIS COOL THING!” Or, at least, I think that’s what it is. Another reason is that I have, by […]
