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Get tax-related medical expense report from Blue Cross/Blue Shield of Tennessee

One of my co-workers showed me this. It's a printable, itemized report of your medical, dental, and prescription claims, showing what BC/BS paid and what you paid. The amount you paid may be deductible on your taxes, assuming your total deductions ...

From LES JONES, KnoxNews,  14 Feb 2009

They're talking about micropayments. Again.

I predict that most sites that are not financed through traditional product sales will move to micropayments in less than two years. Users should be willing to pay, say, one cent per Web page in return for getting quality content and an optimal user ...

From LES JONES, KnoxNews,  7 Feb 2009
Related Topics: Scott McCloud,  The Economist,  Time Magazine,  Walter Isaacson

No Country for Old Men's Houses: Cormac McCarthy's childhood home burns

Pulitzer Prize-winning Knoxville author Cormac McCarthy's childhood home in South Knox County was destroyed by fire today. The fire was reported just before 5 p.m. at the house at 5501 Martin Mill Pike. James Agee's house in Fort Sanders was torn down ...

From LES JONES, KnoxNews,  27 Jan 2009
Related Topics: James Agee

De-pression anti-virus software: Avast Home Edition free AV

My McAfee anti-virus subscription was due to lapse in December. Instead of renewing it I decided to save a little money with Avast Home Edition, which is free for personal use. I've been running Avast for a month now and so far, so good. By default ...

From LES JONES, KnoxNews,  17 Jan 2009

Downtown Franklin, TN Pictures

We've been wanting to go to Franklin forever. We finally made a daytrip of it the weekend after Christmas. It's a beautiful downtown surrounded by great old homes. The city was named for Ben Franklin and was the sight of the Civil War Battles of ...

From LES JONES, KnoxNews,  10 Jan 2009
Related Topics: Wikipedia,  Andrew Jackson,  George Jones,  Brad Paisley,  Kenny Chesney

Knoxville's Commando Rifle as described by Ian Hogg

A self-loading carbine in .45 calibre, currently made by the Commando Arms Incorporated of Knoxville, Tennessee. In general appearance it resembles the Thompson submachine gun, but uses a different mechanism which fires from a closed breech. The barrel ...

From LES JONES, KnoxNews,  27 Dec 2008

Make your own Christmas cards online

Earlier this year we bought a Nikon D40 DSLR. We've been getting great pictures from it, so my wife decided to make our Christmas cards using pictures of the kids. She found a red tablecloth in our Christmas boxes to use as a backdrop. You can see how ...

From LES JONES, KnoxNews,  25 Dec 2008
Related Topics: Google Inc.,  Walgreen Company

Will lower interest rates help adjustable rate mortgage holders?

It usually helps to look at a real world example. In a lawsuit filed by the State of California against Countrywide, examples of some real world option ARM mortgages show us how absurd these loan products really are. Let us look at the details ...

From LES JONES, KnoxNews,  20 Dec 2008

Conversation at the new Cafe 4 in downtown Knoxville

WAITRESS: And what would you like, sir? MY WIFE'S CO-WORKER: I'll have the All-American Burger. WAITRESS: Excellent choice. MY WIFE'S CO-WORKER: So you've had it? WAITRESS: Well, no. I'm a vegan. But if I wasn't a vegan I think I'd really like ...

From LES JONES, KnoxNews,  10 Dec 2008

Bad news, Waffle House fans

TAMPA - The days may be numbered for "scattered, covered and smothered" hash browns at Waffle House. The iconic roadside grill's biggest franchisee has filed for bankruptcy protection. P.S. When we were in St. Petersburg last month I thought it was ...

From LES JONES, KnoxNews,  26 Nov 2008

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