A friend of the Pulse tells us our rack at Jr.’s Foodland was targeted by a thief last month.
He observed someone early in the month—the afternoon of Aug. 2, matter of fact—who approached the rack and removed “a bunch” of copies of the August Pulse, appearing to empty the whole box, put them in his back seat, get in his car and drive away. We can only hope that this unauthorized paper taker wanted to pass these out to friends and family around town, and didn’t have wasteful ideas with these valuable periodicals.
We have been victimized! Remember, one copy per reader!
We got our eyes around town, looking out for the network of racks and the supply.
“How many copies do we leave there?” Sarah asks. What percentage of the print run was taken? What was the value? What level of theft should this individual be charged with when he is apprehended? All reasonable questions . . .
Well . . . the fact that he may have gotten away with up to 1.1% of the entire print run isn’t the entire point . . . it’s the principle of the matter! All of the little Pulseamaniacs out there have been violated.
In news of a more positive nature regarding our custom-painted newsboxes, a Middle Tennessee art supporter recently told us she came into Murfreesboro to visit five of the custom Pulse boxes around town, beautifully decorated by local artists. Joye Harman knows that these fantastic sights should be top local tourist attractions! Good stuff.
Pulse people, please do let us know if you notice an empty rack towards the end of the month. Everybody seems to love the Pulse! Pickups of the paper have been going great. We do make an effort to get everyone a copy who wants one each month and yet have as little waste as possible at month’s end. (And if you want a stack of newspapers for an art project, packaging breakables, mulch or cleaning, please don’t take new ones from the rack. Let us know and we’ll get you some copies of an old edition.)
Enjoy yet another edition of the Pulse jam-packed with community information. When a man gets to publish a local newspaper that includes Amish Paradise, Ernest P. Worrell, chess, a new sushi place and a bluegrass festival in a cave . . . he’s living a good life!
A local artist has launched a project to put out a graphic novel depicting a new adventure of Mr. Ernest P. Worrell.
As a boy in the South in the ’80s and ’90s I would look forward to the next Ernest film with great anticipation, mainly due to Ernest’s wild adventures, the silly things he would do, his slapstick mishaps and all of the zany characters he would play. Looking back, Mr. P. Worrell really did exhibit a number of admirable and noble qualities that surely contributed to making him such a hit with children and adults—he was not afraid or ashamed to be himself even if others laughed at him (for the most part), he was a true friend, a man of his word and strove to help others succeed, even while navigating his own life, problems and misadventures.
Plus, with many of the Ernest movies being shot in Tennessee and the characters frequently making appearances in the area, it made the series feel more like home and more relatable than many movies set in New York, L.A. or other faraway places.
Hop Springs will host the Roots Rendezvous festival presented by Uncle Dave Macon Days the first weekend of September; just like The Chicken Band—Uncle Dave’s band years ago, included in last month’s issue of the Pulse—accepted payment for performances in fried chicken, the Pulse just may accept chicken (or steak, sushi, eggs, veggies, guns, nuts, honey, gold or tacos) for advertising space. Small businesses of Murfreesboro—we are open to mutually beneficial barter arrangements! Let us know what you offer; we may be able to work something out. bracken@boropulse.com
Swim, swim when you can. The window this year is closing and the cooler fall weather will likely creep up on us very soon.
My words of wisdom lately, a quote I saw, for all of those who may feel a little too busy, stretched thin or overwhelmed: Do less, but obsess over quality.
