Greetings, Pulse readers. Hope you are well!
There has been a lot of activity with the Mayos and the Pulse lately. It can feel a bit like a whirlwind at times, but there’ve been all sorts of fun and important activities.
We made it to this year’s Cookin’ to Build on the Square, in support of Habitat for Humanity, and tried many different varieties of delicious soups. Beckett and I took in some dog agility action out at the Miller Coliseum. Those dogs are some great athletes! Sarah and I attended the annual Wine Around the Square event. The boys and I got to practice our sign language a bit at the Sign Language Studios fall festival. The area contains a sizable ASL community.
We took in the striking forest scene of Denny Falls and Denny Cove out in the newly designated Fiery Gizzard State Park.
Ate a bunch of Halloween candy and treats, made it to an MTSU football game, the monthly Connection at Champy’s (generally held the third Thursday of each month, join us Nov. 20!), and have otherwise been working hard at Bill Taylor’s Bushido School of Karate, Avalon Athletic Club and Lil’ Kickers, and working smart on stories, printed pages, boropulse.com, and the Pulse’s email newsletter blast, social media, roster of advertisers and distribution network.
The Pulse Facebook page has been going strong recently; find the Murfreesboro Pulse on Facebook to join the local conversation and to stay abreast of area events, business news, shows and happenings.
’Tis the season—prepare to stock up on model trains and supplies for your holiday setup and for Christmas gifts at Thor’s; also plan to grab some beautiful poinsettias at Valley Growers as the Christmas season draws near.
The area has its holiday markets in full swing this month; check out the Black Barn Holiday Market on Nov. 8 at Events at East 96, the White Monkey Market’s special Christmas Market Nov. 17–29 at its West Main Street shop, the Murfreesboro Holiday Market on Nov. 22 at Stones River Mall, the Black Friday Middle Market on Nov. 28 at Middle Ground Brewing Company, and the big Small Business Saturday Holiday Market on Nov. 29 at Grand Station.
The Pulse welcomes quite a few new advertisers this month. Thanks to the local business community for making this fine local and independent publication happen. Go and see those folks!
“Dad, what’s 5 million times a googleplex?”
“That’s a great question, son. Let’s type it in the calculator.”
*FBI knocks at the door*
“Sir, that’s a little too much; you’re taking this too far. We can’t let you access that number.”
We often hear about the importance of protecting minorities in America.
An important part of living in a constitutional republic that respects the rule of law and individual liberty is that the angry mob cannot trample upon the rights of minorities. There’s some protection of minorities. Now, there are certain favored, fashionable minorities we hear about more frequently than others, but let’s not forget about protecting minority rights for all in this great country. Perhaps that minority group is home-school families, or those who do not wish to take a bunch of vaccines. Let’s protect the rights of small business owners, and those who don’t want to connect to the power grid or municipal water service, or maybe those who would like to use currencies other than the U.S. dollar.
These minorities deserve to have their rights and liberty protected from the “tyranny of the majority” as well.
