21 thoughts on “Off To Music City”

1. Notice that Rand didn’t say to behave and in the absence of an overt plea to behave, we must assume he wants us all to misbehave.

   1. So why is the term misdemeanor instead of maldemeanor? Or for that matter why not misfeasence instead of malfeasance? Is it malbehavior to want a fuller examination of the etymology of misbehavior?

      1. https://www.etymonline.com/word/misdemeanor

         Mis instead of mal? No consistent application of mis in place of mal?

         Forget about it David, it’s the English language.

      2. Hmm. Is there an issue of intent?

         Mis = accident
         Mal = forthought

         1. So when you are convicted of a misdemeanor in court it’s because you are the determined cause of accidental behavior not because of the intent (i.e. forethought) of committing a crime?

            Accident Court! Guilty! Why? Because you were there! Reason, even causation need not apply! That’ll be $1000 in fines and 30 days! Continue to exist and we’ll slap on a contempt fine!

            1. *Sigh*

               The pain, from Spain,
               Is mainly in the ‘splain.

            2. Don’t even get me started on our Justice System! It’s getting more Kafkaesque by the day!

               Maybe it’s an efficiency thing? After all, having a justice system based on the same philosophical principles as our major religions dispenses with innocence. It is a foregone conclusion at the outset that you are guilty. The point of the trial is to discover of what. Once the crime is discovered in court, then the punishment shall be decreed.

   2. I’m running with scissors!

2. Having dinner with the Instapundit?

   1. Insty’s in Knoxville, not Nashville. But Rand could maybe stop by the offices of Daily Wire.

      1. Knoxville is on the way to the Smokies, in fact is practically at the edge.
         Disclaimer: I grew up about 70 miles north in SE KY, been through K’town many many times.

      2. Knoxville is spitting distance from Pigeon Forge.

3. Then we’re spending a few days in the Smokies.

   Hope you can get in. Smokies have grown crowded over the years. IIRC, they are getting over 11 million a year these days. When I was a kid, it was relatively quiet, but that was a while ago.

   1. We have a vacation rental reserved near Pigeon Forge.

      1. Dollywood!

         1. I remember when it was “Silver Dollar City”

            1. “Silver Dollar City” I thought that was in Nevada? Or maybe I’m confusing it with the “Silver Dollar Lounge and Spa” where it was a hundred a buck?

            2. I think that’s near Branson, MO.

            3. Spain/Puckett, in the early 80’s what is now “Dollywood” was called “Silver Dollar City” after previously functioning under a couple of other names in the late 60’s / early 70’s. It was then a sister attraction to the original Branson Missouri “Silver Dollar City”. Dolly bought it and changed the name in mid/late 80’s.

4. When I was growing up, and probably to this day, Gatlinburg and Pigeon Forge were top honeymoon destinations for newlyweds from eastern Kentucky.

   1. And West Virginia, and Western VA and Western NC and I am sure parts of SC, MS, GA and AL as well.

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