By GEORGE ROBERTSON, M.D.

The other day I was looking forward to a busy morning with four surgical procedures scheduled before the 10 o’clock office practice. I knew if I finished everything on time the afternoon would be free so I grabbed the cell phone on the table on my way out the door and got to the hospital a little early hoping to get surgery going quickly.

By ANNE DONNELL
           
Since I don’t listen very carefully when television or radio coverage of football is on, I was glad to read your column on the Hail Mary pass last week. I agree that we’ve let our “culture” try to make meaningless many things we thought sacred back when we were truly a God-fearing nation. However, what I want to ask you about is completely different. Two expressions I use (and understand their meaning) I’d like to know the origins of: “eat crow” and “humble pie.”  Thanks,

-Talking More than Listening!

Submitted by the Tennessee Department of Safety

The Governor’s Highway Safety Office is working to save lives by reminding rural drivers that wearing a safety belt is the single most effective way to prevent deaths and injuries during a traffic crash and it’s also the law in Tennessee.

To the Editor:

"A veteran -- whether active duty, retired, National Guard or Reserve -- is
someone who at one point in his/her life wrote a blank check made payable to
the United States of America for an amount of 'up to and including my life.

By GEORGE ROBERTSON, M.D.

The nice warm sunny afternoon gave us a chance to bike the hills west of Nashville in the community around the Narrows of the Harpeth River. We took the bikes off the carrier at the parking area next to Highway 70 and started down the back road toward the Riverside Park.