by design | Dec 16, 2012 | Does it work?, The Daily Focus
For the past three weeks I have been experimenting with Youtube hypnosis videos. While my experiments were very unscientific, I did gain a lot of insight into hypnosis and my own mental attitude. In my experiment, I focused on two issues- sleep and confidence. To...
by design | Dec 15, 2012 | News, The Daily Focus
Knox County’s Holiday Festival of Lights started to shine brightly tonight at The Cove at Concord Park with a special kick-off event during which Knox County Commission Chairman Tony Norman flipped the switch to turn on the lights and start the festival....
by design | Dec 14, 2012 | News, The Daily Focus
Driving down Commerce Street in Nashville earlier this week, I screamed, “turn up the radio”, to my friend as two artists who I profiled in The Focus over a year ago “Megan and Liz” filtered through the radio. Later that day, I...
by design | Dec 13, 2012 | News, The Daily Focus
Knoxville now has an app, thanks in part to Councilman Nick Della Volpe and the fine folks at Visit Knoxville. Della Volpe was taken with the idea after visiting Bardstown, KY. The city has a population of less than 20,000, but still had its own app. Della Volpe...
by design | Dec 11, 2012 | News, The Daily Focus
For the 17th consecutive year, the Knox County Finance Department has earned the Government Finance Officers Association (GFOA) Distinguished Budget Presentation Award for the FY 2012-2013 budget. The GFOA award represents a significant achievement by Knox County and...
by design | Dec 11, 2012 | My Daily Cup of Joe, The Daily Focus
I have a habit of striking up conversations while waiting in line. A couple of weeks ago, while waiting to pay for ‘my daily cup of joe’, I happened to notice the gentleman in front of me. He had a bit of a nervous tick, and seemed to be in a terrible hurry, but, yet,...
