Microkhan by Brendan I. Koerner

Entries Tagged as 'Tennessee'

Let Me Stand Inside Your Fire

February 5th, 2010 · 2 Comments

South Koreans are scrambling to incinerate their dead like never before, a trend that has forced the government to revise the law and allow funeral homes to cremate bodies, rather than ship them to one of only four crematoriums in the entire nation. That certainly seems like a much-needed legal step, given the recent increase […]

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“Amorous Paranoia”

July 9th, 2009 · Comments Off on “Amorous Paranoia”

The tragic death of former Tennessee Titans quarterback Steve McNair—one of the toughest competitors to ever play the position—gives us a chance to loop back to one of Microkhan’s most dicussed topics: suicide. For those who don’t already know, McNair perished in a murder-suicide perpetrated by his young girlfriend. We’ve long been morbidly fascinated with […]

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“Crossover to the True Hybrid”

May 7th, 2009 · Comments Off on “Crossover to the True Hybrid”

When Microkhan posted yesterday about a California mule festival, he had no idea he was getting mixed up in a national spat. As several kind readers brought to our attention, the 40-year-old Mule Days celebration is a Johnny-come-lately compared to Mule Day (singular) in Columbia, Tenn. The hoedown in the Volunteer State is said to […]

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