Hall of Fame: Dale Earnhardt

There was never any doubt in Dale Earnhardt’s mind about what he wanted to be in life. As a young boy watching his father Ralph race — and win — in Stock car events throughout the Southeast, Dale developed a love for the sport that would ultimately fuel one of the most successful careers in [...]

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Hall of Fame: Nintendo

There was a new sheriff in video game town back in the mid-80’s, and its name was Nintendo. But unless you spent the latter half of the 1980’s hidden in a cave on Fiji, you already knew that. The word “Nintendo” replaced “Atari” as a synonym for video games back in those days, and that [...]

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Hall of Fame: Cartoons

This weeks inductee has provided evey single one of us with so much joy and happiness, it was a no brainer for inclusion.  To see the other inductees, be sure to click on Hall of Fame in the menu on the left.

For more than a decade, American television viewers have seen a renaissance in animated [...]

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Hall of Fame: Macaroni & Cheese

It probably wouldn’t be on the menu for your mother-in-law’s first dinner visit, and it isn’t exactly gourmet fare, but macaroni and cheese is one of the most popular–if not the most popular–American comfort foods. Nearly every soul food cookbook and many Southern cookbooks have recipes for the American favorite, with few differences from one [...]

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Shatley Springs

On a summer day in 1890, Martin Shatley was passing by a cool mountain stream and paused to dip his hands and face in the water to soothe his hot, blistered skin. Only a few hours later he discovered that the crippling skin disease, which had plagued him for many years, seemed to be miraculously [...]

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