tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-61826740448270163292026-06-07T13:43:20.127-05:00Life Perspective: Reviews & MoreKathryn Darden is a writer, publisher, poet, author, pet owner, movie-goer, hobbyist, traveler, skin care junkie and Christian. She has written several books, had poetry published in numerous anthologies and journals, and has an opinion on almost everything - some of which she will share here!Doll Examinerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12184992785911535419noreply@blogger.comBlogger1751125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6182674044827016329.post-23921369948051433592026-06-01T00:00:00.000-05:002026-06-07T13:43:20.127-05:00Bellevue Area Examiner June 2026: Petco, New Day Church & More Bellevue Area Examiner: What’s going on in Bellevue, TN, in June 2026? Bellevue Activities, Petco, Bellevue Examiner, New Day Church and More!Ongoing Bellevue Activities & EntertainmentFord Ice Center: Open for public ice skating, hockey clinics, and Nashville Predatorspractice sessions.AMC Theatres: Catch new releases and blockbusters at the 12-screen AMC Doll Examinerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12184992785911535419noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6182674044827016329.post-87714994890177172572026-05-21T13:32:47.042-05:002026-05-21T21:11:41.775-05:00Is Marquis Who’s Who Legitimate? Why Legacy Professional Registries Still Matter Today Is Marquis Who’s Who legitimate, or is the historic publication just a modern vanity press? In an era dominated by online reputation management and digital networking, professionals frequently question the value of legacy biographical directories. While a quick Google search or a scroll through self-edited LinkedIn profiles has become the default method for verifying professional Doll Examinerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12184992785911535419noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6182674044827016329.post-37538923555879575992026-05-20T17:57:05.215-05:002026-05-24T00:54:50.973-05:00Author and Publisher Kathryn E. Darden Inducted into Marquis Who’s Who, Marking 50-Year Generational MilestoneBy Gina AdamsVeteran Middle Tennessee author, publisher, and historical researcher Kathryn E. Darden has been officially inducted into the prestigious Marquis Who’s Who professional registry. Recognized for over 120 years as the global standard for authoritative contemporary biography, inclusion in the Marquis registry is highly selective, typically limited to less than .3 percent of Doll Examinerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12184992785911535419noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6182674044827016329.post-34848596527394562472026-05-01T12:27:00.034-05:002026-06-04T11:52:12.317-05:00Bellevue Area Examiner: May 2026; Bellevue Picnic, Petco, New Day Church & More Bellevue Area Examiner: What’s going on in Bellevue, TN, in May 2026? Bellevue Picnic, Petco, Bellevue Examiner, New Day Church, Letter Carrier Food Drive, Michael’s and More!New Day Church Hosts a Church Picnic in the ParkNew Day Church Hosts a Church Picnic in the Park on Sunday May 31 at 5:30 pm at Shelter 3. Bellevue’s New Day Church meets on Sundays on the second floor Doll Examinerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12184992785911535419noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6182674044827016329.post-5861801268869321302026-04-20T15:54:00.022-05:002026-05-01T14:55:43.124-05:00 Why Some Customer Complaints Hurt Retail Workers – And What Real Problems Look Like
In an era of instant online reviews and corporate complaint lines, customer service workers face an increasing wave of petty grievances that waste time and damage morale. A recent personal experience highlights the stark difference between a valid issue and frivolous complaining.
When is a Customer Complaint Valid?Recently, my local Bellevue Publix pharmacy gave my pain medication — containing Doll Examinerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12184992785911535419noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6182674044827016329.post-76248531591469401232026-04-19T10:18:00.041-05:002026-06-04T11:52:56.709-05:00Bellevue Area Examiner: April 2026–Petco, Cheekwood, New Day Church & More! Bellevue Area Examiner: What’s going on in Bellevue, TN, in April and May 2026? Petco, Cross Timbers, New Day Church, Michael’s, National Stress Awareness Month, and More!Kathryn E. Darden Selected for Marquis Who’s Who: A Generational Milestone 50 Years in the MakingKathryn E. Darden, the Nashville-based author, publisher, and historical researcher behind Christian Activities Doll Examinerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12184992785911535419noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6182674044827016329.post-31658602492929830202026-03-01T11:59:00.013-06:002026-06-04T11:53:34.745-05:00Bellevue Area Examiner: March 2026 Bellevue Area Examiner: What’s going on in Bellevue, TN, in March 2026? Michael’s, New Day Church and More!Joann Fabrics at Michael’s BellevueThe BIG news is that Michael’s at Bellevue One on Sawyer Brown Rd. is busy setting up their new fabric section this week! You may remember that they bought out JoAnn fabric, and they have already added tons of new yarn, trims, notions and more, but Doll Examinerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12184992785911535419noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6182674044827016329.post-24379524857738819412026-02-22T20:08:00.013-06:002026-02-23T22:03:55.046-06:00Bellevue Area Examiner: February 2026Bellevue Area Examiner: What’s going on in Bellevue, TN, in February 2026? Michael’s, New Day Church and More!Joann Fabrics at Michael’s BellevueThe BIG news is that Michael’s at Bellevue One on Sawyer Brown Rd. is busy setting up their new fabric section over their week! You may remember that they bought out JoAnn fabric, And they have already added tons of new yarn, trims, notions and more, butDoll Examinerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12184992785911535419noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6182674044827016329.post-21223326971137693482026-02-06T09:29:00.014-06:002026-02-11T09:39:44.815-06:00Valentine’s Day 2026: Articles, Poems & More! For your Valentine Week reading entertainment, here is a collection of Valentine Poems, articles and more for Valentine’s Day 2026! Valentine’s Day Ideas for Single Women~ Author’s Note: I am actually implementing # 5 below the day after Valentine’s Day by inviting several single and/or divorced women to join me for a Valentine’s lunch. ~ “Your beauty…should be that of your inner self,Doll Examinerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12184992785911535419noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6182674044827016329.post-27691010117081977952025-12-14T17:32:00.014-06:002025-12-14T17:54:53.899-06:002025 Christmas Offerings: Articles, Poems & More Christmas music is on the radio, neighborhoods and shopping centers are decorated, and stores have been decorated for Christmas… since Halloween! Christmas time is here!For your holiday reading, here are some articles, poems, stories and more to keep you in the Christmas spirt. Check back often as we will be adding more almost every day!Christmas ArticlesTop 37 Spiritual Christmas Carols~ Doll Examinerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12184992785911535419noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6182674044827016329.post-51547018182145751482025-12-14T15:44:00.012-06:002025-12-14T16:34:34.526-06:00Bellevue Area Examiner December 2025 Bellevue Area Examiner: What’s going on in Bellevue, TN, in December 2025? PetSmart, New Day Church and More!New Day Church Christmas Eve ServiceNew Day Church in Bellevue invites guests to join them at the Christmas Eve Service at the Bellevue Community Center on December 24. New Day Church Open House at the DeansNew Day Church welcomes guests to an Christmas Open House at the Deans Doll Examinerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12184992785911535419noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6182674044827016329.post-35686050333231998972025-12-05T17:01:00.011-06:002025-12-05T19:43:35.430-06:00If You Have a Lick of Sense, You Will Never Use Xfinity Xfinity is Comcast, and if you know anything about Comcast, you know they have an outrageous and decades-long history of egregious disregard for customer service. It’s what they are known for. They tried to dress up the pig and put makeup on it by calling it “Xfinity,” but it’s still the same old pig. Xfinity charged me for a year for a service I rarely got. Every time I called in, Doll Examinerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12184992785911535419noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6182674044827016329.post-24339103396670911912025-11-13T07:49:00.016-06:002025-12-06T21:10:32.081-06:00America’s Most-Searched Christmas Songs—Nostalgia Rules~ America’s Most-Searched Christmas Songs—Nostalgia Rules, TikTok Drives Discovery ~Brenda Lee topples Mariah Carey as the queen of Christmas pop – but José Feliciano’s “Feliz Navidad” is the rising star of Christmas.Google search data analyzed by Chordify reveals a festive shake-up in America’s most-searched Christmas songs. While Brenda Lee’s Rockin’ Around the Doll Examinerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12184992785911535419noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6182674044827016329.post-15939221052375724082025-10-11T21:44:00.026-05:002025-11-17T21:33:22.640-06:00Autumn Poems for 2025 Fall 2025 is here, a time to celebrate God’s beauty and prepare for Thanksgiving and Christmas. Here are a few snippets from some autumn poems to get you in the mood for a festive fall. If a poem catches your dance, click Read More to enjoy the full poem. We will be adding more poetry throughout the season, so check back for more autumn poems for 2025. All poems are (c) by their Doll Examinerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12184992785911535419noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6182674044827016329.post-23995007763417402202025-10-07T18:56:00.096-05:002026-03-21T20:33:41.397-05:00Who Was Hydrology Expert William A. Darden, Jr.? William A. Darden’s Hydrology Expertise: Advocating for the Tennessee and Cumberland RiversWilliam A. Darden, Jr. circa 1965~ Grok takes a look at the hydrology career of William A Darden ~
Civil engineer William Allen Darden Jr. (1910–1993), a Nashville native whose career spanned over four decades with the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) Nashville District, was a pioneering hydrologyDoll Examinerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12184992785911535419noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6182674044827016329.post-10914793068108140002025-10-06T13:10:00.076-05:002026-05-03T22:48:04.128-05:00Dredging Up History: How One Man Helped Tame Tennessee’s RiversYoung Bill Darden sounding the Tennessee River circa 1931~ A look back at the history of dredging in Tennessee: Could some of the damage from the devastating Nashville flood of 2010 have been offset by regular dredging? ~ Dredging Up HistoryLong before Tennessee’s rivers bore steamboats, Cherokee tribes navigated their shallow, muddy waters in canoes, using the Tennessee and Cumberland for Doll Examinerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12184992785911535419noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6182674044827016329.post-38489531988742023722025-10-04T09:35:00.010-05:002025-10-04T10:10:32.480-05:00October 2025 CA Music Notes with Tauren Wells, Compton Dixon, More ~ CA Music Notes: What’s going on inside the Christian Music and Entertainment Industry in October with Tauren Wells, Chris Blue, Colton Dixon, More ~ October 2025What’s the Spiritual Reality Behind Halloween?~ The Spiritual Reality Behind Halloween: A Biblical Perspective ~ “Choose this day whom you will serve… But as for me and my house, we will serve Doll Examinerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12184992785911535419noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6182674044827016329.post-73971931899270821402025-10-01T00:04:00.079-05:002025-10-28T22:48:46.285-05:00Bellevue Area Examiner October 2025: Cheekwood, Zaxby’s, Baskin Robbins, Harbor Freight, Firestone, New Day Church, more Bellevue Area Examiner: What’s going on in Bellevue, TN, in October 2025? Cheekwood, Zaxby’s, Baskin Robbins, Petco, Harbor Freight, Firestone, Free Balloons at Michael’s, Bell Garden, Bellevue Farmers Market, Bellevue Harpeth Historic Assn. Events, New Day Church & More.Bellevue’s New Day Church Plans Fall Festival at Red Caboose ParkA FREE fall festival will take place on Doll Examinerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12184992785911535419noreply@blogger.com0Nashville, TN 37221, USA36.072732599999988 -86.9624085999999897.7624987638211422 -122.11865859999999 64.382966436178833 -51.806158599999989tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6182674044827016329.post-8275886489493669452025-09-29T00:32:00.036-05:002025-10-02T22:55:31.697-05:00Harbor Freight Bellevue Place Misses the Boat I had a disturbing experience at Harbor Freight at Bellevue Place this past week. I have walked my small, 4 lb dog Jack on the sidewalk and into a few air conditioned stores of that shopping center all summer long in the evenings, because it has been too hot to go to the park to walk an elderly dog. Jack has his favorite stores: Petco, Dollar Tree and the Auto Zone a bit further Doll Examinerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12184992785911535419noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6182674044827016329.post-5949225061902535822025-09-24T15:59:00.001-05:002025-10-01T00:03:00.039-05:00Firestone Bellevue: Taking Care of Locals & Their Cars~ Firestone Bellevue Better Than the Reviews ~ I know Firestone in Bellevue has had some issues based upon reviews I have read, but I have used it for more than a couple of decades and had no reason to complain. I will admit I don’t get my tires there because I have found their tire prices a bit high, but for minor repairs, alignments, and mysterious dashboard alerts, I have found themDoll Examinerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12184992785911535419noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6182674044827016329.post-27837814636504291032025-09-15T20:51:00.014-05:002025-10-14T11:26:17.278-05:00What Has Happened to Best Buy?~ Best Buy West Nashville Fails on Multiple Levels; Call Center Is Worse ~Remember the good ole days when you could walk into Best Buy and a knowledgeable sales clerk would answer all your questions, and if you had a customer service issue or other problem you could call the store and talk to someone who could help you? Those days are long gone.Now you will go to the store and find NO ONE on the Doll Examinerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12184992785911535419noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6182674044827016329.post-75480602862080021452025-09-14T15:32:00.006-05:002025-09-29T19:50:50.576-05:00Current Events & Questions Have you ever wondered how Jesus treated women, or what the New Testament says about child brides, or if science and religion go together? How many Christians died in Nazi concentration camps? Why were people upset about the Cracker Barrel changes? What really happened to the Boy Scouts? Here are a few recent articles about culture and current events.What Does the New Testament Teach About Doll Examinerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12184992785911535419noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6182674044827016329.post-53626683689092268532025-09-14T13:25:00.009-05:002025-09-14T13:31:39.580-05:00September 2025 CA Music Notes with Charlie Kirk, Chris Tomlin, Forrest Frank, More ~ CA Music Notes: What’s going on inside the Christian Music and Entertainment Industry in September with Charlie Kirk, Tauren Wells, Chris Tomlin, Colton Dixon, Forrest Frank, More ~SeptemberTragic Assassination of Charlie Kirk~ Christian Activities Mourns the Untimely Passing of Charlie Kirk ~ If you believe in something, you need to have the courage to fight forDoll Examinerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12184992785911535419noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6182674044827016329.post-64100385084425426182025-09-02T16:09:00.053-05:002025-10-01T00:04:12.984-05:00Bellevue Area Examiner September 2025: Firestone, Petco, Cracker Barrel, Free Balloons at Michael’s, New Day Church, More ~ Bellevue Area Examiner: What’s going on in Bellevue, TN, in September 2025? Firestone, Petco, Cracker Barrel, Free Balloons at Michael’s, Bell Garden, Bellevue Farmers Market, Bellevue Harpeth Historic Assn. Events, New Day Church & MoreFirestone Bellevue: Taking Care of Locals & Their Cars~ Firestone Bellevue Better Than the Reviews ~ I know Firestone in Doll Examinerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12184992785911535419noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6182674044827016329.post-46755903550572471402025-08-24T21:24:00.022-05:002025-08-31T12:39:11.079-05:00Cracker Barrel Charlotte Pike Looks to Coming Changes~ Cracker Barrel plans rebranding; Customers less than pleased ~ I stopped by Cracker Barrel on Charlotte Pike in Nashville at 6:00 P.M. on Aug. 24 to see what changes have taken place and find out what they know about the upcoming “rebranding.” It was nice to see both the interstate billboard and the signage on the restaurant have not changed. However, the parking lot was noticeably empty, Doll Examinerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12184992785911535419noreply@blogger.com0