First snow of this year and second snow of this winter. Last snow in December was not accumulated on the ground, but this time caused a lot of black ice on the road.

While last winter was the 3rd coldest winter in Johnson City’s history, this winter was forcasted as the fifth warmest winter in history of our region.

This is a small city, but also involved with a lot of national affairs. Elton John came here to sing several years ago. The owner of Bain Capital which has been publicized during this Republic Premier, William Bain is a native of Johnson City and graduated from our local high-school, Science Hill High School. He hired Mitt Romney as Bain Capital’s first CEO in 1984 and made Mitt Romney a half billionaire.

I also just heard a Belgian top rock star is presently living here. While her name is known by every family in Belgian, nobody knows her here. She is going to have a big rock concert in Amsterdam in the near future.

A lot of my friends like the mix drink, Long Island Ice Tea, and most people think the name of the drink was started in NYC. Literally, this drink was invented locally in Kingsport during the probation era. There was a neighborhood in Kingsport with the name of Long Island and the drink was started there using moon-shire as its component at the beginning.