Sir, the worst way of being intimate, is by scribbling. –Dr. Johnson
Posted in Fun, Observations on May 28th, 2007
Last Friday evening we attended our first baseball game in Greensboro’s new First Horizon Park when the Greensboro Grasshoppers defeated the Kannapolis Intimidators 4 to 1. The impressiveness of the ballpark was nearly overshadowed by the start of the game; the first pitch from the Hoppers’ pitcher was jumped on by the lead off [...]
Posted in Fun, Observations, Odds & Ends, Places on May 23rd, 2007
The Yadkin Valley Wine Festival in Elkin is a stark departure from the image that one might associate with the term bacchanalia. There are no secret rites or acts of debauchery and both sexes are welcome; however, a costumed Bacchus may be seen strolling mirthfully among the festival’s attenders often accompanied by his [...]
Posted in Politics on May 22nd, 2007
Despite a call from voters for an alteration of the foreign policy morass euphemistically dubbed the War on Terror by the Bush administration, Democrats, who now control Congress, have lost their will after the President’s veto and are prepared to permit him to have a blank check with regard to Iraq after all. Apparently [...]
Posted in Charitable Organizations on May 21st, 2007
For most of us awareness in any particular area tends to increase in proportion to the degree that we are personally affected–family, friends, co-workers, or ourselves; it was certainly true for my wife and I and led to our involvement with Relay for Life. In a span of two short years both my sister-in-law [...]
Posted in Odds & Ends on May 19th, 2007
King Kong and Fay Wray abandoned New York City for Amsterdam when a scary real life re-enactment of the famous celluloid gorilla’s kidnapping of the screaming Wray and his retreat to the top of the Empire State Building with her in tow. It appears that this time the mighty ape dragged a helpless woman [...]
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The Zero
A Novel
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