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Chocolate Jazz
So if you missed the Jammin’ Pig Concert, you have another chance for Ribs and Jazz in Nashville on July 25th. I spotted this event on the Fisk University student radio web site. http://musicfestival.city/nashville One of the recent “polls” asked … Continue reading
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Identify this bug
ID’ing the holly plant was such a success, let’s wander into entomology or etymology. For you Yankees thinking of moving South, this place is full of scary bugs! Run away! It wanted to ride on my car, but got bored.
Posted in North Carolina
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Jammin’ Pig *updated*
Be there or be square Yesterday’s crowd Photoshop? *update* No pushing!
Posted in North Carolina
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34,591 pounds of cheese
Wisconsin isn’t called the Cheese capital for nothing! WCCN-AM is housed in the former Wisconsin pavilion at the 1964 “World’s Fair” held in Flushing Meadows in New York. It wasn’t actually a world’s fair, and Wisconsin isn’t a country. The … Continue reading
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Thunder Road to close
In 1973, the brand new Carowinds Amusement park opened near Charlotte on the North / South Carolina border. No longer did young people have to go to Myrtle Beach for summer fun. In 1976, they opened their brand new wooden … Continue reading
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Rockin ‘da queen
It’s time for the CIAA basketball tournament which is being held in Charlotte, an important social event. There was a small police incident related to it last night. In case you aren’t familiar with it (very likely), the Central intercollegiate … Continue reading
Posted in Collapse of America, North Carolina
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Annual Charlotte NC Snow Day
It’s Mid February and no snow yet – that might change tomorrow The server is in Texas, so it won’t be affected, but if ice pulls down power, I’ll have fewer options for Internet access. At least this isn’t Boston. … Continue reading
Posted in About the Guide, North Carolina
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Charlotte to get Google Fiber
If you had 1000 Mb/Second Internet access, how would you use it? I don’t download copies of an entire human genome in my spare time, don’t need a copy of every YouTube video featuring a cat. The current top of … Continue reading
Crime in the Big City
6 days of data (source: Charlotte Observer) What – me worry? Remember that the primary purpose of government and newspapers is to scare you. Let’s have a look at homicide for the past 6 months – Charlotte’s population is about … Continue reading
Posted in Collapse of America, North Carolina
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