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Jackhammers downstairs
My skull is vibrating, too
Turns my brain to mush

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I’m of the opinion that the best branding in the world can be erased by one bad customer service experience. On the other hand, when a company goes out of its way to provide above-and-beyond customer service, I think it’s worth noting.
My Mom and I had dinner this evening at Carrabas, on 15-501. Barry doesn’t [...]

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Two days in my 7 years of North Carolina have really stood out: my wedding day, and a day about 4 years ago that I spent canoeing down the Haw River. Yesterday I got to combine the two: Barry and I paddled the Haw together. This was a different stretch: a little further north, class [...]

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WUNC is currently in begathon mode. I don’t listen much–I only listen to radio in the car, have a short commute, and walk or work from home occasionally–but that’s not why I’m not going to give them any money.
Here I am in downtown Durham, and I’m looking out the window, and I can see the [...]

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While most of the country has weighed in on the party primaries, North Carolina has yet to vote. The linked article may be interesting reading for some of my out-of-state readers who are still scratching their heads wondering how a couple of unreconstructed lefties like Barry and myself are surviving life in a red state.
The [...]

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Manufacturing is gone, farmlands paved over for subdivisions, and the real estate market is collapsing. But some enterprising Americans are improving the trade deficit by turning to the pygmy hedgehog industry.
“They love being handled and rarely curl up in a defensive ball. ”
Also a quality I look for in a man.

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Toast now serves wine and beer.

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5.4 Earthquake. In Illinois.
Whenever an earthquake would rattle San Francisco, there were always a flurry of letters to the SF Chronicle from people in other parts of the country. They would patiently explain that seismic activity is a sign of God’s wrath against gays, feminists, and atheists.
But an earthquake near Champaign, Illinois…what did the computer [...]

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“I get out of the shower and Zoey is sitting on the toilet staring at me!”
“That’s because she either wants you to fill the graywater bucket up to the top so she can drink out of it, or sit on the toilet so she can jump in your lap.”
“Well she better get over it because [...]

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I was gracious enough to let my lunchtime companion, Phil, scoop the food bloggers about the long-awaited opening of the Five Points Cafe. It was actually its second day in operation—I worked from home yesterday so I guess I missed the grand opening. Had a nice turkey sandwich, nothing fancy, although I do still have [...]

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