From this month's Texas Monthly, some quotes from "The Top 50 BBQ Joints in Texas ( Read more... )

So, the Mrs. decided about an hour ago to stitch together a couple of pieces of denim to make a catnip sack for the cats ( Read more... )

A year and a half ago, I was introduced to a group of meteorologists, sociologists, policy makers, emergency managers, and others whose goal was to help integrate sociological issues into meteorology and vice versa. Since my days at NCSU, I've been interested on all of the non-meteorological factors that contribute to how people ingest weather ( Read more... )

Poll New Year's Eve Coverage

Local folks will recognize this fellow from the series of "No Badger" car ads. Non-local folks don't know just how creepy a three-foot animatronic badger can be.

That is, until now.

Johnson Automotive "No Badger" Ads on YouTubeThese are some of the best local commercials on television, and someone had the decency to upload 'em all to YouTube ( Read more... )

"God gave you a beautiful gift. He put you in this world with no arms. Now serve mankind with your gift and not yourself."
        -- Marty Ravellette, "No Arms Needed for Marty Ravellette", WRAL-TV 6pm News, 11 September 2007

Ponder away.

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Coming out of the All-Star break, my Cubbies are 44-43, one game above .500, and only 4.5 behind the division-leading Brewers. With about half of the season to go -- and Cubs playing their best ball of the season going into the break -- it's cause for hope, something all Cubs fans know well ( Read more... )

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I had Chinese take-out for dinner last night.

My fortune cookie fortune read, "Your lucky number for this week is nine."

My lucky numbers from the back of said fortune, however, didn't include 9.