Snow
Yes. That’s what that stuff on the ground is.
We got to winter in a hurry. Ice pellets falling out here south of town.
The Chapel Hill-Carrboro schools are closed with an optional teacher workday.
WRAL closings page. WCHL (1360 am) is always a good place for specifics on a day like this.
Here’s the National Weather Service advisory and the discussion (for all you geeks).
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Coloring contest
Fun at Wootini.
Dunny Azteca Coloring Contest
Here’s a movie of this crazy stuff.
Via the woot site:
January 18, 2007 - Dunny Azteca World Wide Release Party
Dunny Azteca Release party!
January 18, 6-8pm
Prizes, Giveaways, Contest.. Contest? That’s right. You are going to have to color your booty off.
Coloring Contest: Fans can download the coloring mask from the website, [...]
Rock out
Via the wonderful, musical Mann’s World, videos of Friday night’s Free for Everyone show at the Cradle.
Here’s North Elementary’s opener:
Hokie Pokey
Update: Damn. Thought we might be able to pull it out.
Virgina Tech and the Tar Heels, 3:30 p.m. in Blacksburg on ABC.
The official preview on Tar Heel Blue.
More skinny on the Heels and other ACC reporting from Barry Jacobs. Links on the game via Tar Heel Daily.
Study: Bilingualism delays onset of dementia
If you need another eason to keep plugging away at your Spanish/English/Maori take a look at this Reuters article:
OTTAWA (Reuters) - People who are fully bilingual and speak both languages every day for most of their lives can delay the onset of dementia by up to four years compared with those who only know one [...]
Nice weather for an ArtWalk
2ndFriday ArtWalk is this evening from 6-9 p.m.
List of galleries here. PDF map and brochure here.
From Paintings and Sculptures by Chapel Hill artist Ruth Ann Allen Harden at N.C. Crafts Gallery. (Reception during the ArtWalk)
Cheese Pork
You know that delicious crunchy thing that happens when you fry cheese? Well think about a tender pork steak coated in that fried in Madeira. That’s a clumsy description of my new favorite winter meal: Cheese Pork!! at Crook’s Corner.
Sides were mashed rutabagas (very buttery) and sautéed leeks and cabbage (sublime).
I’ll try to get a [...]
Rally against the war tonight
Via OP:
Emergency Rally to Stop Escalation in Iraq
Where: Across the from the Franklin Street Post Office
When: Thursday, Jan 11 2007, 5:30 PM
If you missed Keith on the Prez, here’s the Crooks & Liars link.
Jan. 9 public hearing on new school
(Sorry about the delay on this. Big doings in Captial City—see previous post.)
Let’s go to the tape.
Watch and Hear Board Meeting (4hrs 17min; in 225kbps RealPlayer [...]
Hackney nominated for Speaker
Orange County’s Joe Hackney, a Chapel Hill attorney who grew up near Silk Hope in Chatham County, was nominated for Speaker by House Democrats in a meeting at the legislature.
“We stand here united and ready to go to work,” Hackney said after being elected on the fourth ballot.
Hugh Holliman of Lexington was named to Hackney’s [...]
Noonlike report
Good afternoon.
The focus is on Orange County’s Joe Hackney this morning—in a good way. It’s looking more and more like the Chatham native is in line for the Speakership.
AP: Tolson pulls out of Speaker race, backs Hackney.
Also Raleigh related: Been listening (albeit through a glitchy audio connection) to hearings at the legislature this morning on [...]
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