Diversions
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Are movies going to undergo a fundamental change?
Our youngest has said for years that he wants to make movies. Unfortunately, he doesn't actually do so, but that is a story for another time. This does, however, lead to another discussion – the movie industry. We want to try and get him to think about what…
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Remembering the Life of Tiggerius Rex
The first dog I ever had was named Sheri. She was actually a family dog, and we had to put her to sleep when I was pretty young – needless to say, that was quite a few years ago. Then, a few years later, we were lucky enough…
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Carolina Speed Season Finale
I've seen a few Arena Football games in my time. Truth be known, I've probably seen more Arena Football games than I have seen NFL games (in person, anyway). The first that I recall was the Los Angeles Cobras, who played (someone). I don't even remember the game…
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What Makes People Into Collectors?
When we were kids, we all collected things. Baseball cards and comic books and action figures. But it wasn't collecting. It was just stuff. Okay, maybe we didn't all collect things. Maybe it was just us boys. Frankly, I think that girls collected things too, it was just…
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2008 Nathan's Hot Dog Regional Qualifier
It's time again for the hot dogs to start flying. Just over a year ago Charlotte hosted a regional qualifier that was pretty well attended by some of the larger names in the Major League Eating circuit. Juliet Lee and Hall "Hoover" Hunt battled it out to the…
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Carowinds Themed Amusement Park
That's right, I said Themed Amusement Park, because that's how they describe themselves. Most similar venues fall into one of two categories – amusement parks, which are often just large collections of games, rides and things to do, and theme parks, typically owned be large media companies, such…
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Toshiba U205-S5034 Lock-Up Problem
For the last couple of years, I've had a Toshiba U205-S5034 laptop, and in general, I've been really happy with it. This is one small laptop. If memory serves, it has a 12.1" screen, and is in fact pretty tiny. That can be annoying from time to time,…
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Big Lick ATV Drag Races
Sometimes you just have to find something to do on a Saturday night. And sometimes there isn't much to do, even in the big city. Or in Charlotte. So we had to look a little deeper. We didn't really want to go out to eat, or go to…
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Schoolhouse Rock Live!
Of course, now that I mentioned that we hadn't been to see a show for a while, we see a couple of them in a relatively short period of time. After Wicked: The Untold Story of the Witches of Oz left us feeling less wicked and more blah,…
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My Last Moments With My Friend Ray
Nearly eight years ago, I wrote a message titled simply Goodbye, Old Friend. You may still be able to find the original elsewhere online, but I have also added it here, because I didn't ever want to lose it, so I recreated it here just over three years…