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See “The Butler” 23 Aug 2013 | 10:04 am
After seeing previews, and then a snippet of interview on Charlie Rose, I really wanted to see “The Butler,” and I did. This was without reading any reviews first, something I almost always do. I ca...
56 and 56 30 Jul 2013 | 12:10 am
According to infoplease, the top year for births in the USA was 1957. 4,308,000 babies were born that year. Coming in a close second was the previous year, 1956. That’s the year I was born. All year...
some micro reviews (really micro) 24 Jun 2013 | 02:50 am
I’ve been in going-to-The Manor-movie-mode lately and have seen some good ones. Here are the micro reviews: Mud: Odd story. A bit of suspense and the ending delivers. It works. Frances Ha: Loved th...
Remembering Scotty 15 Jun 2013 | 08:40 am
Scotty Mitchell Scotty Mitchell died on Wednesday. Tennis players in Salisbury (a.k.a. great friends) will miss him mightily. As a player, he had an amazing forehand crosscourt return of serve. The ...
Transformation: what’s possible for…a tree 6 Jun 2013 | 06:45 pm
Yesterday afternoon, I was visiting with Kim Hinson at his shop, German Imports, in Kannapolis. We had been talking for a good while, about a wide variety of topics: business, money, illness, health,...
very eggciting video 28 May 2013 | 06:52 pm
A conclusion to a controversial blog post and picture I posted last week. The verdict is in:
a really big egg 21 May 2013 | 08:57 am
On Facebook, I posted a picture of myself holding this big egg — and Dennis Harris noticed that I was holding the big one closer to the camera, thus creating an optical illusion of bigness. He’s right...
Mother’s Day — Remembering Mom 12 May 2013 | 08:51 am
Of course it doesn’t need to be Mother’s Day to remember Mom. Our parents are always with us. Today, I was walking my dog around the Catawba campus when a guy called to me from his screened porch, sa...
a field of rapeseed 21 Apr 2013 | 09:19 am
This is a yellow field I passed on Hwy 73 near Davidson, NC. It appears a little greenish here, but the true color is a shocking yellow. It was so bright yellow that I wasn’t the only person who pul...
proud enough to take a picture 11 Apr 2013 | 08:58 am
Each summer, when the Salisbury Post publishes “The Garden Game” series, I admire the produce and quietly snicker. I’m standing in judgment, not actually assessing those who think they’re such hot st...
