Posts Tagged ‘durham’
John Owens for Durham County Commissioner
I am wading into local politics for the first time in a few years, and I would appreciate it if you could take a minute to visit Team Owens, the page for Durham County Commissioner candidate John Owens. I have known John since he moved to Durham. He is intelligent and [Read More]
King for a day
Yesterday, the Coalition to Unchain Dogs unchained its 1000th dog. I’ve got a bunch of pictures and a video from the occasion, which had around 75 volunteers and visitors from Durham and beyond. I want to share those, but I’ve got one perfect picture of the [Read More]
Snow (belated)
It’s 60 degrees and rainy now, but one week ago, Durham was getting around seven inches of snow, and I drove out anyway to go to Charlotte. Full album of pics Home, 5:44AM Herman looks around, 8:30AM Back alley Heading out around 9AM…notice the snowman at the [Read More]
Another victim of the economy
(also a victim if sucking for many years) The Durham Fuddruckers off MLK… [Read More]
Tipping point at the Broad Street Whole Foods
Everyday, some manager at the Broad Street Whole Foods in Durham must ask, “How many more displays can we add, and how much can we expand the endcaps today?” You cannot walk from Point A to Point B without bumping into something or someone. I remember, years [Read More]
After Vote Part 3
I’ve got too much going on to revisit all of the saved articles I had planned to share and comment on. I think it’s safe to say, at this point, that there are three main theories as to why the Democrats got “shellacked”: 1. The economy / 9.5% [Read More]
Pro-choice in the Triangle? Don’t even think about voting for Lawson
Yeah, I know people aren’t enthusiastic about voting this year. I’m not. Please do it anyway. I know David Price isn’t the most charismatic guy in the world. He votes a progressive agenda and generally has done a good job of representing the Triangle, [Read More]
Comedian Richard Dawkins
I would be happy to bless your animals. - Renowned biologist and atheist Richard Dawkins to his audience at Duke University today. He was responding to a comment following his lecture that the upcoming Q & A with the audience would end at 3:30 sharp since the Chapel [Read More]
39 months
Now that the weather is cooler, I leave the windows open some, and so I hear Jade barking. She has been in her pen since late June 2007. Durham County’s landmark anti-tethering ordinance (which also requires dogs to be placed in adequately-sized enclosures) has been [Read More]
Moving back to Raleigh
Bob Schmitz/Duke frat house a few doors down already gets police on their second night. Drunk freshmen run past my house, aimlessly into the scary Walltown night, presumably so they can escape being written up and preserve their chances of running for Congress, or, more [Read More]
