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The Holy Spirit makes you burn books
Thu, 22 May 2008 15:19:00 -0700
Someone placed a Christian "devotional" booklet under my windshield while I was at work today. The concept seems to be ...Conscious Blurbing in the NYT Book Review?
Sun, 11 May 2008 04:47:00 -0700
When book reviewers are writing their reviews, do most of them consciously compose a "blurb" sentence in hopes that it ...Happy Halloween!
Tue, 30 Oct 2007 16:35:00 -0700
We're taking a break. But we'll be back. In the meantime, get in the spirit of the season and meditate ...Luxury Living: Cheesecake Factory Style
Tue, 21 Aug 2007 14:42:00 -0700
I wish you, dear readers, could live in the Raleigh-Durham metropolitan TV viewing area. This is because we have a ...Reading Cover's "Violence and the Word"
Wed, 15 Aug 2007 01:28:00 -0700
Yesterday I began re-reading Robert Cover's "Violence and the Word" -- perhaps one of the most-read law review articles ever ...Matthew 6:5-6
Mon, 13 Aug 2007 17:37:00 -0700
Having realized it's been more than eight years since I last read the Bible, I decided to reacquaint myself with ...Our post-privacy future, brought to you by ...
Sun, 12 Aug 2007 08:47:00 -0700
Yeah, The Vanity Website is rapidly deteriorating into "The Blog Where Mr. WD Comments On Articles In The New York ...Notes from the deep south
Thu, 02 Aug 2007 03:14:00 -0700
It's been two weeks since KateWD and I returned from our conference in New Orleans, which we turned into a ...Ingmar Bergman's 'very, very wise arrangement'
Mon, 30 Jul 2007 14:40:00 -0700
Ingmar Bergman received an extraordinarily fine, highly enviable, and much-deserved obituary in the New York Times today. The final scene ...Apocalyptic fervor and the end of The End of History
Wed, 11 Jul 2007 02:03:00 -0700
Last week I was reading this silly article in the New York Times magazine about the Mayan Apocalypse. According to ...Weekend Theater – Bunburying
Wed, 10 Mar 2010 08:32:20 -0800
Green Carnation – by Rebecca (The Bex on Flickr) CC BY 2.0 A sampling of Triangle theater performances for the weekend of March ...The Color of Spring
Wed, 10 Mar 2010 05:32:00 -0800
Oh lawdy, I'm so happy it finally feels like Spring. Since this is the 5th day in a row of ...Chuck Weinblatt Discusses Jacob's Courage
Wed, 10 Mar 2010 05:00:00 -0800
Charles S. Weinblatt was born in Toledo, Ohio in 1952. He is a retired University of Toledo administrator. Weinblatt is ..."The Help"-- a great read!
Tue, 09 Mar 2010 09:11:27 -0800
Just finished reading Kathryn Stockett's first novel, The Help. She captures the mindset of 1960's Southern women and their maids ...Guilty pleasure
Tue, 09 Mar 2010 08:59:00 -0800
So Chad is absolutely obsessed with the holiday's Reese's cups. He gets excited every year when the Reese's Christmas Trees ...We are the Google
Mon, 08 Mar 2010 13:34:05 -0800
A group in Durham wants to help snag one of Google’s ultra high-speed internet pilot projects, so they’re staging an ...Almost there: House pics
Mon, 08 Mar 2010 11:48:00 -0800
We're really winding to a close guys! It's kind of bittersweet. Obviously I'm super excited to be moving into our ...It's definitely a Monday
Mon, 08 Mar 2010 06:44:00 -0800
I woke up this Monday morning in a surprising really good mood. I had some quiet time - prayed a ...Joyce Scarbrough's Symmetry
Mon, 08 Mar 2010 05:00:00 -0800
My guest is Joyce Scarbrough. Joyce, welcome and give us a brief bio.I write full time and do freelance editing ...Vampire Book Adventure - Midnight Reign
Mon, 08 Mar 2010 03:43:02 -0800
Midnight Reign, the second installment in Chris Marie Green’s Vampire Babylon series, is a non-stop thrill from beginning to end. ...January Specials!
Sat, 05 Jan 2008 09:17:52 -0800
There is a terrific special for January–an adorable ‘bundle’ of supplies that saves you money. As an added bonus, hostesses ...Cruise with me!!!
Sat, 19 Jan 2008 16:47:19 -0800
I am so excited to be teaching rubber stamping with scrapbooking on the Ultimate Scrapbooking Cruise 2009. What an honor ...Tart & Tangy Class…
Thu, 13 Mar 2008 13:23:39 -0700
WOW! Stampers….I have been so busy teaching classes and doing parties during the busiest time of the SU! year! Sell-A-Bration! ...National Card Making Day Cruise with me to MEXICO!!!!
Wed, 19 Mar 2008 14:42:02 -0700
I am so excited this event sold out, not once, not twice but four times. We had to add more ...What’s been going on…
Mon, 18 Aug 2008 23:38:09 -0700
Hello everyone… It has been a while since I’ve had a chance to update my blog. I know I have neglected ...What’s cookin’….
Tue, 19 Aug 2008 00:04:54 -0700
Who doesn’t love SMORES! One of my most favorite things to do is to cook……So naturally when these projects were ...Let’s Stamp…
Wed, 10 Sep 2008 16:15:08 -0700
Join me this Saturday, September 13th @ 11am for a fun CD Folder Class @ the Eagleview Community Center on ...Archive for October 7th, 2008
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Oprah is finally coming to Durham
One of the first stories I ever wrote for The Herald-Sun was about the giant sign hanging in a downtown Durham building declaring: We Want Oprah. That was in 2004, when businessman Ronnie Sturdivant mounted his campaign to bring her here. Sadly, he was recently killed and now Oprah really is coming to Durham.
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Admit it, you used to rock with Michael Jackson too!
Do you still have your red leather jacket or white glove? Did you use to stand in the middle of the floor and practice your moonwalk? Admit it you used to rock with Michael Jackson too but was Michael the last artist you went crazy over? For Absent.canadian it was & see why here.
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What if every mile you drive was tracked and taxed?
Gas taxes obviously suck, but they help pay for the roads we use. But what if the gas tax were eliminated? Instead, what if you were taxed for every mile you drove via a satellite-technology system that was embedded in your car? Would that be fair or freaky?
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Is Jordan Lake a better spot for birders or cruisers?
One of the hot spots for eagle watchers on Jordan Lake is apparently also a hot spot for men seeking sexual encounters. And since the birders and the frisky men are looking for different things when they head to this spot, the birders are being asked to move their eagle observation deck.
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Take a step inside Critter’s Krib
Meet Cary resident Critter. Yes, that’s really his name. You see growing up, he could often be found toting a snake or a lizard around, so he earned the nickname Critter. Around 2000, he legally changed it.
Critter is a developer for Seesmic. He’s also a father of two outstanding boys, Talon and Phoenix. And, as [...] -
What will the Triangle look like 2030?
In 1970, the Triangle’s population was just over 750,000. Today there are just over 2 million people. Come 2030, the area is projected to have more than 3.2 million people. How is this flourishing area going to handle the growth? A local campaign has been mounted to tackle the issue: