Archive for the ‘Misc’ Category
Sunday, October 8th, 2006
I see Shaun Kenney has the Proud to be a Virginia Carnival posted. I wish I had found the time to compose a post that I could have submitted. Good stuff for anyone who loves this Commonwealth.
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Thursday, October 5th, 2006
Southwest by Southeast does a nice job describing why people love Southwest Virginia.
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Wednesday, October 4th, 2006
This is awesome.
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Sunday, October 1st, 2006
We’ve never seen a reality show quite like this one.
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Friday, September 29th, 2006
A friend sent me the link to this incredible video, which was released by Popular Science magazine yesterday:
That’s SpaceShipTwo, Virgin Galactic’s sub-orbital tourist craft. Can’t wait to go for a ride on that.
As for the title of this post, you can guess which movie my two-year-old son has been watching lately.
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Thursday, September 28th, 2006
Check out the video blog, of sorts, of Anousheh Ansari, described in a comment below as a “Virginia-educated (George Mason U) success.” And here’s a post from that commenter on Ansari’s trip to space.
It really is amazing, especially so for those of us who grew up fascinated with the space program. It’s a [...]
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Tuesday, September 26th, 2006
Steve Minor reminds me that I really need to make time to visit the Barter Theatre again soon. This is the first year in a while that my wife and I haven’t made the short drive over to Abingdon to enjoy one of our local treasures. We will remedy that soon, I promise.
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Tuesday, September 26th, 2006
I’m having some email difficulty, so if you’ve tried to contact me in the last few days, be patient. Or re-send your message.
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Thursday, September 21st, 2006
Ward blames President Bush and Senator Allen.
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Monday, September 18th, 2006
The first blog from space? Pretty cool.
Here’s the website of the blog’s author, the “First Female Private Space Explorer
& Space Ambassador.” Again, pretty cool
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Thursday, September 7th, 2006
I want to wish a happy birthday to my good friend Jenna G. Thanks for everything you’ve done for me and my family. I’ll never forget it.
Happy birthday!
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Wednesday, August 23rd, 2006
I’d like to send out best wishes to two fine Virginians who are celebrating their birthday today: Terry and Jerry Kilgore. Hope you guys are having a great day.
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Tuesday, August 22nd, 2006
Suppose, for example, that you were going to be in New York for a few days. Suppose further that you were staying near Grand Central Station, and had about five hours to kill in the late afternoon/early evening of your first day in NYC (having never been there before).
What would you do? Yes, [...]
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Monday, August 21st, 2006
Very cool.
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Thursday, July 20th, 2006
Have a good trip, Normie. I’m jealous.
I do question the choice of music, though.
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Wednesday, July 19th, 2006
I was asked here if I had the address for the Scholarship Fund named in honor of Tom Fletcher, the former UVa and Virginia Tech football assistant who passed away recently here in Wise County. Here it is:
Thomas Hines Fletcher Scholarship Fund
c/o St. Paul High School
PO Box 976
St. Paul, VA 24283
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Tuesday, July 11th, 2006
I had been planning to write something about this anyway, but seeing Steve’s post made me think about just what I wanted to say. Here’s the Roanoke Times’ story on the passing of Tom Fletcher, a friend, and one of the best people I’ve ever known:
Tom Fletcher, whose recruiting prowess was invaluable to football [...]
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Saturday, June 24th, 2006
This actually isn’t a bad idea.
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Saturday, June 17th, 2006
Oh man, now I know I have to go to Italy. From Steve Minor’s further description of his trip abroad:
Florence was sort of like Gatlinburg, with all the shopping, but with fancy buildings and lots of really big nude sculptures in the squares.
I’m there.
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Monday, June 5th, 2006
A devoted reader informs me that he will be in Southwest Virginia with his family for a week. He’s looking for “good, reasonable family restaurant recommendations (other than chain restaurants) for Roanoke and the surrounding locales (Blacksburg, Salem, Martinsville, Charlottesville, Lexington, Staunton)?
Any suggestions for him?
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