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I met him in Raleigh in the late '70s in the afternoon before a show. Very down to earth guy. I'd have felt right at home priming tobacco with him in the next row. And what a banjo picker!
Commented Mar 29, 2012 on Pickin at EdCone.com
Pickin
UPDATE: "Ravi Shankar came by with his sitar, and, after their unlikely jam session, they satisfied Ravi’s mystical craving for Kentucky Fried Chicken by sharing a bucket." From an appreciation of Scruggs by Steve Martin. Thanks, Earl Scruggs.
Oops. Wrong post:
Thank you!
Commented Mar 27, 2012 on The Capone's vault of criminology at EdCone.com
The Capone's vault of criminology
Oh, crap -- Geraldo just shot Jesse Eisenberg. Or Mark Zuckerberg. Either way, punk had it coming.
Thank you!
Commented Mar 27, 2012 on #Noemail meets #LessFacebook at EdCone.com
#Noemail meets #LessFacebook
Paul Jones breaks up with email, while my love/hate relationship with Facebook continues.
NC Gun law, FYI:
http://www.ncdoj.com/getdoc/32344299-a2a7-4ae5-99fd-9018262f64ac/2007-NC-Firearms-gun-Laws.aspx
Sorry, but I don't know all the HTML stuff.
Commented Mar 27, 2012 on The Capone's vault of criminology at EdCone.com
The Capone's vault of criminology
Oh, crap -- Geraldo just shot Jesse Eisenberg. Or Mark Zuckerberg. Either way, punk had it coming.
Ed, your "More here" link doesn't work.
Commented Oct 14, 2011 on Freeloaders at EdCone.com
Freeloaders
"[A]ttacking the 47 percent for gaming the system is an implicit call for taxing Social Security income, taxing disability benefits, further taxing unemployment benefits, and so on." More here.
Two-thirds of 60% (100%-40%) is 40%. Hardly far leftist.
Commented Nov 2, 2010 on Blood on our hands at EdCone.com
Blood on our hands
But in a country that was once a remarkable mélange of beliefs, customs and traditions, the killings on Sunday seemed to draw another border in a country now defined by war, occupation and deprivation. Identities have hardened; diversity has faded...Iraq’s Christians have dwindled; once numberin...
That looks like it was between the bridges. We were down at the south end, near the Coast Guard station.
Commented Jul 29, 2010 on Through a garage, darkly at EdCone.com
Through a garage, darkly
Wrightsville Beach, recently.
Oops. I meant Danish.
Commented Jul 2, 2010 on The girl who talked like a GPS at EdCone.com
The girl who talked like a GPS
I had attributed the clunky writing in Stieg Larsson's novels to infelicitous translation, but I read recently that he was just a clunky writer. Anyway, Nora Ephron: But where in Sweden were they? There was no way to know, especially if you’d never been to Sweden. A few chapters ago, for exampl...
David, that's Norwegian. Swedish doesn't have the o with the slash through it.
Commented Jul 2, 2010 on The girl who talked like a GPS at EdCone.com
The girl who talked like a GPS
I had attributed the clunky writing in Stieg Larsson's novels to infelicitous translation, but I read recently that he was just a clunky writer. Anyway, Nora Ephron: But where in Sweden were they? There was no way to know, especially if you’d never been to Sweden. A few chapters ago, for exampl...
I believe it went "Blow up your teevee"!
Ahhh, John Prine!
Commented Nov 6, 2009 on An ominous pattern at EdCone.com
An ominous pattern
You're welcome! LOL
Really, it's Billy's fault...
Commented Nov 5, 2009 on Soundtrack to dementia at EdCone.com
Soundtrack to dementia
Doug H has to go and mention Pure Prairie league in the thread beneath my recent Buck Owens post, and now I'll have Amie stuck in my head all day. I still know all the words. I'll still know all the words when I'm in an old-folks home and they play the popular music of my generation on the louds...
Billy also remembers Pure Prairie League! Impressive, especially since "Two Lane Highway" didn't get quite the coverage of "Bustin' Out".
Commented Nov 5, 2009 on Mathis Brothers Color Production at EdCone.com
Mathis Brothers Color Production
Some places of employment require that you provide on your application the URLs of your social networks pages.
Commented Sep 11, 2009 on About last night... at EdCone.com
About last night...
More hiring managers are looking at social media sites used by job applicants, and they often don't like what they see. Dan Gillmor once wrote a column for us (seems to have fallen offline) saying that somewhere a college kid was posting a picture of herself doing something that would keep her...
An interesting point to me from the report that Roch links to is that malpractice premiums are more dependent on the performance of the insurance companies' investments than they are on trial rewards.
That's a surprising disconnect.
Commented Aug 27, 2009 on Back of the napkin at EdCone.com
Back of the napkin
Health insurance reform made simple. UPDATE: Furriners and their strange ways.
That "Back-of-the-Napkin" presentation was very interesting.
The medical side of the equation does need to be addressed, along with the insurance side, I agree. I wish we were seeing discussion on limiting malpractice awards as a way to control part of the doctors' expenses.
Commented Aug 27, 2009 on Back of the napkin at EdCone.com
Back of the napkin
Health insurance reform made simple. UPDATE: Furriners and their strange ways.
Launchies and buggers.
Just finished re-reading Ender's Game!
Commented Aug 17, 2009 on OSC can has cheezburger at EdCone.com
OSC can has cheezburger
If there's any group that drives Orson Scott Card as batty as the homos, it's the "intellectuals," however he's defining the term at that moment. Currently it means authors of popular books, other than OSC himself, and also a shadowy (for now!) group that gathers to sneer at regular folks: And ...
"We who? The informed or Brandon?"
Us. The public. Would WE know if we'd been surveiled?
It's a rhetorical question, obviously. I should've been clearer. I realize now that you probably meant "has the left been saying...".
Commented Aug 14, 2009 on The paranoid style in American politics at EdCone.com
The paranoid style in American politics
I was looking back at posts from a couple of years ago to see how people were reacting to early signs of the financial crisis, and I was struck by this post about something else, namely, the number of people who seemed to believe that the US of A was in imminent danger of being subjected to Shar...
"Have they been?"
Would we know if they have?
Commented Aug 14, 2009 on The paranoid style in American politics at EdCone.com
The paranoid style in American politics
I was looking back at posts from a couple of years ago to see how people were reacting to early signs of the financial crisis, and I was struck by this post about something else, namely, the number of people who seemed to believe that the US of A was in imminent danger of being subjected to Shar...
Looks like good places to pick up some building materials. Where are these places again?
Seriously though, it's not very green to let these materials go to waste.
Commented Jul 24, 2009 on Residential limbo at EdCone.com
Residential limbo
So I'm collecting photos of abandoned or unfinished housing developments and McMansions in the greater Guilford County region. Brian Clarey was good enough to send along several photos of a stunted project in Rural Hall, taken for this article by Gus Lubin, which ran in Yes! Weekly earlier this ...
Fec, I didn't get from the link an explanation of why the Birthers persist, just that they are. Can you clarify?
Also, if I understand Roch and Ed, it sounds like "our hard right friends" DO suffer from CS. I could use help understanding your point.
Sorry if I'm a little dense.
Commented Jul 23, 2009 on What's up with that? at EdCone.com
What's up with that?
Why wouldn't you be happy about the impending opening of Greensboro's Civil Rights Museum? Because you don't think the Civil Rights movement, and GSO's role in it, are worthy of the recognition? Because you like empty buildings downtown? (I'd have asked these questions in a comment at PP, but th...
It took me a bit to find, but here it is!
Poor Timothy.
I'm as old as Bill, but I didn't remember it.
Commented Jul 15, 2009 on Esculent adventure at EdCone.com
Esculent adventure
Fearless gastronaut Tony Wilkins tries the tongue tacos. Subsequent issues cannot be blamed directly on his choice of meat. I once ate brains at a Lebanese restaurant in Paris. My friend Fahdi told me they were the brains of a wild ass, but for all I know they were just plain old lamb brains. An...
He wasn't "wishing aloud on national television for such attacks". He said that he thought it would take such an attack to make the gov'ment take more effective action to ensure the safety of the citizenry.
Commented Jul 1, 2009 on What we need at EdCone.com
What we need
"The only chance we have as a country right now is for Osama Bin Laden to deploy and detonate a major weapon in the United States." The country for which this would be such a good thing is...the United States.
Gernallissimo Francisco Franco is still dead.
Apologies to Chevy Chase.
Commented Jun 27, 2009 on Breaking news at EdCone.com
Breaking news
I am sorry to inform you that Michael Jackson is still dead. Expect major media outlets to cover this story, although obviously the ongoing deadness of a pop star, no matter how famous, will be kept in proportion by serious news organizations.
+1 on the Skippy's, Esbee.
Commented Jun 24, 2009 on Diners, Drive-ins and Dives at EdCone.com
Diners, Drive-ins and Dives
I got an email from a researcher for the teevee program Diners, Drive-ins and Dives, asking for recommendations in the Triad. "We are looking for restaurants that serve fresh, made from scratch, homemade interesting food. It is always helpful if the restaurant is family owned and has been around ...
Ze Frank fans, apparently.
Go duckies!
Commented Jun 9, 2009 on Ducks? at EdCone.com
Ducks?
Previously: "[C]an we just stop with the gay sex is like pedophilia and beastiality line already?" Apparently not. Thus, this:
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