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Another shocking development

Look what I did with my hair.

OMFG!!!!!!

So I'm covering some vacancies over at Bennett Place and this is my first day. Two dudes drove up in a fat convertible and I noted that one looked odd: the too-small straw cowboy hat and the short shorts stuck out. I took them to see the site video and as I was setting it up I turned around and the one guy was hiking up his short shorts and playing with his junk. I turned back to the dvd player, not believing what I'd just seen. I turned back toward the man and sure enough, I was treated to the exclusive sight of his...uhhh... swordplay.

I just said, "Aw, dude, you gotta go. Let's go." So he and the other guy quickly departed.

And then I felt guilty. I mean, shouldn't preverts have access to North Carolina history as well? Really. And who am I to discriminate?

something you might want to do

This weekend, if you're not completely transfixed by the debut of the Car of Tomorrow at Bristol (Bristol!), you might want to mosey on over to the Bennett Place to see a talk by Elvan Cobb of the Burwell School who will be speaking about Elizabeth Keckly. Two O'clock, pm. Should be good.

Hey, Lisa B.

Here is what I did with your show.

My evening of international diplomacy

So I went to see Hans Blix last night in Charlotte. At the reception afterwards I told him I grew up on Uppsala Court (in Woodbridge). He is from Uppsala, Sweden and went to the distinguished university there. I told him he pronounced the noun Uppsala wrong. We say it UP-suluh. He retorted that it's properly pronounced oop-SALAH.

Foreigners. What do they know anyhow.

I had to bite my tounge not to call him Hans Brix.

I'm blogging this...

I love Durham. I'm down at Broad Street Cafe and a group of families, consisting of mostly young kids and their hot, hot mamas gathered in the children's section. I was sitting adjacent, making eyes at one of the moms, when they decided to turn my couch around so I wasn't bothered by the kids and the kid's show about to happen. Nice of them.

And it was Mr. Peter Holsapple his own self, who moved my couch around, so I didn't mind to much.

He opened with "If you're happy and you know it..." and is now playing "I've been working on the Railroad".

And, yes. It's jangly.

later: I had to leave because that place was starting to stink of wet diapers.

Actually...

The NCMC conference went really well. Highest attendance it's ever had and the sessions were pretty useful, too. Better than years past. I hate to have to miss one good looking presentation in favor of another. I even managed to make a presentation of my own... collecting plans: one strategy for success... or something like that.

The good news is my terrible reign of benign neglect as Secretary of NCMC is over. I'd say that's good for everyone involved.

On the way home today I stopped at the Evernham Motorsports Race Shop and "Museum" home of the #10 Valvoline/Stanley Tools Dodge Charger driven by Scott Riggs. No a lot going on there today but I did get a close look at a real car,  not a show car.

Well. Lizzie missed me.

Liveblogging the NCMC conference

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