I have an automobile now. I like it. I got tags, registration, and an NCSU parking permit for it today, so I am pleased about that.
I am also exhausted. Just so much going on.
Oh, by the way, the Dunkin Donuts finally opened this afternoon. Maybe I will hit that up tomorrow.
So we DO have a state fair vendor after all.
They are based in Pender County.
Pender County!
I imagine that all of the rides will be driven by hog power. Scores of hogs yoked together driving the ice cream churn. A special exhibit in the Village of Yesteryear on Hogs of Yore. And, of course, you will be able to milk a hog for 50 cents at the NCSU Vet School stand.
WRAL.com – News – N.C. Company Signs Paperwork For State Fair Contract
Anyone need a Carfax report? I have unlimited VIN lookups for a few weeks.
Spent a lot of time going to and from the house this weekend. Rob, Billy, and Mandy were quite a big help with that. There’s very little left to move now. It’s finally looking a little like a geniune house now, rather than rooms with a box here and there.
I also bought a nice big fridge this weekend. The previous homeowners had taken theirs, and had capped off the water line behind it with a little rubber door stopper, which leaked. My brother put a real copper end on there and it stopped, luckily. The drywall is a little wet down there and you can see a water stain, but it’s not a big deal because there will always be a fridge there. It was fun to spend a little time marveling at the stupidity. Anyway, at Lowe’s I chose a certain model and then realized that there was an almost identical model, larger by 3.4 cubic feet, in stainless steel, for the same price, soI picked that one. They delivered the fridge yesterday morning by a deliveryman who thought Billy and I were life partners. The fridge was installed quickly and we marveled at the size of the damn thing before putting lots of soda in it. By the way, the fridge is this model.
Once the futon gets moved over this evening, that will pretty much be everything.
The NOB has an article about the Nature Boy taping some new goal announcements this week. Apparently some people (who deserve a good elbow drop off the top rope) didn’t like the WOO! originally. Of course, now everyone does.
Also, at this page, you can view a video of Mr. Flair’s old goal announcements, interspersed with Canes fans mimicking them.
Tom Boswell wrote a really good column today in the Post about what exactly the Skins need. I think we all know what they need, as he says:
This month, however, Gibbs had zero — zip, zilch — to help Moss. The main reason the Redskins are out of the playoffs, instead of dreaming of a Super Bowl, is also the reason they have a right to imagine themselves in the Super Bowl in Miami next year: This season, the Redskins played offense with only 10 men.
Pretty much nails it. It’s a miracle to go 11-7 with only one WR.
And one more gem:
For public consumption, Gibbs and others on his staff praise Patten’s work ethic and Thrash’s toughness. Nobody has a good word for Jacobs. (If you run off the field yelling, “I think I have a concussion,” then you probably don’t.)
Hilarious! I had not heard about that. Taylor Jacobs is USELESS and also apparently hilariously whiny.
#14 State goes to Durham tomorrow night to play the #1-ranked Sons of God Who Can Do No Wrong. State can beat Duke, but it seems that these games, especially at Cameron, always seem to end in heartbreak. I have some prognostications.
Redick will be held to about 20 but some Powder McBenchrider from New Jersey will go off for a career high.
Ced Simmons will foul out 5 minutes into the game.
State will get called for a technical foul that no one understands.
State will get called for something obscure like palming no less than three times.
Duke will make at least twice as many free throws as State will be awarded.
We’ll see.
Post-game edit: Looks like I was mainly wrong, but State still lost. And the game was officiated fairly.
Who lives in VA?
There is a personalized tag available that well describes State:
You can actually check out other combinations at the VA DMV website, but I think you know what your next move is.
Okay, so yesterday Keyser Soze calls up and says “I got some news for you, man. Your loan fell through.”
I exclaimed something with meaning approximate to “WTF.” I let it sink in for a couple of seconds. What does this mean? Am I going to lose the house because the sellers won’t want to wait another month?
Then he said “Just kidding. You’re good.”
Ha! Ha! Oh man. That’s a good one.
Ha! Ha! I’m gonna stab him.
Not really, but damn. Cruel joke. Everyone I’ve told this story to — including my agent — has been pretty pissed that he did that. I have to hand it to him, I usually guard against stuff like that, but he caught me totally off guard.
For real though, I will conditionally forgive him, since during the rest of the conversation we discussed actual items and it appears we are finally gonna close next week. I have corroborated this with many other sources just to make sure.
I should call him up after closing.
“This is the Raleigh Fire Department, we have been dispatched to your next-door neighbor’s house and wanted to advise you of this, as there is a slim chance of embers landing on your house.”
“Oh my God, really?”
“Ha! Ha! No, just kidding. . . It’s actually your house that’s on fire.”
