Charlie in Raleigh NC

2010

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January 63

2009

December 103
November 67
October 100
September 63
August 41
July 112
June 146
May 138
April 158
March 225
February 274
January 252

2008

December 164
November 97
October 49
September
August
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January
Warch Watch
Doggone funny withoutmelissa: HOLY CRAP!!!! ahahahahahahahahahaha. I can’t breath. I can’t...
Dec 2nd
Eat That Frog
Dec 1st
One of Greenville’s treasures.  Dumpiest looking place...
Dec 1st

travel

I’ll be Down East this week, working in Greenville, NC.  The company has been very good to me...
Dec 1st
“No one realizes how beautiful it is to travel until he comes...”
—  Lin Yutang
Dec 1st
Nov 30th
“Many a man curses the rain that falls upon his head, and...”
— ~Saint Basil
Nov 30th
bettybrowser: (via icanread)
Nov 30th
Nov 30th
Nov 29th
“The most wasted of all days is one without laughter.”
—  E E. Cummings
Nov 29th

Shopping - NOT!

Smithfield’s Outlets opened at midnight. JCPenney opened at 4 a.m. Walmart opened at 5 a.m. ...
Nov 28th
Happy Black Friday Shopping Day!
Nov 28th
“Whoever said money can’t buy happiness simply...”
—  Bo Derek
Nov 28th
“Enter his gates with thanksgiving and his courts with...”
— Psalm 100:4-5
Nov 27th
Warch Watch
A video of a family preparing their Thanksgiving meal with a mix of family photos.  While we...
Nov 27th
Warch Watch
The Thanksgiving Show that Wasn’t
Nov 27th

Oprah.com giving away a free Holiday mix...

withoutmelissa: This is great. Already downloaded it and sinGINGGGGGGGG! sufjanssteven: Go Here...
Nov 27th
Warch Watch
Nov 27th
fussballmeister: What happens when you piss off a rocket...
Nov 27th
thedailywhat: Steve Kelley.
Nov 26th
Nov 26th
“You simply will not be the same person two months from now...”
— ~ Sarah Ban Breathnach ~
Nov 26th
When i get older losing my hair, Many years from now. Will...
Nov 25th
“There is always some madness in love. But there is also...”
— Friedrich Nietzsche
Nov 25th
I love seeing old photos.
Nov 24th
“When you choose to be pleasant and positive in the way you...”
— Zig Ziglar, American Author...
Nov 24th
jellyfrances: abster: Wouldn’t it be great to have these...
Nov 24th

An original

withoutmelissa: Isn’t it great to be an individual? To have unique experiences. To love...
Nov 24th
Warch Watch
I ain’t right in the head LOL
Nov 23rd
Killer Beaz Went to Goodnight’s Comedy Club (most of...
Nov 23rd
“A good laugh and a long sleep are the best cures in the...”
—  Irish Proverb
Nov 23rd
“And when it rains on your parade, look up rather than down....”
— G. K. Chesterton
Nov 22nd
I love a parade I love a parade, the tramping of feet, I...
Nov 22nd
Nov 21st
“In the South, the breeze blows softer…neighbors are...”
— —Charles Kuralt in...
Nov 21st

Cherokee Wisdom

One evening an old Cherokee told his grandson about a battle that goes on inside people. He...
Nov 20th
Warch Watch
I think my cat saw this before I did.
Nov 20th
Nov 20th
“A cat is a puzzle for which there is no solution.”
— ~ Hazel Nicholson
Nov 20th

Humor heats the heart

So why the goofy posts today? Yesterday morning I woke to discover the heat wasn’t working. ...
Nov 19th
“The statistics on sanity are that one out of every four...”
— - Rita Mae Brown
Nov 19th

so . . . .

If large chested women work at then where do women with one leg work? \/ \/ \/ \/ \/ \/ ...
Nov 19th
“For mine is a generation that circles the globe in search of...”
— The Beach (via jellyfrances)
Nov 19th
Warch Watch
LOL!
Nov 18th
Nov 18th
“When the bold branches Bid farewell to rainbow leaves -...”
— ~B. Cybrill
Nov 18th
Warch Watch
awwwww
Nov 18th
“inner struggle”
Nov 17th
“Too many people expect God to work through them when they...”
— Croft M. Pentz
Nov 17th
There is a business already offering merchandise with...
Nov 16th
Nov 16th
“Sunday clears away the rust of the whole week.”
— Joseph Addison
Nov 16th

it really wasn't my fault

OK so I was a week early on the date of the Raleigh Christmas Parade.  I blame WRAL.  Really, the...
Nov 16th
The Raleigh Christmas Parade is today.  I think this is from...
Nov 15th
Nov 15th
“Football is not a contact sport-it is a collision sport....”
—  Duffy Daugherty, Michigan...
Nov 15th
Warch Watch
Raleigh’s own Kelly Marie Szabo!
Nov 14th
Nov 14th
“The rhythm of the weekend, with its birth, its planned...”
— ~F. Scott Fitzgerald
Nov 14th
Listen Listen
I enjoy Brent’s music, so I present this from withoutmelissa: John’s Song by Brent Jordan. ...
Nov 14th
Nov 13th
“That’s the trouble, a sex symbol becomes a thing. But...”
— Marilyn Monroe
Nov 13th
Blame (or thank) Melissa - I'm also on...
Nov 13th
He was busted (pun intended)
Nov 13th
“Hurry on down to Hardee’s, where the burgers...
Nov 12th
“Whenever I watch TV and see those poor starving kids all...”
— Mariah Carey [now we know why...
Nov 12th

Opposition update

The good news: With our logical arguements, notarized petition, a strong presence of neighbors in...
Nov 11th
“Rock and Roll: Music for the neck downwards.”
— Keith Richards
Nov 11th
Warch Watch
Ray Charles, Jerry Lee Lewis, Fats Domino with Ron Wood, Carl Perkins and  Rod Stewart backup.  It...
Nov 11th
bacon, bacon, bacon, bacon, bacon, bacon, BACON!!!! (for...
Nov 11th

Why did the Chicken Cross the Road? -...

BARACK OBAMA: The chicken crossed the road because it was time for a change! The chicken wanted...
Nov 10th

Opposition part II

In October the neighborhood voiced its opposition for a special use permit for a property owner to...
Nov 10th
Nov 10th
“If you talk bad about country music, it’s like saying...”
— Dolly Parton
Nov 10th

11/9/1965

On Nov. 9, 1965, the great Northeast blackout occurred as several states and parts of Canada were...
Nov 9th
another old photo from the great state of North Carolina
Nov 9th
“You have enemies? Good. That means you’ve stood up for...”
— Winston Churchill
Nov 9th

Today is Counter Cultural Sing-Song or...

Whatever your culture, choose a song to sing or whistle from another culture or religion.
Nov 8th
“A mind once stretched by a new idea never regains its...”
—  Anonymous
Nov 8th
Library of Bobbit’s School, Vance County
Nov 8th

Three contestants on a game show

Three contestants on a game show were trying to win prizes. The emcee asked the first one, “for...
Nov 7th
Nov 7th
“This is an area where North Carolina does excel. I have...”
— Jesse Helms
Nov 7th
I like to see old photos of how life used to be in North...
Nov 6th
“To us also, through every star, through every blade of...”
— Thomas Carlyle
Nov 6th
Nov 6th
Nov 5th
Every fool finds a greater one to admire them. ...
Nov 5th
“So I gave them up unto their own hearts’ lust: and...”
— Psalm 81:12
Nov 5th
I laughed!
Nov 4th
Nov 4th

this a.m. around 6:30

I look out my front window and see a car parked across from my house.  This is a little odd, since I...
Nov 4th
“~ Bad officials are elected by good citizens who do not...”
— Andrew Lack
Nov 4th

Election Day 2008

Tuesday is Election Day 2008.  If you are a registered voter, and didn’t take advantage of...
Nov 3rd
Nov 3rd
“Patriotism is easy to understand in America; it means...”
— Calvin Coolidge
Nov 3rd
Warch Watch
Obama on the left McCain on the right We can talk politics all night And you can vote however you...
Nov 2nd
Nov 2nd
“America is much more than a geographical fact. It is a...”
— ~Adlai Stevenson
Nov 2nd
Nov 1st
“You and I have a rendezvous with destiny. We will preserve...”
—  Ronald Reagan
Nov 1st