Raleigh Dining this week: buy 1 get 1 entree offer
I read about this offer on twitter, so I thought I would pass it along to the Raleigh area folks:
With the coupon at http://www.rockytophospitality.com/lib/upload/coupons/NewYearBoGo.pdf
you can buy one entree and get one free today thru 1/7/10 at Michael Dean’s, Red Room, Bogart’s and Twisted Fork.
Too bad Aaron is watching what he eats:
The Kellogg Company, producer of Eggo Waffles, released a limited line of Star Trek-themed waffles. They include 25 different images, icons, and phrases from the science fiction franchise. You can view more pictures at the link.
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no, no, no.
Good thing Jay Leno doesn’t care what the critics say, because it looks like his “Jay Leno Show” is becoming a staple of “Worst of the Year” lists. Entertainment Weekly’s Ken Tucker chooses his program as the very worst of 2009, behind even Glenn Beck (he’s at #2). “By any measure — comedy, interviews, ratings — this prime-time experiment has failed,” writes Tucker. “There’s an odd listlessness to Leno’s performance these days, as though he’s tired of being the public face of NBC’s 10 p.m. audience shrinker.” The Washington Post’s Hank Stuever also declares Leno the worst of 2009: “10 o’clock’s bold experiment? Phhhfffft. Our bedtime isn’t that early, after all.” While most critics list five or 10 shows as the worst of the year, Tom Maurstad of the Dallas Morning News doesn’t even bother — he names one show, and you guessed it, it’s Leno: “‘The Jay Leno Show’ is train-wreck TV that just keeps going and going. Its ratings are dismal and it’s obliterated what had been the time slot for some of the most beloved and important shows in TV history. ” Time writer and blogger James Poniewozik puts Leno on his list along with other worst-list staples like “Jersey Shore” and “Osbournes: Reloaded.” “Didn’t some idiot newsmagazine call this ‘the future of TV’? Well, yes, and it remains so, as a sign of the cost-cutting and product-placement-ization of the declining big-network medium. But we did not necessarily mean this as a compliment.” TV Squad’s Allison Waldman also disses Leno, calling his show “retro in a bad way.”
I watch Jay Leno. I enjoy him being on at 10. I’ve tried to like Conan O’Brien and his version of the Tonight show, but I don’t enjoy it. Now after the evening news it’s either the 2nd half of Star Trek The Next Generation on MY RDC or its bedtime.
ok, so it isn't THAT cold (yet)
1985
January 21: The temperature on Mount Mitchell reaches minus 34 degrees Fahrenheit—the lowest temperature ever recorded in North Carolina.
fyi
google North Carolina legends and you get links to Blackbeard, ghost stories, and places like the Devil’s Trampling Grounds that I posted earlier today.
google Raleigh legends and you get links to a gay nightclub.
Why does facebook fuck up the color on my photos?
(via thephenthouse)
I’ll answer that if you can tell me why FB had my page unavailable for most of the day due to “maintenance”.
12 hours until I am 21... or, until I can legally be an alcoholic. YES!
(via ohdamnitssam)
I don’t think there is such a thing as a legal alcoholic.
“Be-Hooved” Raleigh NC 12/27/09
Gazelle(Kacie Daughtey), Horse (Lilu Jael), and Ram.
photography: Laura Johsnton
hair by: Tim Marshburn
make-up: Erica Adams
How much time did the hair and makeup take?
If you’re a woman and want to challenge a man, invite him to watch you do this:
- Stand with your toes touching a wall.
- Placing one foot behind the other, take two steps back.
- Have him place a chair between you and the wall.
- Bend at the waist and place the top of your head against the wall.
- Lift the chair.
- Stand erect.
Now challenge him to do the same. If he’s like most men he’ll get stuck on step 6. The common explanation is that men’s hips are built differently; they also have proportionally bigger feet. Either way, you can easily pick his pocket while he’s struggling there.
This was shown on the tv sitcom “All In The Family”
Know the Difference
Know the Difference between Cold and H1N1 Flu Symptoms
Fever Fever is rare with a cold. Fever is usually present with the flu in up to 80% of all flu cases. A temperature of 100°F or higher for 3 to 4 days is associated with the flu.
Coughing A hacking, productive (mucus- producing) cough is often present with a cold. A non-productive (non-mucus producing) cough is usually present with the flu (sometimes referred to as dry cough).
Aches Slight body aches and pains can be part of a cold. Severe aches and pains are common with the flu.
Stuffy Nose Stuffy nose is commonly present with a cold and typically resolves spontaneously within a week. Stuffy nose is not commonly present with the flu.
Chills Chi lls are uncommon with a cold. 60% of people who have the flu experience chills.
Tiredness Tiredness is fairly mild with a cold. Tiredness is moderate to severe with the flu.
Sneezing Sneezing is commonly present with a cold. Sneezing is not common with the flu.
Sudden Symptoms Cold symptoms tend to develop over a few days. The flu has a rapid onset within 3-6 hours. The flu hits hard and includes sudden symptoms like high fever, aches and pains. 0A
Headache A headache is fairly uncommon with a cold. A headache is very common with the flu, present in 80% of flu cases.
Sore Throat Sore throat is commonly present with a cold. Sore throat is not commonly present with the flu.
Chest Discomfort Chest discomfort is mild to moderate with a cold. Chest discomfort is often severe with the flu.
The only way to stop the spread of the epidemic is to spread the awareness.
The Devil’s Tramping Ground
In a wooded area in western Chatham County, ten miles east of Siler City, is a well-worn path that forms a ring forty feet in diameter. The path itself is a foot wide. The center of the circle and the ground outside the path are lush with grass and other plant life, but nothing grows in the foot-wide track. At sunset, when rocks or similar heavy objects are placed in the pathway, they are found the next morning to have been brushed aside. In fall and winter, when rabbit hunters roam the surrounding countryside, their dogs perform joyously until the chase nears the barren circle. Then the dogs tuck their tail between their legs and slink away. They will not go near the spot.
Soon after the first settlers came to Chatham County, they discovered the strange site, which soon became known as the Devil’s Tramping Ground. This was before 1800.
Though no one ever saw him stalking there, it was believed to be the haunt of the Foul Fiend, who came at night to tramp around and around and around in a circle, his head lowered, his expression intense. It was during these hours that Satan planned his evil schemes to undo mankind. At the first light of morning he was gone, winging his way like a bat across the world to carry out his nefarious purposes. Yet so scorching had been his footprints on the ground of his circular pathway that the soil became infertile, and the nocturnal retreat of the hellish Prince of Darkness was shunned and avoided.
