Archives: July2005

  • The Progressive Backyard Party

    This just in, heat index 124 at 10:30 a.m. in Washington, NC. And now back to our regularly scheduled programming:
    This year we’ve got some big problems. The black beans, blackeyed peas, and butter beans (members of the Progressive Backyard Party, also known among themselves as the  frijoles negroes verdes oleos blancos) have successfully staged [...]

  • Stan Deatherage

    To Beaufort County Commissioner Stan "Weasel Word" Deatherage:
    How dare you suggest the PS Jones Middle School building as a possible site for the county’s municipal office. How dare you!
    Perhaps you’ve forgotten the other PS Jones school? The one YOU destroyed? The one YOU were supposed to rehabilitate? Your suggestion makes us wonder [...]

  • Okay, this is funny…

    Had a GoogleFight with Washington-NC.com and won…

  • Heat index 102 at 11:00 AM

    Well, it’s 88 degrees w/heat index at 102. update: 5:56 pm — heat index 107… So, tell me again, why do we all live here? For the pfiesteria, of course. Duh!
    WDN printed a blurb about Carol Dail Finch. Not their own story, mind you… a bought one. Personally, I can’t help but wonder [...]

  • WDN Drops the Ball

    Okay, here I was, just about to email Jonathan re: today’s CAFTA story and tell him what a fine job he did writing that article — and an email from a friend in Raleigh arrives as I’m typing. WOW, did the Washington Daily News ever miss a BIG story. Man-oh-man. Tranter’s Creek camper accused of [...]