I’ve set up my Roomba in our new home and I have to say its doing a great job keeping our hardwood floors clean. It did a good job at our other home but there’s something nice about turning it loose on the floors here.
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April 8, 2008
Wine and cheese redux
I know the Carolina fan who reads the blog won’t be happy, but its gotta be said. While once I thought they were getting better, Carolina fans are still very much the “wine and cheese” crowd that Sam Cassell labeled them. Witness the response when the men’s basketball team returns to Chapel Hill Sunday afternoon following their Final Four loss to Kansas. News reports said “dozens” of UNC fans were there to greet the team as it returned home.
Dozens? UNC is the second-largest university in the state and was one game away from playing for the national championship and mere “dozens” of UNC fans were there to thank their team?
Only on the bandwagon when the team is winning. Pathetic. The river of Carolina fandom is miles wide and an inch deep.
The Pride
Did I mention that Cannibal Sea is a phenomenal pop album? Here’s my guess on the lyrics to The Pride.
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The Pride
Essex Green
When The Pride left the cape
the winds swept the mains
and lines of geese saluted
this stick-and-tree parade
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