Relax (Take It Easy) (YouTube)
Mika
Took a right to the end of the line
Where no one ever goes.
Ended up on a broken train with nobody I know.
But the pain and the longings the same.
Where they’re dying
Now I’m lost and I’m screaming for help.
Relax, take it easy
For there is nothing that we can do.
Relax, take it easy
Blame it on me or blame it on you.
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It turns out the man who was killed by the Amtrak train in West Raleigh the other day was Jack Daniels, longtime owner of Jack Daniels grocery at the corner of Jones Franklin Road and Athens Drive.
I’d never gone in to Jack Daniels but my friends all said it was a very friendly place. Seeing the shop make me smile as I drove by it a few weeks ago. The store was in great shape and seemed to be supporting the neighborhood. It certainly was a fixture.
My condolences to the Daniels family.
Driving by the hole that is John Kane’s North Hills project, I was reminded again of the building that used to be there at 4200 Six Forks Road, where I once worked for HAHT Software 13 years ago.
One day at HAHT the weather was just too nice to be spending the day indoors. Some conspiring took place among the HAHTsters – whispering in the halls, that sort of thing – and before you knew it, the entire company was filing out to their cars. We assembled again at Capital Bouelvard’s Adventure Landing, where we proceeded to race each other on go-carts for the rest of the afternoon. Man, that was a fun place to work.
I’ve got video of that event somewhere. I’ll post it once I get it digitized.
On this day 42 years ago, the Israeli military attacked an unarmed American ship, the USS Liberty, killing 34 American sailors and wounding another 171.
I tell you, I should’ve gone into academia. Where else can you be asked to resign, then take a six month paid vacation on a salary well into six figures? Yes, life is good inside the ivory towers. Well, execpt for the students who are being milked for a hefty tuition raise this year.
Then there’s the case of N.C. State Chancellor James Oblinger, who resigned today as emails surfaced contradicting his earlier statements of non-involvement in the hiring of Mary Easley. Oblinger was either lying or he admitted that as chancellor of one of the nation’s leading technical universities he didn’t know how to search his own emails. I’m not sure which is worse.
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My friend Bryan Johnson took his family for a ride on today’s excursion run of the New Hope Valley Railway and got some unexpected excitement. A station wagon smashed into the side of the train as the train approached the station.
As Bryan pointed out, the New Hope Valley is a big yellow train moving about 5 MPH across a crossing marked with bells and flashing red lights. We’re not talking about the Acela or Union Pacific Big Boy roaring out of nowhere at 80 MPH.
Check out picture one and picture two of the accident scene.
Update: 9 Jun 2009: Passenger Matt Cooley got a video of the crash. Thanks, Matt!
Whoa, where to start? Quiet evening at home Friday evening due to the rain. Saturday morning took the dog for a walk and had a nice chat with a neighbor before returning home to finish up preparations for Hallie’s birthday party. Got done right before the first guests arrived.
Had a great party for Hallie. I was in charge of kid festivities and had some playing soccer while others played on the playset or drew with the sidewalk chalk. Then my parents, my sister-in-law, and niece joined us for lunch at Moe’s. We got home and went bike riding and Rollerblading in the neighborhood before the kids went over to play with their Italian friends down the street, leaving Kelly and I an opportunity for a Saturday afternoon nap. Ah, what a luxury!
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A community organizer is a community activist who actually gets something done.
We just finished watching the 2005 movie Because of Winn-Dixie, based on the children’s book by the same name. It had its high points and low points but was a decent flick overall. The girl in the lead role could’ve been a better actor but did a passable job.
One character works in a pet shop and plays guitar. We’re watching him onscreen for the first time and I think, “wow, that guy looks like Dave Matthews.”
Well, duh, it was Dave Matthews, and the truth is he’s a pretty good actor. He actually acted better than most anyone else in the movie. Who knew?
I got a few emails today from the guy who rented us our beach condo last year. The subject was “Jim sent you photos on Tagged :)” and the body said:
Jim Nothisrealname
Jim Nothisrealname sent you photos on Tagged
Want to see the photos?Click Yes if you want to see the photos, otherwise click No.
But you have to click!Please respond or John may think you said no 🙁
Here’s what it looked like:
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