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Thanksgiving, ice skating, symphony

The Turner/Hunter clan

Wow. What an action-packed few days we’ve had here.

Wednesday the kids were out of school so I had to figure out something fun to do with them. The weather was still warm (near 70, if I recall) and Travis wanted to go to the store to look at Legos. Rather than get in a car and drive there, I decided the family would bike there instead. The North Hills Target is about 6 miles from here via the greenway, so we hopped on our bikes and pedaled our way there and back, enjoying a smoothie after our window-shopping. That’s 12 miles of biking and a whole lot of fun!

Thursday was Thanksgiving, of course. Travis and I had started dismantling our garden Wednesday evening, so Thursday morning we finished the job. All the dying or dead plants were pulled up, the wire fencing that supported them was rolled up, the ground raked, and a weed-blocking cover placed over the garden. It was some work to clear it out but it was so satisfying to get it done!
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Parade and Pullen

Posing after the parade


Wow, what a day! As a volunteer and boardmember with Mordecai Historic Park, I was offered the opportunity to march in today’s Raleigh Christmas Parade. This is the second year I was offered this opportunity but through a scheduling snafu Mordecai missed out on the parade. I had gotten the whole family excited about it then only to be disappointed. We were determined not to miss our parade chance this year and fortunately we were not disappointed.

We got to Mordecai around 8 AM, about 30 minutes before we were due to line up for the parade. Having gotten our costumes a week before, we were all decked out in 19th century clothes (though the timeframes varied considerably). We met the park staff and other volunteers who were participating and boarded the Raleigh Trolley for the parade.
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University, Inc.

I’ve often considered going back to college. Then I read stuff like this from NCSU Chancellor Randy Woodson, citing the reasons for a massive 29% tuition hike:

With classes in some cases growing from 200 students to 300, faculty members struggle against a growing tide of test grading and other mundane chores, Chancellor Randy Woodson told the trustees committee.

“It takes them out of the business of being scholarly, of doing research and of moving the economic engine of this state forward,” Woodson said.

Let me translate this for you: “Those pesky students who are trying to learn are keeping us ivory-tower types from trying to pad our resumes and the university’s coffers. They should fork over their money and just shut up.”

Is it any wonder I’m disillusioned with higher education? Is it also any wonder that these schools’ big-time college sports programs get away with what they do?

Pack’s Season Ends – Many Bright Ones To Follow

Congrats to Sydney Lowe and the Wolfpack for an exciting season of basketball. While it was sad to see for it to end last night, there is definitely some buzz back in Wolfpack basketball. I’m very optimistic about the future. Thanks for a great season, Pack! Well done!

Also congrats to Engin Atsur, who capped a phenomenal college career last night. He’s a great player and a great person who’ll be missed by the Wolfpack Nation. I look forward to hearing great things about Engin and I know there’ll be plenty.

Jimmy V

“To me, there are three things we all should do every day. We should do this every day of our lives. Number one is laugh. You should laugh every day. Number two is think. You should spend some time in thought. Number three is, you should have your emotions moved to tears, could be happiness or joy. But think about it. If you laugh, you think, and you cry, that’s a full day. That’s a heck of a day. You do that seven days a week, you’re going to have something special.”

– Jim Valvano
Reynolds Coliseum
21 February 1993

The Post-Amato Period

The writing’s been on the wall for a while now, but yesterday N.C. State lowered the boom on football coach Chuck Amato and sent him walking. State’s turned in a couple of losing seasons and could not turn it around – with no relief on the horizon. You can’t come in firing people up about national championships and then expect them to be happy with a 3-9 season. Especially when you can’t beat an otherwise completely pathetic Tar Heels team.

Chuck couldn’t keep his assistant coaches for one reason or another. I think that really hurt the Pack more than anything. Now the question is … what do we do now?

Arrivederci, Amato

After yesterday’s trouncing by the lowly Tar Heels, I think Chuck will soon be packing his bags.

I hear there’s a spot open on Bobby Bowden’s staff . . .