The Fate of Tyrlon and other Dubious Things

Up here in the mountains of North Carolina we’ve been getting a wonderful blessing of rain from the remnants of Tropical Storm Fay.  In fact, over the last day or two, we’ve probably gotten well over an inch of rain whic is great since we need it so badly.
The entire southeast has been under a [...]

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If you’ve been following anything about the Beijing Olympics (other than Michael Phelps successful 8 gold medla wins), you have probably heard about the U.S. Men’s 2008 Olympics Basketball team that has been cleaning house over in China.
After winning decisively in the first game versus China by a score of 101-70, they went on to [...]

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The Chinese Olympics opening ceremony was from all accounts a stunning example of how billions of dollars can be spent to put on a huge production.  In the days since the ceremony it is becoming more and more apparent that portions of the ceremony were “doctored” to put a better face or look to China.
The [...]

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This summer has seemed to just fly by so quickly!  It seems like just last week that it was early May and the college students were leaving to go home and things were quieting down, and now it is the end of July!
The students will be back in a couple of short weeks so now [...]

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