Cabarrus Cheap Seats

Alright, I figure at least once a week I need to divert just a little bit from what’s going on in the county. So, here goes.
Y’all may have heard about this test (especially if you’re NPR listeners) “Are You A Yankee Or a Rebel?” (link)
The answer is not as obvious as you might think. Check [...]

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Things have been slow in the local news and busy in my life; but I had a brief observation that I wanted to share with y’all.
First, there’s the whole Rush with Viagra thing. Which I don’t want to expond on; because it’s Rush and Viagra.
Second, the strangest time in an election cycle is the first [...]

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In an attempt to be fair and balanced, I’m posting the editorial that ran in today’s and Sunday’s Independent Tribune from Robert Freeman and Coy Privette. If you read through both of these, you will have been exposed to just about the entire content of the campaign rhetoric for the 2006 Cabarrus County Commissioner’s race. [...]

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John Hood might consider traveling from Raleigh to beat me over the head with a large-print, unabridged Thesaurus for even remotely referring to him as a blogger. He’s not a blogger - he’s got decades of experience as a columnist and commentator. However, since his column is on-line and it’s daily - I figure it [...]

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There’s an acronym that is used frequently in the technical world - RTFM. Nicely put, it stands for “Read The Friendly Manual”. Exercise your imagination as to what word usually replaces Friendly.
Whenever I read an outrageous post by Harold Smith, it usually takes me anywhere from a few minutes or a couple of e-mails to [...]

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I’m that guy.
I’m the guy when forwarded an e-mail looks up the facts on Snopes and reports back that the e-mail is a hoax. I “Reply To All” to help stop the spread of such e-mails. Rarely am I thanked for it. Usually I get a message asking why I would do such a thing. [...]

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I’m collecting some data for a later post; because Coy Privette and Robert Freeman might have voted to cut funding to the Cabarrus Health Alliance, the Arena and Events Center, HVAC for several facilities, a new Board of Elections office, and some other things. Matching all that up will take some work and I’ve got [...]

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Signum sine tinnitu is the blog formerly known as “Let The Good Times Roll”. It’s the blog of a fella named Guy Kawasaki whose written a number of Best Selling books on business in the Information Technology age. Click here for the list on Amazon
It’s one of my daily reads from my dozens of RSS [...]

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Once again, it’s time for the Tarheel Tavern!
This week, there are 12 submissions, including one for this here blog, from all around North Carolina.
It’s over at Poetic Acceptance, and is worth a read!
CLICK HERE TO READ THIS WEEK’S TARHEEL TAVERN

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In order to accept what I’m about to tell you - it’s necessary for you to suspend all belief in facts, logic, and fiscal responsibility. You’ll have to ignore your judgment and believe what Harold Smith (www.goharoldsmith.com) has said about the Capital Reserve fund being a “slush fund” to be true. This will be difficult, [...]

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