Cabarrus Cheap Seats

Spirited Discussion About Life in Cabarrus County, North Carolina

Entries Tagged as 'Personal Experiences'

Hello World

January 13th, 2008 · 23 Comments

Paxton Charles Thibault
Born: January 13, 2008 12:43 PM; Northeast Medical Center; Concord, NC
Stats: 9 lbs. 4 oz., 21 1/2 in.
Status: Mom, Baby, (and Daddy and Big Bro) are all fantastic!
Update: Here’s video

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Open Thread: What is GWB’s Legacy?

December 20th, 2007 · 27 Comments

I’m moving the discussion of the President’s record from the 2008 Election Open Thread to this post.

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Friday Five: Where’s Justin?

December 14th, 2007 · 13 Comments


I’ve been criss-crossing the country in various meetings; and I haven’t been able to blog as extensively as I’d like.
I’ve given a lot of thought to the diversity of this country in all of the places I’ve experienced; and I thought this video would let y’all know how well we’re [...]

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30% Increase in Garbage Fees

December 8th, 2007 · 18 Comments

I heard on TV that we are going to start recycling our trash county-wide and I thought how nice this would be until I called Allied Waste Company and asked how much more this was going to cost me. You could have knocked me over with a feather when they told me about the [...]

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And Now To Confirm My Nerd Status

December 5th, 2007 · 2 Comments

It was another long night, and there’s an article that I haven’t done all of the research on.  In the meantime, I thought I’d share this video with y’all; but it’ll take a little explaining.
I did some work on the Nuclear side before my most recent promotion.  During that time, when I was on sites, [...]

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Cheap Seats Readers Speak

December 5th, 2007 · Comments Off

If you haven’t noticed, others have been doing more writing on there than me, and that’s great. I’d like to do a quick roundup.
Sid Rauch gives us yet another reason why Coy should call it quits.
I think our District Attorney should reinstate the Cabarrus County charges related to his false police report and other [...]

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Tags: About "The Cheap Seats" · Ancient History · Cabarrus County Board of Commissioners · Cabarrus Politics · Personal Experiences

Palmer’s Election Day

November 7th, 2007 · 3 Comments

Hey, it’s Palmer again - I’ve taken a break from solving the mystery of the baby trapped in Mommy’s belly. I got some cool pictures to show y’all from my Election Day adventure. That one is me with David Murdock. He’s building some big thing in Kannapolis that costs more than a [...]

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VOTE FOR ME!!!

November 5th, 2007 · 2 Comments

I found out today that I’m a nominee for the Best Blog in the 6751-8750 ranking in the Weblog Awards. Special thanks to Sister Toldjah for nominating me.
Anyhow, if you’d like to vote for me, you can go to the Weblog Awards and cast your vote for the Cabarrus Cheap Seats.
You can vote once [...]

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Tags: About "The Cheap Seats" · Ancient History · Personal Experiences

I’ll Be Back Monday

October 31st, 2007 · Comments Off

The confluence of meetings, MD appointments, and work obligations piling up have made it so that I can’t blog this week.
See y’all Monday.

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Monday Mornin’ Roundup

October 22nd, 2007 · 2 Comments

Good mornin’ - here’s some stuff I’ve picked up around the web since last Monday.
Democrats Fear NASCAR Cooties - here’s a good collection of articles: Charlotte Observer (news article), Charlotte Observer (editorial) Carolina Politics Online, Carolina Politics Online Again, The Moderate Voice (great cartoon); but the best analysis, hands down, came from our friends at [...]

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Tags: Ancient History · Cabarrus County Board of Commissioners · Current Events · Personal Experiences