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First Aid Kit - The Immediate Medical Aid
Incidents, especially those unpleasant, are hardly expected, but being prepared to deal with them is all we can do minimize their impact. Accidents and medical emergencies are occurrences which many of us don't like to anticipate. It is best to equip ourselves with necessary remediation to deal with any kind ...
What's the deal with law breaking bicyclists?!
Now that the weather is nice I get to drive home at the time that the bicyclists come out. Why is it that they feel stop signs, yield signs, red lights and other traffic signage do not apply to them? I am SO sick of being on edge while driving ...
Furniture For Free
A child with autism who needs to watch a show each day as part of their daily routine. An adult with developmental disabilities that accidently broke his dresser drawer. A person with cerebral palsy who enjoys playing on the computer or is able to type for communication. A family who ...
PineBuzz - Arts and Entertainment
Take a moment to see the NYTimes interactive feature
The New York Times recently put out an interactive feature of photos from around the world--a look into what was going on at one moment in time.
South Pacific is fun
Temple Theatre's production of South Pacific is a delightful couple of hours. We went Sunday afternoon on a whim, after seeing an ad in the paper. Of course, South Pacific is one of the great stage shows ever, and was made into a movie around 1960. This local production is ...
Marriage
I was thinking the other day, why do people get married? I mean seriously? I want children one day, don't get me wrong. Nothing warms my heart up more than visioning a little me-he or me-she running around. Period. But here is the ticker.... Do I really want to be ...
How did credit scores become so important?
Thankfully, my wife and I both have very high credit scores. I understand that if you constantly don't pay bills on time, or skip mortgage payments and fall behind, or walk away from a credit card debt, it's going to hurt your ability to borrow money. You'll have to pay ...
TEE Shots (Senior Writer Tom Embrey)
Time to Pay Up
Turning a lost bet over weight loss into a win for local school children.
Be Kind to Animals Week
“So many animals. So many ways to be kind.” That’s the inspiring theme of this year’s Be Kind to Animals Week, an annual event started by the American Humane Association in 1915 to encourage compassion toward animals. Every year, animal shelters throughout the country hold special events during Be Kind ...
Sign Code Shakedown
If you Google “sign code shakedown,” you’ll get over 4,000 search results including http://www.scenic.org/billboards/industry/shakedown Here’s how the shakedown works according to the newsletter of the California State Bar http://www.calbar.ca.gov/calbar/pdfs/sections/public/public-law-journal_vol-27-No-1_winter-2004.pdf : “The plaintiffs in these cases have followed the same script: negotiate leases with private property owners in a jurisdiction with ...
PineBuzz - Arts and Entertainment
Worth a look
Just a few suggestions here. It's been a while since I've written on here, so I thought a little primer over some bands to keep up on would be a good way to get back into the swing of things: I and Love and You - The Avett Brothers So ...
Are there no golfers besides Tiger?
Good grief. I like Tiger. Really. Love to watch him play. I admire his ability. He's probably the best talent that golf has ever seen. But he's just a golfer, not the second coming. And when there's a golf tournament being played, there are a bunch of other guys playing ...
The root of your anger
I am asking everyone who is angry about something to tell me why you're angry. But before you type what you're angry about, ask yourself "why does this make me angry?" Now I know the majority of people's voiced problems are political, but why? I mean other than some monetary ...
TEE Shots (Senior Writer Tom Embrey)
No Easy Way to the Top
A while back I blogged about my regular workouts and whined about being so winded and fatigued that I wanted to take the elevator. I said then that no matter how tired I was, I wouldn't let myself take the easy way out. Today, I gained a new appreciation for ...
Frank Sports Talk (F.W. Manning II)
Vike Baseball Viable Threat in CFV
The Union Pines Varsity Baseball team enters the week alone in second place, which is fairly high ground considering the overall youth and inexperience the Vikes began the season with
Alice really is in Wonderland now
If you haven't gotten 'round to it, go see Alice in Wonderland while it's still at the theatre and in 3D. It's a pretty accurate depiction of the mind's eye vision of the book, but these visual effects are stunning, particularly with those cool 50s black rimmed 3D glasses. There ...
Wreck on US 1 today.
This wreck happened only about 100 yards in front of me. It was terrible. I don't know why the lady did not see the truck, but she was injured very badly. When I went up to her, she looked like she was going into shock. I also heard, but can't ...
But hey, it's Springfest...
A quite nice but overcast Saturday.... I woke up around noon to the sound of live music playing and the sound of crowds. You know the sound; yells and screams and chatter all balled into one resounding noise, a few blocks away from my house..... I go to the porch, ...
