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Reuben's 2012 High School Football Predictions -- Week #7
Well, reality kicks in once again. Only went 7-2 last week (77.8%). The record for this season is now 83-19 (81.4%). North Moore disappointed me and so did Overhills. In the CarolinaPreps.com polls this week, Richmond remains #2 in 4A behind Matthews Butler. Scotland moves up from #8 to #7. ...
Moving In
I laid beneath yawning covers all afternoon, too tired and apologetic to open the window or light a candle. I moved into this new house yesterday, and hung the last of my paintings on the thin walls around 4 this morning. This house is a steep half mile up a ...
Moving
I would rub my hands in the lemongrass to wash away fastfood and hearty handshakes, the smell already decaying under my fingernails. The big soft poplar leaves would ripple like a child singing acapella, two notes. I'll miss how the dark fell slowly, and quickly, and at the same time. ...
Reuben's 2012 High School Football Predictions -- Week #6
Finally!!! The football gods have smiled upon me!!! 13-0 last Friday night! What do I do now??? Go to Disneyland??? OK, maybe, not yet. There's still plenty of football left to be played. My overall mark now jumps to 76-17 (81.7%). Nothing really surprised me last week, except for Gray's ...
Reuben's 2012 High School Football Predictions -- Week #5
Week 5 predictions for high school football
Tom Bernett Music & Drums OPEN HOUSE - Saturday, September 15
Here's an open invitation to all the great Sandhills residents who have supported Tom Bernett and the Swing Street Band these past few years... come up and say "hi" at the Open House of my new teaching studio in downtown Southern Pines. Saturday, September 15 - Noon until 3:00pm I'm ...
Get Best Quality Sports Shoes
These days’ people have become very cautious when it comes to health and fitness. Both men and women spend a lot of time and money in order to stay fit and healthy.
Moore Humane's Maybel and Her Four Daughters
Maybel and Her Four Daughters
Maybel the single mom with 4 daughters.... Maybel is an adult beagle mix who was wandering the countryside with 4 puppies. Moore Humane was informed of the situation and reached out to help this homeless little lady and her four daughters, Ellie, Mae, Suzie Q and Lil' Annie. The four ...
Reuben's 2012 High School Football Predictions -- Week #4
Last week, I finally put up a "respectable" performance by going 19 of 21 (90.5%), which brings my season mark to 49-11 (81.7%). Yadkin Valley 1A Conference teams still trip me up. I was surprised by Parkwood's win over South Stanly and East Surry defeating West Montgomery in overtime. There ...
A day at E-News Coffee Shop
My tea is the oolong color of silky wheat, but as I stir it turns to the sulky color of apple cider. Tar Mexican coffee leaves hot speckles on my skin through the blue sandy camping mug. The second cup is poured in the shape of tie-die molds. Big guys ...
Sunday
The spun caramel sky comes through the leaves in the shape of an 'E.' The Guinea birds pick up their skirts as they run from the sound that hits the tree leaves on the highest mountain; the sound that meets the valley before the storm does. My lacey underwear and ...
Reuben's 2012 High School Football Predictions -- Week #3
Week 3 high school football predictions
Our Loving Pets
I have been blessed with many great pets thoughout my life and I can't imagine life without a smiling face at my feet when arriving home. These wonderful creatures all have their own personalities and special ways to show their love. 14 years ago, my girlfriend at the time, called ...
Reuben's 2012 High School Football Predictions -- Week #2
Well, I did not do too well in the first week as I went 16-5 (76.2%). Most folks would be satisfied with this record, but I'm not. And of course, if I'm not happy, nobody around here is gonna be happy! I've got to redeem myself this week. Of course, ...
Birthday
I woke to a black cat's balding ears against my chest and 6 a.m.'s refugee stars. My tongue was ringed in strawberries and yogurt as the sun rolled and tugged at my long thrift store skirt, turning it from black to blue and flowered satin. Night moths dive chalky into ...
Elk Creek Farm
Since May, I have rented a speck of a cabin on a Elk Creek Road organic farm in Deep Gap, about eight miles from Boone. Being here makes me wish I had lived in a cramped New York complex, because the longer a thing has not been allowed to breathe, ...
Strings
Personal blogs, often begun with the condemning letter “I,” have always been, to me, narcissistic, inane, and, bluntly, boring. To make up for this, I get technical with my writing, trying to spice up sentences with unheard-of adjectives. To make up for this, I stay away from personal blogs all ...
Reuben's 2012 High School Football Predictions -- Week #1
First week predictions for the 2012 high school football season.
Skeptical, not cynical: Why libertarians least embody their stigma
Libertarians are often called cynics for their negative view of government, but this criticism is exactly backwards. To believe that society's problems can only be solved by government force is by far the more cynical position.
Moore County Debt Crisis
Voters and taxpayers must wake up to the troubling debt that is being created by The Power of Four aka Moore County Board of Commissioners. There is no need to write a short story about this subject when in fact the figures speak for themselves for those who has a ...
