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Fishersville Mike | Weekend Watchdog
It’s a sad weekend in NASCAR-land. It’s the final race FOX will be covering this season.
It’s the last time to hear Darrell Waltrip say “Boogity, Boogity, Boogity, let’s go racing boys” for eight months.
Sure, the season continues on TNT, ESPN and ABC. But Digger and his friends will hibernate until next year at Daytona, so catch them Sunday afternoon from Dover’s Monster Mile. Read more
Chief of Staff | A new league website, New seating for Generals fans, VMI in the Valley
A new league website
Wow! That’s my first reaction to the new www.valleyleaguebaseball.com website, which debuted this week.
It’s cleaner, much more user-friendly and the best representation of our league that we could ask for. Read more
The sustainability of sustainable building
Charles Hendricks of the architecture and design firm The Gaines Group joins “The Chris Graham Show” today to talk about the sustainable-building movement and how, well, sustainable it might be coming out of the recession and the eventual rebirth of the real-estate market. Length: 10:12. Read more
Chris DeWald | Acupuncture
This article is in three parts. The first are quotes from web pages. This is data which explains acupuncture. The second section covers my “on the hoof” research. I was fortunate to find a licensed Acupuncturist in my area who could answer questions. Finally, find links to videos as well as a link to what the NIH (National Institute of Health) has to report. Read more
River City 2020: We can get there from here
I remember going to the old A&N in Downtown Staunton around 1986 or 1987 to buy basketball shoes. It was a Saturday afternoon, and I was with my grandfather. I ended up getting a pair of Etonics, for those who care. I’d set out for Pumas because that’s what Ralph Sampson wore, but they were out of stock. The lasting memory isn’t of the Etonics but of my impression of what downtown was like then. I remember it being rundown, with some storefronts boarded up, others in need of being boarded up, and generally thinking that if I looked at somebody the wrong way on my way down the street that we might get mugged. Read more
Jim Bishop | On putting Descartes before the horse (neigh!)
Posted May 28, 2009
“To do is to be” – Sartre
“Do Be Do Be Do” – Sinatra
I’m sure the intelligentsia among us reading this is already chuckling up their collective Harris tweed sportcoat sleeves – kinda warm for that attire, isn’t it? – as Perrier water sprays from their nostrils. Read more
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