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Metamorphosis
My faith in systems, political, economic, religious, has been over the years largely eroded away. Presidents, Popes and Plutocrats. Paah! So 9/10. A dimming ember of interest in the piddly, jittery pond of humans, save what we inflict upon this home of ours, this fragile world, has led me back to a renewed, always humbling study of geology, put on the back burner apres my undergraduate years at NCSU and a general requirement class, Rocks for Jocks it was called, conducted in a cavernous lecture hall by Dr. Victor Cavaroc, an ironic and wise sort imbued of the patience perfect for a geologist. [Below the fold, Tuesday’s inauguration becomes embedded in the sedimentary layers of time.]
Travel Channel’s Man v. Food To Visit Raleigh Eateries
Go get your 15 minutes at The Pit and Roast Grill.
WBD No. 16
My “thoughts” on the Tigers, the ‘Noles, the Ramblin’ Wreck and those Devils and all the other stuff you wouldn’t want to put a postseason bet on.
Raleigh Tops National TV Ratings for Inauguration
Snowbama day gives Raleigh residents a chance to watch and it shows.
Cool Classic: City of Lost Children
Cool Classic tonight: The City of Lost Children is playing tonight, January 21st, at 7 and 9:30pm at the Colony Theater. $5. More movie info below the fold.
Charette for Snohetta’s Jim Hunt Library
NCSU Libraries will be holding an open discussion about the Jim Hunt Library on Wednesday and Thursday.
Sayre And Schulman At The Gregg
Raleigh-based artist Thomas Sayre and life-long ceramicist Norm Schulman are featured in two new exhibits at the NCSU Gregg Museum of Art & Design. Also, a note about the retirement of the Gregg’s director, Dr. Charlotte V. Brown, below the fold.
Obama Inauguration Day Raleigh Parties
Below the fold is a summary of many of the Inauguration Day Parties in Raleigh on Tuesday.
Raleigh Times Inauguration Party
Obama’s favorite Raleigh bar has all-day long festivities and giveaways to ring in the new President.
LoneRider Brewing Company Readies Beer for Raleigh Bars
LoneRider roll-out rescheduled due to inclement weather. The new date is Tuesday, January 27th - still at Brixx in CH. Brewery tours still on schedule to begin Friday, Jan. 23rd. Two beers from LoneRider Brewing Company - Raleigh’s newest brewery - will be served for the first time Tuesday, Jan. 27 at Brixx Pizza in Chapel Hill. The LoneRiders themselves will be on hand for their company’s inaugural offering starting at 6:00pm.
