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The North Carolina Department of Agriculture is looking for a blogger to hold the title of Deep Fried Ambassador and represent all of the awesomeness that surrounds the annual North Carolina State Fair. I know what you are saying to yourself – is there another blogger out there that might be a better representative of amply battered deep fried goodness than yourself? Well perhaps and that is why I am applying here from NOSVC just like anyone else and not just showing up in my homemade sash and tiara proclaiming myself the winner. (I might do that either way – depends on my mood before the tweet-up.)
Quick – make a right turn!
What? No points for being creative?
Here is the video of BobG riding in a NASCAR at the Richard Petty Driving Experience – why? Because he has a better job than the rest of us. Damn him.
I’ll let Bob fill you in on the details in the comments section. I think it is safe to say damn him. A couple more pictures after the jump – including a jumping RV and a special award they made just for him after he rode around the track – the Robert Gee (how formal).
If you are like me and couldn’t care less about NASCAR or BobG riding in one click here for a cool game.
Based on metrics like school performance, green space, and cultural amenities, Raleigh, N.C., ranks No. 1 in Businessweek.com’s first Best Cities ranking
Oh – another award? Just put it in the shelf over there. Next to the others. Yawn…
To most residents of Raleigh, it may not come as a surprise that their city earned the title of America’s Best City. Raleigh shows the cultural graces that go along with anchoring the so-called Research Triangle, home to North Carolina State University, Duke University, and the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Among its many attributes the city sports 867 restaurants, 110 bars, and 51 museums, according to Onboard Informatics, as well as a thriving social scene, good schools, and 12,512 park acres, equal to several times the green space per capita in cities like New York and Los Angeles, according to the Trust for Public Land. It also offers a great deal on nights and weekends—from concerts and opera, to the NHL’s Carolina Hurricanes and college sports, to the 30,000-square-foot State Farmers Market.
Raleigh may have a population of only about 400,000 and span about 144 square miles, yet data show it still offers a lot, if only in a smaller package. True, Raleigh may not be the center of the tech universe like San Francisco, a hub of higher education on the same scale as Boston, or a vibrant 24-hour metropolis like New York, but all those cities also offered higher unemployment, a dearth of parks, worse public education, and other negative factors that weighed against them.
Other notables on the list – Winston-Salem, NC [46] home before Raleigh; Dallas, TX [42] you moved up 4 spots Travis – you should jump up another 41 and move here; Durham, NC [37] adding them so no one gets hurt; Greensboro, NC [31] nicest thing anyone ever said about G’boro; and Charlotte, NC [20] just sayin’ – we beat you by DOUBLE DIGITS – just sayin’.
With that quick run through I’d say North Carolina dominated the top 50 with 5 cities listed and by my count in a pretty good order.
Read more about Raleigh here and cruise through the cities we beat here.
So the posting – post Maine has been a little slow. I’ve been busy with a new website. No – NOSVC isn’t going to get listed as a sponsor but if you run you may want to check out the site and the race course and see if this is something you’d be interested in. (If not – hit the link anyway and help me move this up in Google.)
You are more than welcome to give me feedback on the site and what you think may be missing and/or needed to make it easier to use. If you end up running it let me know. This has been a fun site to work on and I am really expecting it to be a great race.
If you are asking yourself if this is shameless self-promotion the answer is simple. Of course it is. But why would that surprise you?
Our post on Caffeinated Wild Turkey American Honey BBQ Sauce is #5 on Topless Robot’s 8 Fantastic Delivery Methods for Caffeine -
How can you not like this from the title alone? Mind you, unlike the other items on this list, it is not a product you can buy, but a recipe you can make, so it requires some effort. Therefore, if you feel too lazy to make this, take one of the other items on this list and find the energy. I mean, you’ve got pretty much the three basic American food groups here – caffeine, barbecue and booze. You’re going to get buzzed, drunk and fat IN ONE CONVENIENT SUBSTANCE! You can’t really get much better than this unless you dropped a hamburger in a giant mug of beer and chugged it while inhaling ground French roast.
This is a recipe I created prior to a cookout at Nick’s house – completely on the fly. How cool is that? The added bonus? The sauce is actually pretty good and I kept notes while I was making it so I could make it again.
Thanks Topless Robot for stopping by and sharing a little NOSVC with your readers. If you follow the recipe and make the sauce let me know how it goes.