Krispy Kreme Challenge 2012
[singlepic id=7291 w=320 h=240 float=right]The premise sounds simple - run from the belltower at NC State to the Krispy Kreme eat a dozen doughnuts and return in under an hour. Approximate distance 5 miles give or take. This isn't the first time we're been to or participated in the challenge and while it is much harder than it sounds - it is likely the most fun race in Raleigh. Congrats to Mark, EdG, Eileen/iLean, BobG 11.75, Zach, Nick, Lisa, Bentley, the rest of the DC crew and anyone else I may have missed that we saw. Special congrats to those runners ...
Rembrandt in America at the NC Museum of Art
The Rembrandt in America exhibit at the NC Museum of Art uses the slogan "You know the name. Now find out why." And much in the same way that I had heard of Genghis Khan I could have told you very little about our other museum guest in the city. Namely he may have been French (not true) and he didn't have a Ninja Turtle named after him (this one is true). Rembrandt in America is the largest collection of Rembrandt paintings ever presented in an American exhibition and the first major exhibition to explore in depth the collecting history of ...
Genghis Khan at NC Museum of Natural Sciences
[singlepic id=7209 w=320 h=240 float=right]The name Genghis Khan is probably a familiar one even if you don't know who he was exactly. Before going to the exhibit at the NC Museum of Natural Science I had a very vague idea of who Genghis Khan was and something of a concept of who he was historically but knew very little about the role he played in history. Genghis Khan is famous as the ruthless Mongol warlord who conquered half the known world. Under his rule, the Mongol Empire grew to be four times the size of the Roman Empire at its largest ...
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For some reason this comic really spoke to me. Great comic everyday but particularly relevant to me today.
I’m normally not one to post a lot of things like this but I saw it on another site and thought it was pretty funny.
Since it is already on YouTube I don’t feel like I am invading the little guy’s privacy by posting it and am not really breaking my rule that if you are too young to use a computer you are too young to be on this site. Or maybe I am just selectively enforcing it? Either way – cute video of a kid that has some pretty good reactions. Enjoy.
And no – for the record this child is not being told that Sidney Lowe resigned.
All last week we counted down the St. Patrick’s Day floats from the years before and looked fondly back at what could best be described as the bizarre, insane and the less than well thought out products we created. Here is the latest addition to that fine lineage.
The viking ship and her dragon the “Raleigh Ness Monster” (Thanks Candace!) were out to pillage, plunder and take no prisoners. We came, we saw and unless anyone says anything different we won the parade. I know – we weren’t the biggest boat there but we were the only ones with a fire breathing dragon. The costumes were some of the best we’ve seen with Gary becoming the first G-Cup winner for best costume.
This float was built with duct tape, cardboard and several pieces from an unspecified donor that wishes to remain nameless. Let’s just say you may have seen some pieces of this float before. Once again a last minute quality find that changed everything.
The parade was great we distributed over 100 pounds of candy to let’s call them ‘needy’ children around downtown and ended up at Tir na nOg for an afternoon of a crowded bar and ACC basketball. In the end this was easily one of the top 3 floats we’ve ever had. Thanks to everyone on the build team that helped make it happen, our talented and well dressed crew on the float, Nick and Nick’s dad for the trailer and to all our fans out there for the loud applause and cheers.
It is kind of a tradition to call each year’s float the last one so I’ll stick with it. If it is I’m glad we did what we did because if you are going to go out there is no better way than to go out on top. Thanks again to everyone involved – I hope you had as much fun as I did.
See all the St. Patrick’s Day Parade Photos here.
In 800 A.D., Vikings raided the coast of Ireland. Viking ports were established at Dublin, Wexford, Waterford, Cork and Limerick, which became the first large towns in Ireland. Twelve centuries later, on March 12, 2011, Vikings will pillage and plunder through Raleigh. Beware.
And yes… we’ve had breakfast.