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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So I am reading online that PETA wants the good folks at Clay’s Corner in Brasstown, NC to quit their annual Possum Drop. I spent enough time in the Western part of the state to know that they are probably going to be too polite to say what needs to be said here so as native North Carolinian and general advocate for people doing silly even non-nonsensical things let me say as politely as I can….
HEY PETA – MIND YOUR OWN F’N BUSINESS!!!
and as the folks in Brasstown have likely already said “bless your heart!” I know most of you probably haven’t seen a live possum but the image to the right is fairly typical of the reaction you’d get if you got close to one. It’s a lovely little creature that would probably kick your tail if he got a chance. And – it sounds like (using Wikipedia as an independent source) the “hillbillies” are even nice to the little guy.
The (original) Possum Drop in Brasstown, North Carolina is an annual “hillbilly” event at Clay’s Corner convenience store organized by proprietors Clay and Judy Logan. At midnight on New Year’s Eve, instead of dropping an object, a plexiglass pyramid containing a living opossum is lowered from the roof of the store. The animal is lowered carefully to prevent the occurrence of injury or trauma. [SOURCE]
So thanks PETA. We appreciate you trying to stomp in and take away something else of cultural significance. My suggestion? Let’s lower a PETA supporter from the roof.
If you get a chance visit the jokes page at Clay’s Corner – classic.
Given that a lot of the gifts have been connected yesterday’s Republic Gunship is followed by a Clone Trooper Pilot who might try to fly that little ship. He is inspecting it carefully like a surveillance drone left in Iran. (OUCH)
Clone trooper pilots were special clone troopers bred in the Kamino cloning centers for the purpose of piloting craft of the Grand Army of the Republic and the early Galactic Empire. They first appeared at the Battle of Geonosis,where they flew LAAT/i and LAAT/c gunships (aka the Republic Gunship). [SOURCE]
Not sure that we can identify him based on his uniform like we did Rookie One – then again aren’t all clones essentially the same?
For day 15 we have a Republic Gunship or Low Altitude Assault Transport used during the Clone Wars. Which always sounded a lot cooler than they ended up being.
The Low Altitude Assault Transport (LAAT), also known as the LAAT-series gunship nicknamed “Larties” by some clones, was a gunship series used by the Grand Army of the Republic during the Clone Wars. The series was produced by Rothana Heavy Engineering. [SOURCE]
As of today we are into single digits in the countdown. I know – this year’s countdown seems to be taking a while. Maybe that is because I need to do some Christmas shopping. Or – maybe it is because every day we’re getting a technical lesson in Star Wars.
If you laugh at this you are probably a terrible person. Then again if Pat Sajak would have said “Ninja Please” we may have had the single greatest moment in Television history.
Here is the relatively more direct South Park version of the event – proving that perhaps art imitates life. If you choose to believe South Park is art and Wheel of Fortune represents life. Might be a stretch for both.
So I’m not entirely sure why this video makes me think of my friend _ick. But for some reason it does. No _ick wouldn’t have said something like that but I am betting _ick knows people who would. Those of you that know _ick probably know what I am talking about.
What? I said no N.
We are now on Day 14 of the Star Wars Lego Advent Calendar and we get a Mouse Droid of MSE Droid.
MSE-series was a popular line of MSE “Mouse” droids. These droids were usually programmed with a single function that varied per assignment. Once they were set on the task, they would do nothing else. [SOURCE]
This seems like a small gift but we have done pretty well so far. Only 10 days away from Santa – time to start behaving.