by Laura As time passes, we like to think that Noodle’s love for her trusted owners grows. Unfortunately, this love is tested every few months or so, when she suffers through a complete betrayal in the form of a trip to the groomer’s. In Queens, we went to Super Doggy Wonder Kitty, which made up [...]
Entries from September 2009
September 29, 2009
Worthy Cause of the Week
by Laura Only 192 days until Relay For Life - one of the most popular ways for communities to honor those who have battled cancer while fundraising for the American Cancer Society. At UNC, Relay for Life is a Really Big Deal. Dozens of students organize the logistics, and hundreds of teams sign up to participate. [...]
September 27, 2009
Harold’s Homecoming Highlights
by Harold In a great coincidence, the year that we moved back to the Triangle was the same year that Duke invited all its alumni volunteers to attend Homecoming for free (I conducted alumni interviews in New York City). Laura had some ridiculous excuse on Friday morning (work, I think) so I went by myself to [...]
September 26, 2009
Overheard in the Halls: Homecoming Edition
by Laura Harold will be updating the blog with his Homecoming report shortly – but in the meantime, here’s a few highlights: A Half-Century Club member after my own heart, commenting on a lecture about reading: “For me the library is like the bar on Cheers – I go there because everybody knows my name.” [...]
September 26, 2009
Whole-Grain Holdout
by Laura Since my life is now only somewhat insane, I’ve resolved to take better care of myself. Despite the risk of catching swine flu, making a series of appointments at campus health has allowed me to take full advantage of my over-priced insurance and get off on the right foot. It is unfortunate that [...]
September 24, 2009
Weekend Forecast
by Laura Tomorrow: Significant mentions of revered scholars expected at education conference, accompanied by up to three hours of fawning applause. Light showers in the afternoon should not interfere with daily routine of eating bonbons by the pool. Possible chance of embarrassing self on dance floor at Duke Homecoming in the later hours of the day. Saturday: [...]
September 23, 2009
What Will They Think of Next?
by Laura Back in 2000, Duke did some remodeling and unveiled an improved K-ville*. The campus was especially in awe of the ethernet connections in the lamp posts. This provided a much-needed way to connect laptops to the Web, because the primary concern of students seeking basketball tickets was ensuring proper completion of their homework. [...]
September 23, 2009
Jazz and classical music — am I getting old?
by Harold There are probably five living jazz artists that I can name outside of the Late Show/Late Night band leaders. One of them is saxophonist Sonny Rollins, who came to UNC tonight. I know it was a big event because there are basically two couples we know in Chapel Hill, and we ran into [...]
September 21, 2009
Is UNC Really the Pits? (Hardy-Har, Har)
by Laura Some readers have been begging us* for more insight into life at Carolina, especially versus Duke. Since I went to Duke as an undergrad, you will naturally have concluded that I will be much too busy polishing my Porsche to discuss this topic further. It is true that instead of writing this [...]
September 17, 2009
Classical Mystery Tour
by Laura It was a who’s who of Raleigh at the North Carolina Symphony last night, and of course, we were in the audience. The Symphony performed with the cast of Beatlemania, and while this event may not have had traditional classical integrity: #1 – It was fun. #2 – I like Beatles music. #3 [...]
September 16, 2009
Pilates: As Hard-Core As It Gets
by Laura Many of you have already heard me drone on about pilates reformer, my saving grace for the past year. My gym in NYC was a fantastic deal – I paid about $100/month for unlimited semi-private training, including reformer classes. They helped me get just a teeny bit stronger. This meant that when I [...]
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