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Month: March 2007

Meat-n-2.0, Southern Fried Green Tomatoes

Posted on March 28, 2007 By Tom 1 Comment on Meat-n-2.0, Southern Fried Green Tomatoes
Local, Restaurants

Obviously, Laura is out of town, and I’m trying new restaurants. Tonight I was in the mood for simple but tasty. I’d heard some folks talking about Southern Fried Green Tomatoes, and thought I needed to give it a try. SFGT is a meat-n-two located on Congaree Road, behind Haywood Mall. Atmosphere: This place is … Read More “Meat-n-2.0, Southern Fried Green Tomatoes” »

Balducci’s

Posted on March 27, 2007 By Tom No Comments on Balducci’s
Local, Restaurants

I was in the mood for Italian, so I decided to try a little place just around the corner from us. Balducci’s has been open in the Pelham Court Plaza for nearly a year, having replaced Moretti’s, another Italian sandwich shop. Atmosphere: The place is quite small. Basically, a several booths line one wall, with … Read More “Balducci’s” »

Blue Ridge Westward

Posted on March 25, 2007 By Tom 2 Comments on Blue Ridge Westward
Local, Photography, Travel

I had originally planned to ride to Congaree National Park. However, the thought of riding two hours in both directions down to Columbia was just about more than I could tolerated, even if I do have a nice vehicle. Instead, I headed northward toward the mountains. While the distance would be about the same, at … Read More “Blue Ridge Westward” »

Star Party

Posted on March 25, 2007 By Tom 1 Comment on Star Party
Miscellaneous, Science

Saturday night the Roper Mountain Astronomers and Furman University’s Physics Department hosted a star party at the Furman observatory near Cleveland, SC. I decided to load up my telescope and head on up that way. I arrived to find the party in full swing. Jerry Polsinelli had brought the club’s 14in Dobsonian and had it … Read More “Star Party” »

Heart of Dixie

Posted on March 24, 2007 By Tom No Comments on Heart of Dixie
Local

  The requisite six months has passed for me to have repressed most of the memories of my last trip to the Jockey Lot. It was time for another trip with Paul, and we had new victims Brian and Greg are the newest Furman Chemistry faculty, and was high time to introduce them to the … Read More “Heart of Dixie” »

Peach Blossoms

Posted on March 24, 2007 By Tom No Comments on Peach Blossoms
Photography

Driving home from work on Friday I saw a peach orchard in full bloom.  I decided that it would be a nice target for some photos in the late afternoon light.   Driving over a rickety wooden bridge in Duncan, the way the sun illuminated the railroad tracks also caught my eye  

Polite Spam

Posted on March 22, 2007 By Tom No Comments on Polite Spam
Internet, Miscellaneous

I get tons of spam comments on this website.  That’s just part of living with a blog that accepts comments.  Some of them try to flatter and fool you with a phrase such as, "I found the information on this website to be very useful."  Then they post tons of links to everything from dubious … Read More “Polite Spam” »

Just Name the Place

Posted on March 20, 2007 By Tom No Comments on Just Name the Place
Geocaching and Maps, Internet

One of the most useful tools I’ve found for my recent geographic projects has been the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS) from the US Geological Survey. Users can search on both foreign and domestic names and receive a list of potential hits based on that name, with a description of the geographic feature (stream, town, … Read More “Just Name the Place” »

The Return of NoBoJo

Posted on March 20, 2007 By Tom 3 Comments on The Return of NoBoJo
Entertainment, Internet, Religion

It’s back! The websites formerly known as "Bob Jones a Go-Go" has returned. The URL is now www.nobojo.org, but the content is the same. The tagline is "A Look Inside the Wacky World of Bob Jones University," and that should give you a pretty good idea of the site’s flavor. Written by a former BJU … Read More “The Return of NoBoJo” »

Missing Holidays

Posted on March 19, 2007 By Tom No Comments on Missing Holidays
Miscellaneous

St. Patrick’s Day slipped right past me this year.  I didn’t listen to any Celtic music.  I didn’t drink any green beer, Irish coffee, or even any Bailey’s Irish Cream.  Worse yet, I didn’t even wear any green all day. There was a time in my life when such a lapse would have been unthinkable.  … Read More “Missing Holidays” »

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