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Monday, October 8, 2007

Since when is Columbus Day a bank holiday?

Did I just never notice it before? Columbus Day as a bank holiday certainly caught my attention today. The check was in Friday’s mail, but it was to late for me to do anything about it. I was going to cash it today to take care of due and already past due bills. The plan was to deposit enough to... Sign in to see full entry.

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Sunday, October 7, 2007

@#$%&*!

Yeah, non-poets get a little frustrated and aggravated at times. A new version of Internet antivirus software taught me that, as suspected, my old protection wasn’t worth crap. Complicating the problem further is that the new software is only installing in bits and pieces that take forever. It seems... Sign in to see full entry.

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Wednesday, October 3, 2007

Feeling better tonight, thank you.

Though still not 100%, the stomach distress and cramps from yesterday have morphed into something resembling a cold. I’m hoping it’s just one of those quick-hitting, quick-departing bugs. Otherwise, I’ll be one miserable, uncomfortable trooper while covering a big football game Friday night. Big... Sign in to see full entry.

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Tuesday, October 2, 2007

Not feeling well today

…so I don’t know how long I’ll hang in here tonight. It sure has thrown a monkey wrench in my plans for the day. I’d planned on spending the day catching up on what’s up in the neighborhood after sending a couple of stories in to The Pilot. I did make my deadline and get both articles in. But for... Sign in to see full entry.

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Monday, October 1, 2007

I’ve been a baaaad boy.

I’ve been a baaaad boy. Yesterday afternoon, when I could have been blogging through the day and night, I spent most of my time watching ballgames and catching up on sleep. Today has been more of the same. I seem to have overdone it a little in my efforts to be a good sports reporter. Fortunately... Sign in to see full entry.

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Thursday, September 27, 2007

Another day and another dollar-$2.98

Once upon a time this was a somewhat humorous redneck acknowledge of the effects of inflation. Now ’tis sadly outdated by a bunch. Since I first went to work for real money just about everything under the sun, except for consumer electronics, has risen by a factor of seven at the low end to about... Sign in to see full entry.

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Tuesday, September 25, 2007

The lost weeks

…or, notapoet tries to sneak in the back door as if he hasn’t been away for nearly three weeks. Not really, because I’m getting a little too old to be sneaking around and because I can never pass up the opportunity to make a short story long. For right now, I plan to just hit the low spots of my... Sign in to see full entry.

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Thursday, September 6, 2007

Trimming the fat

I like fat. I like a little fat on my steaks, and more than a little on pork chops if they’re fried up well done. I also like bacon that isn’t exactly lean when it’s fried up nice and crispy, and even (shudder) that good ol’ Southern staple of fried fatback. But when it comes to blogging the fat... Sign in to see full entry.

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Wednesday, September 5, 2007

How fleeting is fame!

A few days ago, five blogs in the top 100. This morning, in all probability, none ranked better than 200 and something after the update of Blogit. It’s what happens when circumstances dictate that daily posting to blogs suddenly shifts to once every three or four days. Even faithful readers want... Sign in to see full entry.

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Friday, August 31, 2007

Damn! Five blogs in the Top 100 and I almost missed it.

That’s what you get for not being around this neck of the woods for a few days. No, not five blogs in the Top 100 -- I still haven’t quite figured out how the hell that happened -- but rather the chance to opportunistically crow about it for a while. Oh, yeah. That’s what I’m doing. Okay, but it was... Sign in to see full entry.

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Tuesday, August 28, 2007

Back to the salt mine

All this blogging since late Saturday morning has been great, but it’ll be back to kamikaze blogging in the morning. I have to touch base with The Pilot in the morning and then cover a soccer match in the evening. The game story won’t show up until the Friday paper, but I also have to prepare a... Sign in to see full entry.

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Monday, August 27, 2007

It’s turned into a real dogfight around here.

Nah, not all that mess about plagiarism, negativity, the scramble for rankings, and the motivations behind departures. Wellll…that, too. But what I’m talking about is my old standby about the most popular categories in Blogit’s Top 100. Everything Else has been the top dog for three consecutive days... Sign in to see full entry.

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Sunday, August 26, 2007

notapoet in print

The Pilot published one of the two pieces I submitted. So, as promised here is the link to that article. Once you get there feel free to look around and see what else an award-winning, non-daily newspaper publishes to earn its reputation as one of the best in the country. I’ll warn you in advance... Sign in to see full entry.

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Saturday, August 25, 2007

Back in the newspaper swing

I filed two stories with The Pilot this morning. They might not be Pulitizer Prize caliber, but I was pretty pleased with them under the circumstances. I won’t know till tomorrow morning if either one of them made the paper. If one, or both, made the cut I’ll give you a link to them so you can see... Sign in to see full entry.

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Friday, August 24, 2007

No one trick pony here.

At least I don’t think so. That is probably why I have blogs in multiple categories. Although I could, and often do, cover multiple topics in this blog, it just isn’t the same as mouthing off in a bunch of different blogs in different categories. It’s probably an ego thing and one of these days,... Sign in to see full entry.

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Thursday, August 23, 2007

Lordy, Lordy, I want a cigarette so damn bad!

That’s what a day like yesterday will do to you. And I thought I had the smoking thing just about licked after 16 days off the weeds. It all started when my sports editor sent me an Email asking me to call him. The ensuing phone call went something like this: “We need a North Moore preseason... Sign in to see full entry.

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Wednesday, August 22, 2007

Hit and run!

You know, commando blogging. No, no…the other kind of commando! In about 20 minutes from the time I started here I have to get off line and wait on phone calls. If I’m lucky I’ll be away less than two hours and will have plenty of time to read and comment when I get back. Yeah, I know. I hear Ray... Sign in to see full entry.

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Monday, August 20, 2007

notapoet, aka the naked blogger, was not in the glacier photoshoot

Contrary to popular opinion, the long haired, skinny guy in the lower front center of video footage shown on late night news shows, was not the non-poet. Although notapoet is a world renown conservationists and activist for the use of renewable energy sources and alternative energy, he was rejected... Sign in to see full entry.

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Sunday, August 19, 2007

Multitasking is not my strong suit.

Perhaps that is part of the reason I haven’t secured decent employment for some years now. Every potential employer wants people capable of multitasking in a fast paced work environment. I’m more of a get one job done at a time at a pace that enables me to do it right type of guy. I prefer laid back... Sign in to see full entry.

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Saturday, August 18, 2007

Catch up is hell/fun…uh, pick one.

It’s a little bit of both. There are so many of you I like to read regularly that it is probably going to take most of the weekend, if not longer, to get back up to speed with your blogs. That’s the “catch up is hell” part. It’s also the “catch up is fun part.” So much fun that I’ve spent most of... Sign in to see full entry.

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