I went to see The Frank and Joe Show at The Lyric here in Blacksburg this evening. They put on quite a good show. I bought their one and only album, 33 1/3, some months ago, and I’ve found it quite addictive. The performed the songs that I most wanted to hear — “Don’t Fence …
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Murder-suicide kills VT biology teacher.
Today’s Roanoke Times has a sad and fascinating story about Virginia Tech biologist Sue Daniels. It seems that she was killed by a fellow activist, Niklan Jones-Lezama, in a murder-suicide on November 18th. She sounds like a really interesting woman — she lived on a farm without electricity in Giles County, for example — who …
Fog dew on grass.
Downtown street festival.
I woke up this morning to Peter Gabriel’s “Sledgehammer” playing very, very loudly. Ah, yes — the Steppin’ Out Street Fair. This is a two-day annual event in which all of downtown Blacksburg is shut down for people to sell crap. Tie-dyed t-shirts, fabric lizard puppets, hippie clothing…the usual stuff. Dozens and dozens of venders …
Fluffy bunny.
June 2, 2004, 1:40pm. Fluffy bunny, next to Squires Student Center, Virginia Tech.
Good news and bad news.
The bad news is that it is 2am, and my alarm will go off in four hours. The good news is that my horrid neighbor, Jessie, is in handcuffs in the back of a police car. He was, as usual, playing music loudly. Since he’s being kicked out of his apartment in a couple of …
Blacksburg sunset.
April 20, 2004, 8:05pm. The sunset after the rain.
Mr. Jefferson’s Crips?
Today’s Roanoke Times has an article about increased gang activity in the Roanoke/Salem/Blacksburg area. Well, not actually increased gang activity, they admit, but there’s been some graffiti that is painted in red, the color used by the Bloods, so, y’know… Anyhow, here’s my favorite bit, about the Latin Kings, the Bloods and the Crips moving …
NASCAR ballet. No, seriously.
I just saw what I will charitably refer to as “the most remarkable” commercial on WDBJ, the local CBS affiliate. It depicted a couple of dozen people in colorful, skin-tight full-body suits prancing their way around what appeared to be a tiny, banked skating rink. They flitted about modern-dance style, with a variety of Marcel …
Snowing harder.
Day #3 of spring. Still snowing, only harder now. It’s starting to accumulate.