Archive for May 2008

Photo of the Day: Feeling the Sun

May 26th, 2008 | By Brian Leon | Category: Photo of the Day, Politics and Economy

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It’s summer time!



Carnival Days are here

May 26th, 2008 | By Brian Leon | Category: Home Life

One thing I like about summer days is the chance to take in a carnival. It is months away before the Dixie Classic Fair but with the warming days upon us, to go on a ride or just get a funnel cake is an opportunity not to pass up.
So it was that we took in [...]



Relaxing on Memorial Day

May 26th, 2008 | By Brian Leon | Category: Home Life

It’s nice to be a long weekend. I have been feeling run down the past few weeks and it seems that every weekend to date just had too much to do and I never had an opportunity to relax.
So this weekend, my intentions were to do as little as possible and for the most [...]



Photo of the Day: The Days

May 26th, 2008 | By Brian Leon | Category: Photo of the Day

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A family portrait of the Day family, friends of ours of many years.



Winston-Salem 99th best city for families

May 21st, 2008 | By Brian Leon | Category: Local Scene

According to Best Life magazine, Winston-Salem is the 99th best city to raise a family in the United States. Greensboro came in at 96. Honolulu was the top ranked city noted for its education, low unemployment along with endless opportunities to enjoy the outdoors especially with all of that oceanfront property. I must say, [...]



Quick notes for Wednesday May 21st

May 21st, 2008 | By Brian Leon | Category: Hockey, Home Life, USA Elections 2008

The primary results went as expected with Hilary Clinton winning Kentucky while Barack Obama won Oregon. She netted more votes overall for the night but in the only metric that mattered, Obama continued his advance on the pledged delegates giving him the majority lead for pledged delegates. It is just a matter of time now [...]



I Crave free music

May 20th, 2008 | By Brian Leon | Category: Music

When Salon.com dropped its daily download feature last year, I was really bummed out by it. It was an incredibly good source of new music and from it I learned about such acts like New Pornographers, Arcade Fire, Bloc Party and so on. The tracks they offered were not throwaways either but solid pieces that [...]



Photo of the Day: the Solitary Piper

May 20th, 2008 | By Brian Leon | Category: Photo of the Day