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Greetings from Carrboro, By now, most of our earnest resolutions for the new year have entered their annual death spiral. They haven’t actually crashed and burned yet; we’re too smart for that. Instead, we turn to a whole slew of self-help books/mantras that act as consoling parachutes after we hit the eject button, easing us […]

Greetings from Carrboro, It’s birthday season. Well, at least around here. During the next six weeks Acme will celebrate 27 years in Carrboro, my eldest daughter will toast a similar number of trips around the sun, and then someone, um, else might have to – let’s just say for my sanity – put, oh, a few more […]

My kids had it dialed in. They were earnest and sweet and unquestionably manipulative. And for my part, I always fell right into their trap. It was certainly nothing new: poor, helpless children can’t go Christmas shopping for family and friends without a kind-hearted adult who takes them to the mall. Please, please, please they […]

Greetings from Carrboro, We now live in the world of  $1000+ advent calendars. These are mostly jewelry because, of course, that makes sense. But there are also calendars that feature 24 various bottles of wine for all those loved ones who had an unequivocally rough November. And even cheese-centric daily indulgences where the calendar – […]

You’ve been waiting for a good bit. But you’re finally here. And the guy’s already checked nonchalantly to see if your safety bar is secure. This is basically the point where the teenager in the booth is telling you to keep your arms inside at all times. There’s really no going back now. You take […]

Greetings from Carrboro, It’s about time. Literally. Arugula seeds that I bought in March wink at me, perched next to the lamp on my desk. I keep expecting to get an email from them, “How does your November look? Thursdays are good for us. ” Damn, cheerful little bastards. Please. Are we talking November ‘24 […]

Greetings from Carrboro, I went through three different times. The Great Hall at UNC’s student union had morphed into a showroom of sorts. A somewhat new company, Apple, was showing off its latest “home” computer, the MacIntosh, to students like me. And I was a fan. Well, I should be clear; I was mostly a […]

Greetings from Carrboro, I don’t know when it happened. But I kinda understand why. Halloween lurched from a night when kids dressed as pirates and wandered neighborhoods in search of candy to an entire month of adults staging elaborately themed tableaux in their front yards that give Disney theme parks a run for their money. […]

Greetings from Carrboro, This probably comes across as rather traitorous. Especially as I live rather deep inside Tar Heel country both physically and emotionally. But a good chunk of me will always be a diehard fan of Clemson University – and that University part specifically. OK, I get it; orange isn’t my favorite color either. But you’ll […]

Greetings from Carrboro, There are rabbit holes. And then there are rabbit holes. The former leans towards getting sucked into a video vortex at work watching someone jump off of a cliff in a wingsuit. The latter is where you find yourself actually jumping off those same cliffs in that aforementioned wingsuit. One questions your priorities while the other, your […]