the night is callin'

and it whispers to me softly, ‘‘come and play”…

Nina for Transportation Secretary! (thanks Dan)

It’s Comp Plan Day!


In Downtown news:
Updates on the Municipal Complex
Update on 301 Hillsborough
Big Boss will be at Times next week

In Raleigh news:
The new YMCA appears to be nearly completed
Raleigh loves Dave Sedaris
TTA opened a new transfer station

In local-ish news:
Amputation via text message?
Blockbuster is going to sell concert tickets
Lance Armstrong will ride again


In irrelevant news:
An organized phone book for the web?
The Anglican church is splitting
Surprise of the day: Michael Phelps is Sportsman of the Year

Events:
It’s Comp Plan Day!
It’s First Friday this Friday!
Friday is also Hillsborough Hike
Walk and look at art on Sunday in Boylan Heights

Saturday:
Annual Glenwood-Brooklyn tour of homes
Red Ribbon Ball
A Colonial Christmas at Joel Lane house
Randy Owen and Lee Ann Womack at Lincoln
American Aquarium at Pour House

Mark your calendar:
Dancing with the Stars is coming to RBC January 28
Blue Dogs will be at Berkeley in February


Fun Stuff:
10 stupidest gifts
Bruce Lee, nunchakus, and table tennis – what’s not to love?
ZooTube!

Flashback:
What if Gmail had been designed by Microsoft?
We were ‘elf-ing’ ourselves
And we had determined how much chocolate milk would kill you.

Today’s Sign of the Impending Apocalypse:
Britney – more popular than Obama – still?? Reallllly?? And the WWE??


Happy Wednesday folks!


Ashton Mae Smith
www.beraleighblog.com
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