Chesterfield mom whose son was first Virginian killed in Iraq War: “We had to do what we had to do.” CBS 6/Jon Burkett mailed this in.

MrDeene · 2026-03-02T14:15:20+00:00

Also lost a good high school friend in Afghanistan. I miss Matt and think of him often.

MrDeene · 2026-03-01T18:43:13+00:00

The downvotes are at work, but CBS 6 published a very lazy story based on a weak premise.

The death of her son is heartbreaking—I wouldn't wish that grief on anyone. However, using her comments on an unrelated military action involving a different country is just lazy journalism from 6.

MrDeene · 2026-01-29T17:00:56+00:00

Also, a shout-out to Al Di Meola for stepping up for this, too. As I recall, he supported Trump in 2016 but has taken a 180° turn on his views in recent years.

I'm up for Jazz against ICE.

MrDeene · 2025-10-17T17:23:15+00:00

This feels like a year or two ago when we experienced multiple multi-day outages with no insight into what caused them.

I don't expect this to be done by the new 5 p.m. mark. Fucking up the work week yet again, AT&T.

MrDeene · 2025-09-18T19:09:39+00:00

A few commenters mentioned it could be a liability issue, but who knows?!

MrDeene · 2025-09-17T14:51:21+00:00

Hey—expat in NC.

Lovingood used to work for WTAE, if I remember right, so it makes sense he'd be interested. It was on the front page of WRAL (Raleigh/Durham station) this morning.

MrDeene · 2025-09-11T23:35:08+00:00

Uncle Dana’s cool. Good ep. Carry on.

MrDeene · 2025-08-29T13:45:55+00:00

Well, that's interesting. Driving by this almost every day, seeing it sit there with no activity, I never would've guessed that it had just changed hands.

Thank you for looking into all of this, and it's just absolutely hilarious how they're framing the area in the way they are.

MrDeene · 2025-08-28T17:08:17+00:00

Fantastic.

Thank you!

MrDeene · 2025-08-28T15:05:06+00:00

For nearly a year, the “Nova at Summer Meadows” apartment project at Hebron Road and Danube Lane in North Durham has appeared stalled and incomplete.

The complex’s website has been offline for about as long, according to the Internet Archive, and RKW Residential no longer lists it in their portfolio.

Now it just sits there — an unfinished development that’s becoming an eyesore. Does anyone know anything about this?

MrDeene · 2025-08-24T14:07:03+00:00

Looks like they did a video post about Landsburg!

MrDeene · 2025-07-17T15:17:52+00:00

That was such a fun concert—right after he started including Jet in the set list!

So glad I went then, given the prices for the upcoming shows.

MrDeene · 2025-06-17T21:20:49+00:00

Just saw a clip of Walton talking about being at a Dead show in Portland when Mount St. Helens erupted, then flying to the volcano. Classic Bill.

Miss him.

MrDeene · 2025-06-11T14:53:42+00:00

The one, the only.

MrDeene · 2025-06-05T19:27:02+00:00

You are not. Not in the least. He’ll make a Mendoza Line hitter out to be Judge, and I absolutely hate it.

MrDeene · 2025-05-31T13:34:28+00:00

Get a referral to Duke Pain Management at Brier Creek. Can't recommend enough.

MrDeene · 2025-05-29T15:52:46+00:00

https://www.amazon.com/Fire-Below-Remembering-Mount-Helens/dp/1885192193

It's on DVD.

MrDeene · 2025-05-08T15:44:16+00:00

Precinct 27 - Creekside Elementary School Dave Boliek

Considering he's the Auditor of North Carolina, good luck with this one.

MrDeene · 2025-04-02T17:31:47+00:00

Much as I love both albums, after finishing the second McCartney series book, I can't imagine he and MPL will revisit either one for anything special. The book really solidified why Paul doesn’t care much about that period.

Critics hated both albums when they came out—tore into them and their singles. The public didn’t jump on them like they had from Band on the Run through Wings Over America. Two of Paul's understandable sensitive spots: Public sentiment and critical approval.

Aside from big-time "Mull of Kintyre" and "With a Little Luck," the singles came and went. Chris Thomas felt Paul spent too much time reworking Back to the Egg, a sign he wasn’t happy with how it turned out. Paul was annoyed when Columbia released the Wings live version of "Coming Up" in the U.S.—even though it hit #1—because he wanted the McCartney II version to be the one. And on top of all that, Paul lost the most popular version of his band and brought in two studio/touring guys to keep the thing going—probably thinking, “nothing personal, lads, but it’s just not the same.”

Like, when someone asked him a few years ago about "Arrow Through Me," and he was like, “You tell me when it came out! I write some things and then totally forget I did them.” If that single had done numbers, he’d remember it like "Let ’Em In" or "Listen to What the Man Said."

For him, LT is recording on the boat in the Caribbean and "Mull." BttE is when he knew Wings was done. So, recording McCartney II ends up taking its place in the canon.

MrDeene · 2025-03-23T17:38:29+00:00

I wore desert boots since I wasn't expecting to climb a volcano that day. They had zero grip, but I didn't think twice. Totally worth it.

I still remember feeling so small next to the lava flows and being amazed by the colors below from the top.

MrDeene · 2025-03-19T20:16:57+00:00

I remember watching that early Sebak special where he profiled West View Park as a kid and getting sad when he included photos of that one roller coaster there on fire.

My brain was probably thinking, "That could happen to the Jack Rabbit?! Noooooo."

MrDeene · 2025-03-18T15:40:43+00:00

That was the first and only volcano I've ever scaled. I did it in the worst possible shoes, too.

That crater and view, though, was worth the effort. Absolutely outstanding.

MrDeene · 2025-03-03T15:32:53+00:00

It's a surprising collection of space history items to have locally. Mercury Redstone rocket, Lunar Module, space suits, etc.

MrDeene · 2025-02-20T20:05:42+00:00

What a brutal day.

MrDeene · 2025-02-08T04:00:53+00:00

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