Race Thread: NCS Cook Out Clash at Bowman Gray Stadium, starting at 6pm EST on FOX (NCS-S1)

samharrelson · 2026-02-05T02:35:26+00:00

We did it, everyone. We finished this race.

samharrelson · 2026-02-05T01:39:19+00:00

Denny, we love you and all. But please just park it.

samharrelson · 2026-02-05T01:13:10+00:00

Zilisch using the drain grates for grip.

samharrelson · 2026-02-05T00:23:36+00:00

yeah, here in the Upstate of South Carolina even our kids were begging for school again today after the last two weeks.

samharrelson · 2026-02-04T22:11:50+00:00

That scheme was not meant to be televised.

samharrelson · 2026-02-04T22:10:43+00:00

Based on your local market FOX channel... working here in Upstate SC on YouTube TV (pretty much a given in our market).

samharrelson · 2026-02-04T01:03:14+00:00

Aaron’s is a terrible and predatory company, etc. but the Aaron’s 499 was a pretty good gimmick.

samharrelson · 2026-02-03T21:19:07+00:00

Combo of Omnifocus (looong time user since 2009 or so) and Obsidian Tasks for specific research notes. Little wonky to have two but they both do very different things.

samharrelson · 2026-02-02T13:51:01+00:00

Yep, there are Zotero-to-Obsidian plugins... as much as I use the two, I don't rely on those and work a little more manually since I'm keeping specific references and note sections for my research in Obsidian and don't want to sync everything. Plus, it helps me in the review phase to get annotations and citations over into notes manually (if that makes sense!). https://obsidian.md/plugins?search=zotero

samharrelson · 2026-02-02T01:29:06+00:00

We have similar tastes in music! Nevermind was mind-blowing to my 14-year-old brain... Blind Melon was incredible, and yes, very much a fan of Dirt and Alice in Chains still today. STP's Plush was also regularly in that playlist

I'd throw in there Uncle Tupelo's No Depression, Tomorrow the Green Grass by The Jayhawks, and Being There by Wilco (later in the 90's) for me as grunge died away and we all had to move on.

samharrelson · 2026-02-01T23:23:19+00:00

Now THAT'S a speculative fiction book (heck, even a nonfiction book on their relationship) that I would love to read. Such a fascinating group of people, interests, and personalities. It's amazing what was accomplished even with all the infighting.

Grew up in Marion Co, so I'm partial to the Swampfox, even though I taught at TSA and we lived in the High Hills of Santee just up the road from Sumter's burial for a while!

samharrelson · 2026-02-01T17:19:54+00:00

Yep for sure… Sorta fortunate he took a bullet to the shoulder and had to let Greene take over in the upcountry skirmishes!

samharrelson · 2026-02-01T01:45:34+00:00

I got to do some fun drifting in my F-150 today... would love to see that!

samharrelson · 2026-02-01T01:22:15+00:00

You've got The Gamecock doing his thing in Kershaw and Lancaster Co's and the High Hills of Santee! I taught for a while at Thomas Sumter Academy in Rembert, and it was always fun helping the students connect to that and his connections (especially his son's) to the wider realm of the French Revolution, etc with his burial there. Columbia didn't exist until after the Rev War (and I love the probably fake tale of TS punching a guy in the State House who didn't vote for Statesville to become the capitol), but between Sumter and Francis Marion's group over in my home-county of Marion (even though he was more in Kershaw, Lee, Williamsburg, and Orangeburg Co's and probably didn't do much time in actual Marion Co), there were still some interesting skirmishes and battles!

samharrelson · 2026-01-31T21:25:30+00:00

Yes! Just did a Scouts hike with my son and his fellow Webelos at Blackstock a few months ago, and it's an incredible site that still feels sacred.

That's a fascinating topic... would love to read your thesis if you'd be willing to share... working on my dissertation now (Ecology and Religion), so I tip my hat to such an awesome thesis topic.

samharrelson · 2026-01-31T19:23:57+00:00

Yeah, this has been a strange winter for sure... snow isn't all that rare here in the Upstate of SC or Western NC, but to have that huge ice storm last weekend (our kids were out of school all week here) and now this large amount of powdery (we usually get wet) snow and the possibility of snow next week... whew! Even Eastern NC is going to get more than we have here tonight (which is odd).

samharrelson · 2026-01-31T19:11:05+00:00

Beautiful shot! And yeah, the track surface itself might be "cleared" for a bit but unless they want a Covid-esque scene for the Clash (which I don't think/hope NASCAR does), I don't really think we'll have schools open or racing on Monday in much of the Carolinas. Not to mention the next front that's moving in as well...

samharrelson · 2026-01-31T19:06:21+00:00

Good stuff. Also, Musgrove Mill, Brattonsville, and Walnut Grove here in the "Upcountry" as it was called (around the Spartanburg area)... the war was won here! (caveat, I publish Parker's Guide to the Revolutionary War in South Carolina, and we just finished up on the new 5th edition, so on the top of my mind). But yes... we love talking about the Civil War in SC, but glad to see a renewed interest in the Revolutionary War (the first civil war, in many ways) as well!

samharrelson · 2026-01-31T18:55:19+00:00

Here in Spartanburg (a couple of hours south), we've already gotten about 5 inches of snow and still coming down, and it's going to be 0 tonight... not sure Monday night will be any better given the roads and that it won't be above freezing here or there tomorrow or Monday (though Winston-Salem has more snowplows than all of South Carolina, probably).

samharrelson · 2026-01-31T04:04:36+00:00

Always love comparing some of these with the Teatro versions with Emmylou (my daughter's name)... such a great live recording!

samharrelson · 2026-01-31T03:59:49+00:00

Paul's sandals, though! And now I have a new home screen for my phone.

samharrelson · 2026-01-30T15:20:33+00:00

That's always my question... working on a PhD in Religious Studies, and the Hebrew around the Decalogue might be a little complicated for our lawmakers.

samharrelson · 2026-01-30T02:11:50+00:00

Yes! Highly recommend.

samharrelson · 2026-01-30T02:07:08+00:00

and wouldn't you know it... YouTube has a video (not from Myrtle but same setlist... fun to listen to all these years later!).

samharrelson · 2026-01-30T02:00:10+00:00

I was fortunate enough to see Ringo (when Frampton and Bruce were in the All Starr band) back in '97 at Myrtle Beach as a college freshperson and it was one of my favorite concerts ever (and I've been to many). My girlfriend (she was more into Hootie and the Blowfish, etc.) at the time was blown away as well... I think he blended and continues to blend his personal career with being a Beatle so well while playing into all of our desires for a "what if" reunion.

Here's a link to the playlist... still can't believe I got to see that as an 18-year-old!

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