Recent Comments
Re: “Safety on the American Tobacco Trail”
Lisa, I thought your story might include this recent recount on the Bike & Ped listserv:
Yesterday (Halloween), around 7:15pm, I was biking home from work on the
ATT when I was attacked by someone with a knife.
I was headed toward downtown, and just before Enterprise St. I was struck
in the head. I was wearing a helmet and was fine, but startled. I looked
behind me and did not see anyone, but heard someone running off through the
woods on the right side of the trail.
Almost immediately after, I had to stop for trick-or-treaters walking down
Enterprise. They paused in front of me and stared. I greeted them and
they walked on. It sounded like they were muttering something about me,
and as I crossed Enterprise, I figured there must be egg all over my
helmet. So I stopped on the other side of the road and took my helmet
off. A kitchen knife with a 6 inch blade fell out of my helmet.
I called the police when I got home, and they were quick to respond. I had
taken the knife with me, but in my shock, I did not think to mind the
fingerprints. The police did not offer to take fingerprints from the
knife, but I doubt that if they had, they would have found any but my own
by that point.
In case folks need another reason for wearing a bike helmet, there you go.
Re: “How many ways has K&L Gates touched you today?”
"Durham's own special political problems" = "pushy little Durham"
The former phrase reminds me of the latter, which was mentioned in a recent Endangered Durham blog entry, here: http://endangereddurham.blogspot.com/2010/…
Re: “An old schoolhouse becomes an outlet for vision, hope and music”
The photo caption misidentifies the Murphey School as a Durham County property; it's actually in Orange County, an easy enough mistake.
You can read all about the history and architecture of the Murphey School from the National Register nomination form, available here: http://www.hpo.ncdcr.gov/nr/OR0467.pdf
Re: “Century-old Durham home latest to face bulldozer”
It's been extensively renovated. See here: http://clapp-ferguson.blogspot.com/.
Re: “Chris Tamplin introduces new listeners to new bands at no cost”
I thought the new Durham location was to be called "The Geer". Or is the "Motorco Music Hall" the name of the venue within The Geer?
Re: “The cost of electricity is devastating Eastern North Carolina”
The Kenan Institute map is tremendously misleading. The difference in rates between the least and most expensive categories is less than 50%, but the size of the circles doesn't reflect this. Instead, the western counties are made to be paying Earth-sized rates, while the eastern counties are paying Saturn-sized rates. Maps are supposed to simplify our understanding of complex data, not obfuscate.