Monday Morning a Piece of Modernity Makes Way for Shopping

When I first visited Greensboro back in 1998 on a job interview I was struck by several things. Architecturally the landscape seemed homogenous almost like one could pour everything into a one gallon jug of whole milk. But, when my relocation specialist, who toured me around the area, drove down Friendly towards Wendover my jaw dropped as we approached the Burlington Industries headquarters. What was this? A steel superstructure ensconced a glass tower. The building's design in sharp contrast to the residential area surrounding it. I was impressed. Being an armchair fan of architecture this strucuture reminded me of the John Hancock tower by I.M. Pei.

The Burlington Industries building was designed by A.G. Odell and Associates of Charlotte in 1971.

But, alas, Monday we bid farwell to one of Greensboro's modern architectural gems for some more shopping.

This says a lot about the area's priorities...sad.

N&R/Cal Thomas: Will the Real Anti-Blogging Opinion Please Stand Up?

In the Friday (print ed.) of the News & Record "Second Opinion, pg A11" I read an anti-blogging column by Cal Thomas (not available online from the N&R).
Insensed by some of Mr. Thomas' opinions I was preparing rebuttal. So, with the print edition at the ready I did some research for an on-line version. I found one version here:Cal Thomas and was dismayed by the editing that seemed to occur to fit the N&R's page.

You'll notice that the headlines differ:
"Blogs are not serious journalism" (News & Record)
"The blog that ate real journalism" (Jewish World Review)

There are also several paragraphs missing. The missing paragraphs may or may not be key to Thomas' argument but, to use a quote from Thomas " [this kind of editing] makes me nostalgic for the good old days of journalism." The good old days indeed.... when an opinion could run it's course without cowtowing to the needs of advertisers.

Cal, looks like your a victim of your own preferred medium. Never mind, Cal probably won't read this as it diverts "our attention from real and serious journalism".

This is kind of funny: Racin' and Government Don't Mix

Over atTax Hike Mike - The Truth About N.C. Governor Mike Easley is a post about Easley wrecking a race car.
The headline is funny (at least).