Friday Five: Quit Wasting Time On The Internet

This was an article I did last summer, but I thought it would be useful for SalisburyPostables.com readers. Each week, I read the material of 70 sites without missing one article on topics ranging from local news and politics to religion to my friends websites. However, I’m willing to bet that I visit fewer sites than you do. I almost never go to a site and just browse around. It doesn’t matter though, I get a chance to read every article - from those sites that are updated every hour... 

Friday Five: Bob Orr - By The Numbers

Recently, I announced that I was endorsing Bob Orr for North Carolina Governor. I’ve also spoken at events in Cabarrus and Davidson Counties on behalf of the campaign. In that post, I discussed briefly why I decided to choose him over the other candidates. For this week’s Friday Five, I’m going to explain why I’m backing Orr using five numbers - 9,797; 16; 4; 0; and 14:  Read More →

Friday Five: Jupiter and Beyond the Infinite

This week, Arthur C. Clarke died on Wednesday at the age of 90.  If you know who Arthur C. Clarke is - you’re probably a nerd.  He was the last of the "big three" (Asimov and Heinlien being the other two) science fiction writers of the 20th Century. What made his writing superior?  The man was a genius.  He came up with the idea of using communications satellites in geostationary orbit as relay stations (the Equatorial geostationary orbit is called the "Clarke... 

Friday Five: Be a Refugee This Easter

For my first original Friday Five here at the Post, I thought I’d introduce you to some of my friends from the local blogosphere by inviting them to church with me. As for y’all, if you’re not going anywhere for church this coming Easter (one week from Sunday) - invite you to The Refuge’s Sunday Service we’re having at the Concord Convention Center and Embassy Suites on Bruton Smith Blvd on Easter Sunday at 10AM. Last year, I gave five reasons to join us at The Refuge... 

Friday Five: Your Wife Is Hot

At the invitation of the Kannapolis Citizen, I will be posting my weekly Friday Five articles here from now on. For my introductory post, I’ll be posting a “retread” - a popular article from last fall. In the couple of years that I’ve been doing this - I’ve noticed a pattern. This blog is written for people who are interested in local news and politics; and the people who I interact with usually marry people who consider that stuff trivia (they use other words, but “trivia”...