Posted in Just A Bite, tagged carrboro nc, jimromenesko.com, mark schultze, peeing in compost, raleigh news and observer, ufos on November 12, 2012 | 1 Comment »
“Mark Schultz’s News & Observer colleague John Frank calls this ‘the BEST lede ever,’ and others agree. ‘Totally restored my faith in the snarky wonder of journalism,’ tweeted Khadijah Britton.” – From “ ‘Peeing in his compost’: Best newspaper lead ever?” at jimromenesko.com (Nov. 12)
Posted in Tar Heelia, tagged a word a day, carrboro nc on June 5, 2012 | Leave a Comment »
When the A Word A Day email service discussed “verbal fighting,” Ed Greer of Philadelphia responded: “When I was a kid in the 1960s, we did something we called ‘Carrboro fighting’ (Carrboro was the town on the other side of the railroad tracks). “You faced your opponent placing your right shoulder against his right shoulder, […]
