….. Recall a reference a month or so ago about our “remodeling” project? …. We are in the 7th inning stretch of that endeavor now….. …. Dalton says in “Roadhouse” – “Pain don’t hurt”…. I decided to go all out and cram max pain into my week ….. TWO visits to our local Time-Warner Cable office. …. Dalton was wrong! …. And a fascinating ponderable.

…. You know how we feel about “the BUTCHering” of Kenan Stadium but you may not know why we feel the way we do or what “we” would do if “we” were in charge. We’re gonna tell you today. …. And Brett Favre is not the only Hall-of-Famer to “unretire”.

…. I know where YOU live …. Huh? …. No, really, I know where you live. …. You live “where the cool people live!”. …. All of us live “there”. …. I’ve lived in six metro areas. Everyone of’em had the same collection of demographic stereotype communities comprising the whole. ….. Today class we will study “Geographic Absolutes” and, yes, this WILL be on your final exam.

….. Two take-for-granted elements of everyday life in America are in a major “state of flux” …. Neither will ever be “like they used to be”. …. The daily newspaper and the air travel industry are inexorably joining buggywhips and telephone booths in the Use-ta Museum. …. Alvin Toffler’s Future Shock probably didn’t mention either one as casualties of technology and circumstance, but they surely are …..

…. I definitely have THE Greatest Job on Earth …. that does not involve Dallas Cowboy Cheerleaders & suntan lotion. …. In a slow week I have to stuff ten pounds of hoot into a five pound column. …. This week I am that Okeefeenokee Swamp Boy again. …. Remember him? ….. more nutz than a PayDay bar comin’ at’cha.

…. In the pantheon of “good days” yours truly puts yesterday (Thursday) squarely in the “Great One” category. Certainly the Official National Unveiling of The Butch Era of UNC Football must be noted (and we will) along with “the navy pants brouhaha” Meanwhile beyond Piscataway NJ there were events unfolding of global significance. Down G-Vegas way “the post game” has replaced “the game” as the topic du jour. Our buddy Ersky gets his hands dirty …. And, oh yes, a certain I-Legend achieves Paul Bunyon status.

“If you look right over there you can see Pilot Mountain” said Nicole to Mizzus and me Saturday afternoon. …. We were on the 6th floor of Deacon Tower at BB&T Field in Winston-Salem….. Nicolle is a charming young lady with The Deacon Club. …. No, I’m not turning in my Choo Choo Blue for Old Gold & Black. …. We were guests of a longtime BL Buddy. …. For me a solid reminder of how/why I do love “the color & pageantry”.

…. Four coaches have been “Buntinged” SO FAR this season …. Fired and/or pre-fired due to unsatisfactory results from them what decide such things…. Begging the old question of “who really are ‘the them’ that decide such things?” Old Man Usta is surely dying as regards pretty much a LOT of how stuff happens these days.