Weekend Update

Not much happening around the house this past week and weekend.

Watched Baghdad ER, documentary originally shown on HBO. 5 Stars.

Also watched the first 2 hours of Tinker, Taylor, Soldier, Spy - a 6 hour BBC series from 1979.

Saturday morning, went to the Pittsboro Street Fair. It was pretty good. Not much in the way of arts and crafts. A lot of booths were set up by service organizations, Habitat for Humanity, mentoring programs for disadvantaged kids, NC Warn and similar. Also, there were a number of political booths set up.

Chatham County is amazing when it comes to political activism. It’s not the sleepy rural place it was just a decade ago.

Urban growth from the Triangle is reaching Chatham County in a big way. Western Chatham County (Siler City) is over 50% Hispanic with lots of industry. Eastern Chatham County is adjacent Wake County and Cary / Apex with the high tech suburban growth. Northern Chatham County is adjacent Orange County / Chapel Hill / Carrboro with the influence of UNC. There is a very strong artists community that runs from northern Chatham County down US 15-501 through Pittsboro and then southeast to Moncure (where I live – although I’m officially about ½ mile outside the Chatham County line).

There’s a number of contending factions ranging from ecology / artists to pro-development. There’s a district voting referendum on the ballot and 3 of the 5 County Commissioners were kicked out during the primary. Plus, the schools are in pretty poor condition. So there is a lot of political activity going on.

There were 2 music stages set up. One of the bands was a black gospel rhythm and blues group. They were great.

Speaking of artists - the Annual Chatham County Studio Tour is in December. This Studio Tour Map link shows the infestation of artists. If you're in the area during the first or second weekend of December - the tour is well worth spending the day.

Got home in time to watch the 2nd half of the State – Virginia game.

I just can’t figure out the Wolfpack. Clearly we’ve got the talent. We move the ball. We have a good defense. We just can’t seem to win the games that we should easily win. Very very frustrating. I can’t believe it but I think State’s going to have a losing season.

Sunday was spent cleaning the house and doing laundry.

This week and next are going to be very busy at work with a number of out of town, long, day trips.

After work, I need to clean off the front porch and set out the pumpkin for tomorrow night. I might need to pick up another bag of candy. I've been raiding the bowl of M&M packets for the past 2 weeks.