Faint praise is better than no praise at all dept.
“Dinner at the Huntercombes possessed only two dramatic features. The wine was a farce and the food a tragedy.” Anthony Powell
Those clever high school students!
Every year, English teachers from across the country can submit their collections of actual similes and metaphors found in high school essays.
These […]

 
We have been hearing a lot about the energy crisis lately. Not a lack of energy, but it’s cost. Every politician, every news media person and every environmentalist has their own unique and politically correct solution if the general public was only smart enough to get it.
When I worked at the telephone company, occasionally somebody […]

 
Dr. Michael Salzhauer has written a children’s book explaining why mommy is having plastic surgery. It targets children ages 4-7.
Frederic J. Baur, designer of the Pringles potato chip can, had his cremated remains buried in a Pringles can. They didn’t say if it had been used or not.
Smoking costs more in New York City. New […]

I spent a little over a year on the line crew. In retrospect, that was the most enjoyable job I ever had. Jack Cain, the real life model for Jack Kane in the Hammer Spade books, thought so too. His career paralleled mine except, instead of being in eastern North Carolina, he worked in Illinois. […]

The sound is full of hungry Redfish and flounder and less than 2 months till Deer season opens on the 13th of Sept.

I’d be mad too.
A fan of radio shock jock Howard Stern was overjoyed when he thought he had spotted Stern in Beverly Hills according to the National Inquirer. When the tall, shaggy-haired figure emerged from a limo the man rushed up yelling, “Yo, Howard, I am such a huge fan, man!” Then he realized that […]

Learn photography from the masters. John Pagliuca, Margo Pinkerton, and Arnie Zann do more than just teach you, they take you and show you the A - Z’s of what makes a great photograph.

Capt David Baxley of Headhunter Outdoors Inshore Fishing Charters says “Well the sound is hopping with the Reds now and they are hitting everything! Folks, you need to go fishing! I can’t tell you how much good it will do your spirit! Get the wife and kids and go fishing while you can.”

Happy 232nd Birthday America. Let freedom ring, boom and sparkle! This year’s 4th of July celebration was nothing less than spectacular as the Topsail area celebrated the independence of our nation.

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
All photos submitted by Gene Alston
And now, Gene gives us his continuing tale of his and Barbara's trip to Alaska!
Sitka, Alaska
A little history: Sitka was the first settlement in Alaska. It was settled by the Russians who claimed Alaska at the time. The Russians occupied the site of Sitka in 1804. Before the Russians came it […]