January 2010
24 posts
The Perks of Being Unemployed
1. You can go grocery shopping at 12:30 in the afternoon and be the only one in Kroger.
2. You are free to return phone calls to future employers all day, every day. You are also free to attend interviews all day, every day.
3. You learn to be ridiculously frugal.
4. You re-teach yourself long lost skills (see body clipping) to help pay the bills.
5. You have the time to purge your...
Dear NC politicians,
If you want to win my vote in the next election, promise to fix the effing NCDOC system.
Loff,
Nicole
“The nurse’s station…. I used to think it had something to do with...”
– Emmett (QAF Season 1, Episode 4)
Things I Don’t Understand And Definitely Am Not Going To Talk About
-Why the North Carolina Department of Corrections sent me a letter telling me that I am strongly encouraged, but not legally obligated to show up in District court on Friday morning yet STILL WANTS ME to send them an official letter stating that I will not be there if that is the case. What. the. fuck.
-Why my...
how do you measure, measure a year?
16 months, 4 semesters, 2 classrooms, 1 favorite seat, 2 parking tickets, countless cups of coffee from Cafe DUSON, 10 HESI exams, 1 viewing of a vaginal birth, 1 dying patient, millions of tears, 1 disaster week (complete with decon tent), 2 Duke basketball games, 3 trips to court, 1 convocation, 2 houses, 49 bottles of wine, 1 move, 3 different roommates, 1 car accident, 5 care plans, 6 days...
2009: The decade's best players and coaches (NCAA... →
Top Coaches
1. Roy Williams (Kansas, UNC)
Pat Forde: Ol’ Roy was very good in the ’90s but has upgraded to great in this decade. Nobody has combined the major elements of coaching — recruiting, teaching, game strategy — as well as Williams has over the last 10 years at Kansas and North Carolina.
Fran Fraschilla: When Roy Williams left Kansas to go home to North...
2009: The decade's best teams and programs (NCAA... →
1. North Carolina (2 national titles, 4 Final Fours, 5 Elite Eights, 5 ACC regular-season titles (3 outright))
North Carolina won two national championships and went to four Final Fours during the decade, and did it with three different coaches and a tough transition. In short, UNC was the most powerful program of the decade.
“How about… oh, how about some coffee or, you know, drinks or dinner or a...”
– Tom Hanks (You’ve Got Mail)
