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Triad Diary

The life and times of the Triad.

October 8, 2008

WITW: Mid-week boxcar edition

When I worked in Sports, I used to have to park out in the blue lot, the one at the back of the N&R building. The rail siding that we use to bring paper rolls into the building splits the lot in two, and every once in a while Norfolk Southern will leave a boxcar there. Boxcars are pretty non-descript. They're boxes, after all, and not all that inherently interesting. Some of them have graffiti scribbles on them. And then there's this one: boxcar%201%20100708.jpg

Posted by John Newsom on Wednesday, October 8, 2008 at 10:42 am

October 6, 2008

WITW: Oct. 6 edition

Time for lunch. So What In The World is this? WITW%20small%20100608.jpg

Yeah, yeah, I know. It's a hamburger. I got that. Your chore is to figure out where this burger is hanging out. Read More

Posted by John Newsom on Monday, October 6, 2008 at 11:42 am

October 2, 2008

WITW: Special Thursday birdie edition

What in the world?! WITW%20bird%20100208.jpg

Seriously -- what in the world is this? A crane? A heron? I'm terrible at ID'ing birds other than blue jays (they're blue, duh), cardinals (they're red) and robins (they have orange heads). Read More

Posted by John Newsom on Thursday, October 2, 2008 at 1:14 pm

September 26, 2008

WITW: The Friday reveal

WITW's first foray out of downtown took us to ... ... UNCG. That's the area right above the entrance to the Patricia A. Sullivan Science Building on the eastern end of the campus. WITW%20reveal%20less%20sky%20092608.jpg

Kristen of Durham got it mostly right in the comments to the original post. The brick building in the reflection is not the Cone Hall dorm, which is a little farther north, but the science building, which kicks out from the entrance area. Read More

Posted by John Newsom on Friday, September 26, 2008 at 11:06 am

September 24, 2008

Seeking Paulie Walnuts

Submitted by Teresa Prout

I first noticed him at the gate before our flight to New York City -- a man in his 60s who reminded me of a well-dressed Paulie Walnuts. He and his wife were on their way to New York for a visit, I heard him say, but they were from Greensboro.

The flight landed; my husband and I made our way to the city, unpacked and went out looking for food. We picked a little Greek restaurant near our hotel pretty much at random.

"Hey," my husband said looking toward the back of the restaurant. "That guy looks like the man on our plane." Then a few minutes later: "That IS the guy on our plane. What are the odds of that?"

Paulie Walnuts seemed less than impressed with the coincidence and went on his way. But ...

Two days later, we stopped by a coffee shop on our way to a Yankees game and there he was again. Eating a bagel.

Had I seen him later, in the crowd of 54,000 at Yankee Stadium, that "Sopranos" connection might've troubled me.

Posted by John Robinson on Wednesday, September 24, 2008 at 5:52 pm

September 23, 2008

WITW: Sept. 23 edition

Sorry to be a day late with this, but I got backed up last week, and Monday was the first good sunny day I had had in a while. (Speaking of sun, where in the heck did it go?) Here's what I've got for you this week: WITW%20092308.jpg

So what is this? Read More

Posted by John Newsom on Tuesday, September 23, 2008 at 10:40 am

September 19, 2008

WITW: The Friday reveal

Yep, that is the Guilford Building at 301 S. Elm St.: WITW%20corner%20shot%20091908.jpg

Two of you got it right: Anne Pittman of Greensboro and Arthur Totten of Washington, D.C. Read More

Posted by John Newsom on Friday, September 19, 2008 at 11:28 am

September 16, 2008

WITW: Sept. 16 edition

Sorry for the delay in posting this week's entry. Normally I like to get it online on Monday. But my yesterday was consumed by writing about people dying in all sorts of awful ways. I don't mean to sound flip, but a large part of my job is writing about death and destruction. This picture has nothing to do with either death or destruction.So what it is? WITW%20small%20091608.jpg

Posted by John Newsom on Tuesday, September 16, 2008 at 1:54 pm

September 12, 2008

WITW: The Friday reveal

It only took three weeks to stump you. It could be that no regular downtown drinkers saw the Monday edition. Or it could be that my choice of WITWs was too obscure. Anyway, here's what it is: WITW%20reveal%20091208.jpg