by Joel Orr | Aug 14, 2017 | charlottesville, Personal Stories, Race
002 I tend not to travel with handmade shields, so I’m an admitted novice when it comes to handmade-shield-culture, but I feel like I would only carry1 my handmade shield when I was heading to Ren Fair or wanted to start a fight. So it’s a learning experience for me...
by Joel Orr | Feb 21, 2017 | People, Personal Stories
001 People are people, that’s it and that’s all No matter how little, no matter how tall No matter where born or which direction they pray No matter if straight, transgender, or gay People all poop! People all pee! Most people get cranky when they need to eat! It’s...
by Joel Orr | Nov 26, 2016 | Sports
The NC State Wolfpack’s (mostly) dominating effort in Carter Finley West left UNC fans stunned and staggering back to their Lincolns after a 28-21 State victory. Favored by double digits, the Heels received a hearty serving of rushing yards jammed down their...
by Joel Orr | Sep 22, 2016 | Personal Stories
Life matters. Subject: Life Verb: Matters Whenever I see characters on TV or in movies submerged under water, I instinctively hold my breath for the majority of the scene (which may explain why i blacked out when trying to watch SpongeBob). I won’t realize...
by Joel Orr | Jul 12, 2016 | People
typed shirtless in the sun i need to water my marigold. often i forget to do so. i don’t have a watering can, so i use large pink plastic cups that scarlett picked out at the dollar store. my freckles show up in the sun. i hope no one gets shot, today. i keep...
by Joel Orr | Jun 21, 2016 | Outside the Triangle
he remembered later that afternoon i forgot what i wanted to say he thought to himself inside his own head surely no one else’s as he fought to coil the extension cord and soon gave up the idea and shoved the wild thing the cord of copper and poly vinyl chloride...
by Joel Orr | Mar 1, 2016 | Sports
After my opening monologue, I’ll be talking about NC State’s assist numbers; just stick with me. * * * One of the greatest aspects of being a sports fan is that every single one of us is allowed to create a threshold of what we find acceptable, disappointing,...
by Joel Orr | Nov 13, 2015 | Editor's Choice, People
I’ve thought about killing myself a lot within the last ten months. I even thought about it tonight, at a red-light on 401 to get onto 540, on my way back to an empty apartment, leaving my daughter behind at her mother’s house. From around 6:00 until 7:00, I...
by Joel Orr | Nov 5, 2015 | Sports
I bring to you a menagerie of quick-hitting NC State football analysis (lovingly crafted tiny widdle cute recaps of Wake and Clemson), a rational response to the Duke/Miami game, and a calm and in no way visceral response to anything that has to do with ESPN’s...
