by Kevin Brewer | Nov 13, 2017 | Personal Stories
Kevin Brewer and Bob Langford talk about Caulton Tudor, professional wrestling, salad dressing, Scandinavian pop and television finales on the last postmodcast.
by R.L. Bynum | Nov 13, 2017 | Personal Stories, Sports
The irony wasn’t lost on me when, a day after I wrote last month that newspaper print editions are on the edge of death, the news broke about the demise of Raleigh & Company. While the end of the road for print editions still is undetermined, the stop sign for new...
by Tony Castleberry | Oct 26, 2017 | Personal Stories
Quite possibly the best, and certainly the most personal thing I’ve ever written is on this website. That alone would make saying farewell to Raleigh and Company difficult, but describing this as difficult seems profoundly understated. This hurts, and for proof, here...
by Erika Hoffman | Oct 13, 2017 | Going Out, Personal Stories, Travel
I’ll supply multiple choices for the above question: A.) The main quad at Duke University; B) Her grandparents’ tobacco homestead in Durham; C) Shangri-La (her Hawaiian home; D) Hillsborough, NJ- home of Duke Farms; E) Newport’s Rough Point; F) a combo of two of the...
by R.L. Bynum | Oct 5, 2017 | Personal Stories, Sports
This Saturday, there will be no need for me to be crazy early and sneaky to get into the Kenan Stadium press box for Notre Dame’s visit to Chapel Hill. That was the only way it happened for me 42 years ago, and that wasn’t even the plan. I was a kid growing up in...
by Erika Hoffman | Aug 24, 2017 | Going Out, Personal Stories
After circling the crowded lot twice, we located a space, opposite the “green” where old films are shown on August evenings of dog –day afternoons. Crossing the street on our way to the trattoria/pizza parlor, I commented, “If you don’t like the menu here, we can...
by Sir Wally | Aug 21, 2017 | Humor, Personal Stories
New evidence suggests that viewing the eclipse may be even more dangerous than media warnings have indicated. We interviewed several people who viewed the last total solar eclipse in the United States, and what we found was shocking and concerning. Every single person...
by Shawn Krest | Aug 18, 2017 | Personal Stories
August has been a stressful month for Americans. The disturbing weekend in Charlottesville, followed by the president’s reluctance to condemn the white supremacist groups led many to fear that the deep divisions in our country could lead to widespread violence. In...
by Tony Castleberry | Aug 17, 2017 | Personal Stories
Since I sometimes treat the space in which Raleigh and Company allows me to write as an online therapist’s office, let’s do a deep dive into arguably the closest I’ve been to death yet. This particular experience of almost having my lights permanently turned out...
