The Phantom City

Weird for a young team. Starts two freshmen, brings several more off the bench, goes 3-3 at home in the ACC so far, and wins 6 games out of 7 on the road. Two of those wins this season were against NC State, which is supposed to have an experienced team on the upswing.

The win last night was business-like, not the result of a young team riding a wave of emotion. This UNC team is incredibly mature, considering the lack of experience, and could prove a formidable opponent for a lot of NCAA Tournament teams in March.

That would be cool…

You scored as Babylon 5 (Babylon 5). The universe is erupting into war and your government picks the wrong side. How much worse could things get? It doesn’t matter, because no matter what you have your friends and you’ll do the right thing. In the end that will be all that matters. Now if only the Psi Cops would leave you alone.

Your Ultimate Sci-Fi Profile II: which sci-fi crew would you best fit in? (pics)
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Well, if you are reading this, you are seeing it on a new web host (Textdrive) and an upgraded WordPress installation (2.0.1). Of course, I end up doing both of the changes at the same time, unintentionally. Lesson learned: When dealing with two similar installations, always make sure you’re on the right one before making any crucial changes.

No problems with my previous web host (Lunarpages). I highly recommend them. Textdrive had a better deal for a short time last year, and I just got around to moving the database over.

Anyway, if you see any problems, let me know at admin (at) thephantomcity.com.

UNC freshman record…Dean E. Smith Center record…ACC freshman record…one point behind the current ACC high score. What more can be said?

Last night was the first time I’d seen a team come out and try to really beat up Hansbrough. Georgia Tech deserved every foul they got…it was the college version of Hack-a-Shaq. Problem is, Hansbrough was still putting the ball into the basket, and he’s good at free throws. Pretty amazing performance.

Wow, seven questions and they got my hometown university!

You’re Wake Forest University!
When people first meet you, they think of religious services that are strangely frenetic. But then you’re able to lighten up and even show them some Southern hospitality. You recently took this to the point of advocating that everyone have a computer, and you might even give them away if necessary. After all, even you’ve gone through momentous moves in the past and you know what it takes to adjust. Your sculptures have nothing to lose but their chains.
Take the University Quiz
at the Blue Pyramid.

I knew it…

Your results:
You are An Expendable Character (Redshirt)

An Expendable Character (Redshirt) 75% Deanna Troi 65% Geordi LaForge 60% Jean-Luc Picard 60% Worf 55% Chekov 55% Spock 54% Will Riker 50% Beverly Crusher 50% Data 48% Mr. Scott 45% Leonard McCoy (Bones) 45% Uhura 40% Mr. Sulu 40% James T. Kirk (Captain) 40%

Since your accomplishments are seldom noticed, and you are rarely thought of, you are expendable. That doesn’t mean your job isn’t important but if you were in Star Trek you would be killed off in the first episode you appeared in.

Click here to take the “Which Star Trek character am I?” quiz…

GE/Durham makes the pages of Fast Company.

GE/Durham has more than 170 employees but just one boss: the plant manager. Everyone in the place reports to her. Which means that on a day-to-day basis, the people who work here have no boss. They essentially run themselves.

Link courtesy of Jeremy Zawodny’s blog

This is fascinating. It’s just Jon talking to a cat that never answers. They should run Garfield like this for a year and see what happens.

A Lists of Four meme that’s going around the Internets. I haven’t been tagged by anyone to do it, but it looked interesting:

Four jobs I’ve had in my life:

1. Security Guard
2. Temp
3. Reporter
4. Webmaster

Four movies I can watch over and over:

1. Napoleon Dynamite
2. Galaxy Quest
3. Dune
4. Wings of Desire

Four TV shows I love to watch:

1. Veronica Mars
2. Battlestar Galactica
3. Fullmetal Alchemist
4. The Office (After considering it for a while, I had to remove MST3K. I watch The Office far more regularly, and actually find it really relaxing during a long week. Highly recommended, along with its partner in crime: My Name is Earl.)

Four places I’ve been on vacation:

1. Wilmington, NC
2. Charleston, SC
3. Saratoga Springs, NY
4. New Orleans, LA

Four of my favorite dishes (Wow, this one is pretty bad):

1. Hamburgers
2. Salmon Patties and Crowder Peas
3. Beef Stew (only the way my mom makes it)
4. Fuzzy’s BBQ

Four websites I visit daily:

1. Bloglines
2. Yahoo!
3. User Friendly
4. Dave’s Long Box

Four places I would rather be right now:

1. At home (Well, right now I’m at home…but I usually prefer to be there)
2. With my wife (She’s at work, so perhaps we could both be somewhere else)
3. The Oceanic, Wrightsville Beach, NC (I’m hungry)
4. Jasper’s, Cary, NC (Great food. Closed now. Changed it to a stupid sports bar. Still hungry.)

Four bloggers I am tagging (The sad thing is, I don’t think I know four bloggers that well):

1. GadamerGirl (I know she’s already working on it)
2. Jeremy (Not fair. He may still be working on that dissertation)
3. Someone
4. Someone else

Animal Planet’s Puppy Bowl II. Slightly more organized than the Super Bowl.

Man, that poodle is a freak. The black and brown beagle’s got some sense, though. Hang out on the outside…sniff around.

Don’t forget the Bissell Kitty Half Time Show. Thrill to daring attack runs that abruptly end as the attacker figures out the other cat is looking at them.