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Friday Night Relaxation Writing

It's Friday night! We just got back from the Pavilion, and Atomic Burrito. My eyes are burning and I'm listening to Davie Bowie's "Life on Mars" through Rhapsody, as I'm all nostalgic for the show I've only just finished for the first time. "Life on Mars" is simply the best show I've watched in a very long time. It confirms what is my emerging theory that television shows today should be compared to more like novels than television shows of days gone by. It's a very puzzling show, in that the ending really doesn't satisfy on the first view-round. The show is about a Detective Chief Inspector for the Manchester Police who gets hit by a car, and wakes up back in 1973. He's not sure if he's time-traveled or if he's in a coma and dreaming the whole thing. But, everything is completely alive for him, and it doesn't stop. Over the course of 16 episodes, Sam Tyler tries to understand what's happening, and helps introduce

The Original Point of the Internet

Waldo Jaquith posted a neat article today about the early history of the Internet, back in the days when you would find out what's new in the world by clicking What's New here and there. At the height of the dot-com boom, I was the editor of an online What's New page that kept people up to date on the latest changes in government positions across the U.S. I worked for a publishing company that maintained directories of local, state and federal officials. They still keep the page up to date . This was my first real job after college. I went from an intern at WVTF to an intern at New Hampshire Public Radio, and then surfed around in restaurants up there for a while, as well as a stint where I worked in Lynchburg for my father's company, trying to learn how to become a manufacturing kind of guy. When I was there, I used the web to surf for music, as this was in the days before WNRN took over Sweet Briar's radio station. You could get great concerts intact, like I'

Court Square Tavern opens this week!

They said it couldn't be done. Or, maybe they didn't say that. But they could have if they had wanted to. But, Court Square Tavern has risen from the ashes and opens this week in its new, shiny form. There's a brand new kitchen, two LCD televisions, a new standing bar in the back, a revamped menu, wi-fi access, eight taps of beer, more than a hundred kind of bottled beer, and a very different look and feel. In short, to my eyes it is absolutely gorgeous. I can't wait until it's really open for good. Right now, hours are limited. It opens for lunch tomorrow (call first to confirm) and will be open in the evenings beginning later this week. And, possibly best of all - there is a petition to make the entire place non-smoking. I think this will be a good thing, and if you feel the same, make sure you sign the petition. Bill Curtis joked that he would abide by the petition if it gets more than 50 signatures. I predict that it will. This is such a good thing for Charlott

C-Ville Riot? What do you know?

Outskirts last night reported on a riot or some sort of a disturbance downtown. BREAKING NEWS: Seems as if a large number of youth are running around in the village this evening raising some havoc. At least three police cars and a police bike are involved in pursuit. Loud noises that may have been gunshots or firecrackers were heard in the Belmont/downtown areas. My wife was with friends at MAS last night, sitting outside. This morning she told me she saw something odd. She described a "lot of people," mostly African-American pre-teens and teenagers on foot, being led down Hinton Avenue in the heart of Belmont Street by three police cars with their lights flashing, sirens off. "They seemed jubilant," says my wife. I can't find any other information for this online. Nothing on any of the "major" sites. Did you hear or see this?

Signs of life at Court Square Tavern

I meant to post this on Wednesday. A Coors Light truck pulled up in Court Square. When I walked to Live Arts to conduct an interview, I saw the driver carrying an empty dolly out of the Tavern's front door. This couple with the glasses in the sink, visible through the window, imply that we're very very very close to re-opening day. I can't wait. Also, here's a cool tidbit for cvillebloggers - there will be wi-fi in the Tavern!

Enjoying the Genius of Charlottesville

I may be a loser, yes. But, I'm a hard-working loser. Why loser? I'm sitting at Miller's while finishing up work after my first two jobs finished up. I'm away from home, and I hate that, but I have all of these projects that I have to finish up so I can really get going with the new job at Charlottesville Tomorrow. So, I'm cleaning up a lecture on nanotechnology while having a beer that is not a Stella Artois, even though that's what I ordered. It's a pale ale, which I really don't mind either. I once swore I would never come back to Miller's, but it's too easy to be here. It's too easy to sit here and order beers. They have the fountain turned on now, and it's very peaceful to hear the whooshing and the whirring while this man talks about the future technology. If it were two weeks from now, I would be having this post-work work session at Court Square Tavern, which is just about to about. As I walked past today, I noticed they even have