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Displaying items by tag: lancemartin

Wednesday, 15 January 2014 16:00

The Striper Club (Or why I don't bet anymore)

From the garage is where talk usually centers on mundane things like fantasy football or where I lose a bet like Robert Griffin III is going to lead the Redskins to the playoffs. I don't bet anymore.

Published in Opinion
Wednesday, 08 January 2014 14:32

Winter demands you show your character

Freshly off the phone with a friend where our discussions often center on the way we think the world should be, I told him of this column I'm writing, how in kind words people who long for the swelter of summer in the infancy of winter need to shut up.

Published in Opinion
Monday, 23 December 2013 12:18

George Bailey 2013? No, thanks

I applaud Paramount for putting the brakes on a sequel to It's a Wonderful Life earlier this year.

Published in Opinion
Friday, 20 December 2013 12:11

Pardon me, your assumptions are showing

I should have stood in line just to see what kind of disparaging comments would have been made about me.

Published in Opinion
Tuesday, 03 December 2013 12:21

Christmas column: Droning about drones

It's December and that means one thing — inane, intimate and idiotic Christmas columns from yours truly.

Published in Opinion
Saturday, 16 November 2013 13:33

Thank you, Shriners

After a panicky few minutes when I realized my camera battery had died, I later left the Sudan Temple Shriners Parade with a smile on my face and a lilt in my spirits.

Published in Opinion
Tuesday, 12 November 2013 14:11

Jonathan Martin and the manly herd of cavemen

I have worn this matter out on my personal social networking avenues because I am passionate about it.

Published in Opinion
Friday, 08 November 2013 15:06

Roanoke Rapids Drivers Manual

So, you're contemplating moving to Roanoke Rapids, or perhaps you've already done so.

Published in Opinion
Thursday, 31 October 2013 13:06

After last night, we're lucky to be here

By now you have seen the wasteland from a city under attack in what seemed like ages ago, only to realize it all happened overnight*.

Published in Opinion
Tuesday, 29 October 2013 10:17

Halloween candy, orangutans and palm oil

If it isn't enough that most everything we breathe, taste, touch, see or think harms something or someone, there's now the issue of Halloween candy, palm oil and the orangutan.

Published in Opinion
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