Queenkv’s Brainpickings

Exploring the other side of the rainbow

July 29, 2005

A Taste of North Carolina…

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I got back from North Carolina on Thursday. I managed to make a good impression on the stations. I tasted the local specialities. I imagined myself living in the “Tarheel State” with Mark.

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Courtney showed me where Oprah lives. She said Oprah bought this mega-property so that she has a place to say when she’s visiting Maya Angelou

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North and South Carolina were one colony until 1729. Carolina was named to honor Charles IX of France and then Charles I and Charles II of England. Carolina is rooted in Latin and comes from the word Caroliinus. This word is derived from the name Carolus, translated as “Charles.”
[from http://www.netstate.com/states/intro/nc_intro.htm]

Home again…

I missed home. It’s good to be home and back with my honey. Still trying to get over the time change…I was nearly out like a light by 9pm last night…and then I woke up a few times early this morning - simply because my body didn’t know any better.

I have pix from NC - I’ll post them in a little bit…

But first… NY Times printed this column on the state of media coverage. It’s honest, insightful and blunt.

“The real failure has been television’s. According to monitoring by the Tyndall Report, ABC News had a total of 18 minutes of the Darfur genocide in its nightly newscasts all last year - and that turns out to be a credit to Peter Jennings. NBC had only 5 minutes of coverage all last year, and CBS only 3 minutes - about a minute of coverage for every 100,000 deaths. In contrast, Martha Stewart received 130 minutes of coverage by the three networks.” - Nicholas D> Kristof wrote in the column: “All Ears for Tom Cruise, All Eyes on Brad Pitt.”