Presidential Predictor: Golf

Since the 1980 presidential election, a curious trend has emerged: Jimmy Carter. Walter Mondale. Michael Dukakis. Bob Dole. Al Gore. John Kerry. John McCain. None of them played golf. All of them tasted bitter defeat. All of them lost to golfers.

http://espn.go.com/golf/story/_/id/8448356/president-barack-obama-keeps-golf-games-quiet-only-invites-white-house-staffers-espn-magazine

2016?...

Former First Lady and current Secretary of State Hilary Clinton plays golf too!
That being said, Clinton often played to please her husband Bill Clinton, usually only playing a couple of times a year.

http://bleacherreport.com/articles/621867-barack-obama-john-boehner-and-the-top-25-politician-golfers-ever/page/14

Southern Public Utilities Company Magazine

This publication is an important primary source for my thesis research.  Since the Duke Power archives are in a state of flux, I'm currently having to rely upon the Charlotte-Mecklenburg Library to fulfill my research requirements.  However, I've discovered that their holdings have gaps.  So here's a listing of the available issues in the library:

Volume 1 - all 12 issues from February 1915 to January 1916

Volumes 2-4 - very spotty

• Volume 2 has issues 1 (February 1916), 2 (March 1916), 4 (May 1916), 6 (July 1916), 7 (August 1916), 9 (October 1916), 10 (November 1916), and 12 (January 1917)
• Volume 3 has issues 1 (February 1917) and 12 (January 1918)
• Volume 4 has issue 1 (February 1918)

Volumes 5-6 are missing.  How convenient considering Volume 5 would include information about the August 1919 streetcar strike in Charlotte...

Volumes 7-9 - only missing a few: March 1922, October 1922, February 1923, and January 1924

Volumes 10-11 - completely intact except for January 1926

Volumes 12-13 - only missing July 1927

Volumes 14-16 - missing September 1928, June 1929, and December 1929

Volumes 17-18 - missing January-March 1931 and January-February 1932

Volumes 19-20n8 - missing January-May 1933.  SPUC comes under the Duke Power Company name, and the publication becomes the Duke Power Magazine.

Been a while since I've posted, hasn't it?  Currently, we're shopping for a new house, and I'm about to start my second year of grad school. 

I'm very excited about my thesis topic!  I'm researching the history of public transportation in Charlotte from 1890 to 1960.  Within that focus, I will explore how the changes in technology--specifically the transition from streetcar to bus--altered how people experienced the urban environment.

This summer has been busy, though I had planned on it being a break from my crazy school schedule.  Mema had heart surgery, so I went home for a couple of weeks to help take care of Pa.  I'm still doing an internship with the Historic Landmarks Commission here in Charlotte.  My primary project is a survey and research report about a farmhouse that was once part of a dairy farm...  I should get back to writing this report, though.  Toodles!

I'm still here!

Too busy to post! Grad school is a bitch (sometimes)!

More Moosic!

Adding to my "I've seen in concert" list:

• Moody Blues (1996) - Baton Rouge, LA
• Kansas and ZZ Top (1998) - Shreveport, LA
• Liquid Sand (2000) - Baton Rouge, LA
• Squint (2004) - Ruston, LA
• Benji Davis Project (several times 2005-2006) - Shreveport, LA
• Weird Al Yankovic (2007) - Charlotte, NC
• Jimmy Buffett (2008) - Charlotte, NC
• Lifehouse (2009) - Charlotte, NC
• American Idol Top 10 - Michael Sarver, Megan Joy, Scott MacIntyre, Lil Rounds, Anoop Desai, Matt Giraud, Allison Iraheta, Danny Gokey, Adam Lambert, and Kris Allen (2009)
• Pete Turner, Sum 41, and The Offspring (2009) - Charlotte, NC
• Theory of a Deadman, Godsmack, and Motley Crue (2009) - Charlotte, NC
• Foreigner (2009) - Charlotte, NC
• Kansas, Styx, and Foreigner (2010) - Charlotte, NC
• KISS (2010) - Charlotte, NC
• Jimmy Buffett (2012) - Charlotte, NC
• Summerland Tour, saw Sugar Ray, Gin Blossoms, and Lit, skipped Marcy Playground and Everclear (2012) - Charlotte, NC
• Summerland Tour, saw Sponge, Filter, and Live (although for one song because of bad weather), skipped Everclear (weather again) (2013) - Charlotte, NC 

Had tickets to (I can't remember the name) Tour with Sugar Ray, Smashmouth, Gin Blossoms, Vertical Horizon, and Fastball, but couldn't go because of Pa's funeral (2013) - Charlotte, NC

It's Crack-tastic Gown Time Again!

It's Miss Universe time, which can only mean one thing: evening gowns that could only have been chosen by... well, someone that was obviously high.
And so I begin!

Aruba wore her evening sarong.

Belgium... There are no words.

Denmark enlisted PRS3's Stacy Estrella. All she's missing is the "coquettish panty."


Georgia is attempting to channel Joan Collins - and is failing miserably.


Great Britain was running late, so she stopped by Victoria's Secret on her way.


I do NOT want to know what's going on around Haiti's lady area.


Linen? Really, Indonesia?


Another PR reject gown brought to you by Japan.


Do not open Indonesia until Christmas.


Hark, fair Norway! Thou must hail from yonder Renaissance faire!


You can see Peru's disco inferno burning...


Serbia's auditioning for the part of Norway's wicked stepsister.


Miss Thailand, maybe you should go have that fungus growing up your boobies checked...


Good times!

More Moosic!

Adding to my "I've seen in concert" list:

• Moody Blues (1996)
• Kansas and ZZ Top (1998)
• Liquid Sand (2000)
• Squint (2004)
• Benji Davis Project (several times 2005-2006)
• Doobie Brothers and the Pointer Sisters (2007, I think)
• Weird Al Yankovic (2007)
• Jimmy Buffett (2008)
• Lifehouse (2009)
• American Idol Top 10 - Michael Sarver, Megan Joy, Scott MacIntyre, Lil Rounds, Anoop Desai, Matt Giraud, Allison Iraheta, Danny Gokey, Adam Lambert, and Kris Allen (2009)
• Pete Turner, Sum 41, and The Offspring (2009)
• Theory of a Deadman, Godsmack, and Motley Crue (2009)
• Foreigner (2009)
• Kansas, Styx, and Foreigner (2010)
• Jimmy Buffett (2012)
• Rebelution and Sublime with Rome (2014?)