tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22818992091034811872012-02-01T18:39:07.141-05:00Actions and Reactions IIby Jim PomeranzJim Pomeranzhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08520233289740107309noreply@blogger.comBlogger931100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2281899209103481187.post-74934180079224418712012-02-01T18:39:00.000-05:002012-02-01T18:39:07.150-05:00Bev out! Erskine in? Did Obama Influence?
Hargrove "Skipper" Bowles Family circa 1971-72
Sometimes,
often during election years, I enjoy putting to use my NC State University BA
degree in Political Science (’77). While politics is not always pleasurable to
the masses, I do enjoy a good political discussion and campaign. If you do not
want to be bored by the details, fast forward a few paragraphs while I detail
my history in politics.Jim Pomeranzhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08520233289740107309noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2281899209103481187.post-11931264792200522852012-01-22T18:53:00.003-05:002012-01-23T07:36:11.013-05:00Streaking, Teaching, "Maybe" & Jordan
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The draft minutes, supplied by the NCSU Office of Legal Affairs as a result of a public records request, must be approved by theJim Pomeranzhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08520233289740107309noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2281899209103481187.post-52907729590186677622010-05-19T08:24:00.001-04:002010-05-19T08:26:05.085-04:00So Today, We Slog Through a SlogHave you ever slogged or at the very least been in one? That’s not a misprint. I did not intend to say “blogged” or refer to a “blog,” such as what this place on the Internet is called. It wasn’t a typographical error. The “s” is second key from the left on the second row from the bottom while the “b” is fifth in from the left on the bottom row.
“Slog” is the right word. It came up twice this Jim Pomeranzhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08520233289740107309noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2281899209103481187.post-39439326990299344752010-05-18T07:34:00.004-04:002010-05-19T10:45:34.412-04:00Two Landmarks Still Standing TallIt was one day last week, as I was returning to Cary from my childhood home of Sanford, just about 30 miles from my current residence, when I decided to detour a little, going north on US Highways 15 and 501 to downtown Pittsboro and then east on US 64 to Cary.
I wanted to get a first-hand look at the Chatham County Courthouse, or at the very least what’s left of it, after that devastating fireJim Pomeranzhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08520233289740107309noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2281899209103481187.post-9229774562027655612010-05-14T10:03:00.004-04:002010-05-14T13:25:51.536-04:00NC Wine: RayLen Vineyards & Winery
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Jim: I'm a 1,000 or so "commentaries" ahead of you so Jim Pomeranzhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08520233289740107309noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2281899209103481187.post-38856494795657555472010-05-11T10:11:00.008-04:002010-05-11T10:56:03.537-04:00Surry Diner: A Better Choice For Lunch
The Surry Diner is just off Interstate Highway 77 at exit 93 in, well, Surry County NC, with a Dobson NC address. At that exit, if you’re seeking a winery, you may take the exit and two right turns to head to nearby Shelton Vineyards. Or if you need a very, very comfortable place to stay for the night, the Hampton Inn & Suites, more of an upscale Hampton Inn, is also on the right as is what I Jim Pomeranzhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08520233289740107309noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2281899209103481187.post-33267781549526765572010-05-10T07:32:00.000-04:002010-05-10T07:32:15.800-04:00Survey Says: Purcell Should Be TabbedThe poll which asked for your choice for NC State Athletics Director named current Wolfpack Club Executive Director Bobby Purcell on 43% of the ballots. No other name listed had more than 7%. All those in the list have a connection to NC State. After Purcell, Charlie Cobb, the current AD Appalachian State had 7%, and current executive director of the Peach Bowl, Gary Stokan, had 6%.
The second Jim Pomeranzhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08520233289740107309noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2281899209103481187.post-19870788371048863672010-05-07T08:37:00.002-04:002010-05-07T08:54:49.453-04:00Spot On About Perception Of GuiltA few posts ago, I was explaining about perception of guilt and how, guilty or not, perception of guilt usually remains after a not-guilty result. In that post, I wrote: Around the country, when Duke athletics is discussed, the content is usually Duke basketball and how great that program is, and Duke lacrosse and the perception of wrong-doing.
When the tragic story of Virginia lacrosse Jim Pomeranzhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08520233289740107309noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2281899209103481187.post-1579712995589334662010-05-06T08:54:00.002-04:002010-05-06T11:07:22.812-04:00Only "Pros," No "Cons" to NC State AD JobIn today’s The News & Observer, staff writer Ken Tysiac pens a “pros and cons” to the athletics director’s job at NC State. Read it for yourself by clicking here: Pack AD job has good, bad points. It reads as if, yesterday when he started to write a story from that angle, he was grasping for something to do, especially the “cons” portion in which he disparages the academic reputation of NC State Jim Pomeranzhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08520233289740107309noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2281899209103481187.post-81953251347977081752010-05-05T10:20:00.002-04:002010-05-05T10:21:39.711-04:00Purcell right for Wolfpack Athletics DirectorWith a budget crisis at hand, NC State University Chancellor Randy Woodson needs to save the money and not hire a national search firm to find a replacement for ousted Athletics Director Lee Fowler. Woodson, new to the campus but up-to-speed on the situation and process, should form a Search Committee made up of members of the Board of Trustees, the Chairperson of the Faculty Senate, the faculty Jim Pomeranzhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08520233289740107309noreply@blogger.com12tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2281899209103481187.post-18230512175923265462010-05-04T08:55:00.001-04:002010-05-04T08:56:25.540-04:00Two Birds at Once: Exercise and Voting
It was 6:00 a.m. today when we hit the street, walking, at a brisk pace. The results of a four-mile walk that early was that two birds got hit with one stone this morning. There’s that needed daily dose of exercise in my quest to lose 20 pounds and that civic duty, which came at the mid-point of the walk, of voting in today’s primary election in North Carolina.
The idea of combining the two Jim Pomeranzhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08520233289740107309noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2281899209103481187.post-46841693433615493132010-05-03T07:39:00.000-04:002010-05-03T07:39:17.698-04:00Goal: Lower Weight and Golf HandicapSunday, I weighed in at 210 pounds! And, when I last checked, my golf handicap was 8 (USGA Handicap Index of 6.5). I want to lower both, substantially. Weight to 190; handicap to 4.
In just over three weeks, I’ll be 58 years old. That’s not a major milestone though there are some who think every day, every week, every month, every year is an achievement. Being 58 is no big deal to some, and it’sJim Pomeranzhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08520233289740107309noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2281899209103481187.post-51218129515302685282010-04-30T08:27:00.003-04:002010-05-02T07:20:01.130-04:00Jim Valvano Thoughts; Alumni Director HiredThe email in-box brings interesting reading and announcements of interest on a daily basis. I usually receive a heavy dose of jokes along with bunches of emails, business and personal, except from legal counsel at NC State University when I question the possibility of former temporary chancellor James Woodward illegally deleting emails from his in-box as he departed from Holliday Hall, the ivory Jim Pomeranzhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08520233289740107309noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2281899209103481187.post-65101863277118230792010-04-29T08:08:00.002-04:002010-04-29T11:59:05.064-04:00Perception of Guilt: Was I Unclear?The anonymous writer of a comment attached to yesterday’s post missed my point completely, or maybe I wasn’t clear. It was in reference to the perception of wrong-doing before a verdict is rendered. Here’s the comment as written and posted:
You must be kidding. Charges must be brought because the perception of wrong-doing would have remained. Then Mike Easley must be charged no matter if there Jim Pomeranzhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08520233289740107309noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2281899209103481187.post-51734048962105277412010-04-28T08:32:00.002-04:002010-04-28T08:56:31.068-04:00Sh***y on Capitol Hill Tuesday & other notesCarl Levin: Sit-Down Comic?
If you follow politics at any level, you’ll love to watch United States Senator Carl Levin (D-Michigan) as he questions Daniel Sparks, a former Goldman Sachs Mortgages Department head, at yesterday’s hearings on the shady efforts by Goldman Sachs, creating securities expected to fail and then insuring the losses to create windfall profits for Goldman Sachs. At the Jim Pomeranzhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08520233289740107309noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2281899209103481187.post-83434540633016523552010-04-27T08:59:00.005-04:002010-04-27T12:55:46.456-04:00Strong, Swift Action by O'Brien a MustTo his credit, one—and maybe the only—rule Duke basketball coach Mike Krzyzewski has for his players is to do nothing that discredits Duke University. As narrow as that decree may seem, it’s very broad in scope, though I do not know the penalty Coach K applies for such transgression or if he has ever had to enforce it.
Food for thought: If, a few years ago, the Duke lacrosse team had been givenJim Pomeranzhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08520233289740107309noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2281899209103481187.post-60431747792473426472010-04-26T07:59:00.004-04:002010-04-26T17:06:46.866-04:00No Spare Parts; No More Coleman GrillsThere’s a lot very positive to be said for Southwest Airlines. While bags fly free on Southwest, that’s not why. It’s that Southwest only uses Boeing 737 jets. That’s one of the reasons for the success of Southwest. One plane for training; one plane for maintenance; one plane for spare parts. Southwest may one-day replace all the jets with another brand or size, but I doubt it. In the meantime, Jim Pomeranzhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08520233289740107309noreply@blogger.com8tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2281899209103481187.post-53466307538673231332010-04-23T07:23:00.003-04:002010-04-24T08:12:17.127-04:00Will the ACC Survive Conference Expansion?The members of the Atlantic Coast Conference have much to think about with the expansion and changes in the NCAA Basketball Tournament and TV contract and with the expansion and changes coming to college conferences and football television revenue. Two subjects today. Basketball goes first.
While I’ve been a proponent for expansion of the NCAA Basketball Tournament, what the NCAA is doing by Jim Pomeranzhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08520233289740107309noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2281899209103481187.post-44119748741459243572010-04-22T05:43:00.000-04:002010-04-22T05:43:16.890-04:00If I Hurt Your Feelings, I'm Terribly SorryHuman beings have to be the most interesting species on the planet. Not that I’ve studied all the species but I have a hunch. I think it’s because we’re all different in so many ways while we’re all the same. We’re all sensitive to our own interests and desires; we all have our own likes and dislikes; and, most of the time, no one knows everything that will upset another. One person’s opinion Jim Pomeranzhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08520233289740107309noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2281899209103481187.post-2784545899037541502010-04-21T07:43:00.002-04:002010-04-21T08:37:28.497-04:00Ruminating and Cogitating Over 1700 HitsA mention of a posting in this space on another website continues to make me a believer in the power of the Internet.
Earlier this year, when I first started my investigation and writing about the firing of Lennie Barton, the number of hits on my blog went to nearly 800, up from a high of 130. Yesterday, Alpha Wolf, writing on SportsFanNation, “How NC State Sports Information Really Works,” Jim Pomeranzhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08520233289740107309noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2281899209103481187.post-61873965551250648862010-04-20T07:14:00.008-04:002010-04-20T07:26:11.609-04:00And the winner is: Jim Pomeranz (finally!)
Until yesterday, when I received an email from Hal Goodtree at the website CaryCitizen, I can’t remember the last time, recently anyway, I won anything other than maybe a hole in a golf match which happens only every now and then. Oh, I might have won $3 on a $5 lottery ticket, but is that winning? I remember going to Las Vegas once and returning to the question, “Did you win?” My answer wasJim Pomeranzhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08520233289740107309noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2281899209103481187.post-70642310266634123092010-04-19T08:22:00.002-04:002010-04-19T08:31:33.912-04:00Golf's Honor Comes Through Again: Rule 13-4-cImagine in a baseball game, say the bottom of the 20th inning, one out, runner on third, fly ball hit deep to center field, the runner tags up, the catch is made, the man on third sprints home, the umpire calls him safe and says the home team wins. The runner, though, turns to the umpire and says, “I think I left third too soon. I should be out. Check the replay.”
That’s not going to happen. Jim Pomeranzhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08520233289740107309noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2281899209103481187.post-63544751406640350022010-04-16T08:37:00.001-04:002010-04-16T08:40:01.466-04:00Wolfpack Club to Pay "Services Rendered" Fee?After a conversation yesterday with someone really in the know, I expect Nevin Kessler, who probably couldn’t give away ice in south Florida in the summer, to get his way with the 5% tax on all donations to NC State University. The Vice Chancellor for Advancement knows of no other way to raise money for the functioning of his department. He’s had three years to do so and has come up short.
And, Jim Pomeranzhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08520233289740107309noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2281899209103481187.post-74646624265724691632010-04-15T07:17:00.004-04:002010-04-15T07:40:05.662-04:00Cart Before the Horse: PR Spin Before Policy?Is the proposed 5% tax on all donations to NC State University a done deal? Has Vice Chancellor for Advancment Nevin Kessler, a man not worthy of having NC State University associated with his name, gotten his way? You decide.
An email arrived midday Wednesday. It came from one of my on-campus Deep Throats, one of many who feed my passion for information of what’s happening at NC State Jim Pomeranzhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08520233289740107309noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2281899209103481187.post-59525227394312729312010-04-14T07:53:00.003-04:002010-04-14T08:00:14.364-04:00A New Day at NC State With Old ProblemsYesterday (same start as yesterday’s posting), I received a telephone call from a long-time (we knew each other in college) friend who shall remain anonymous (I know her but maybe it's best you do not know who she is.). It was not surprising to hear from her; it’s just that I thought her phone call would have come several weeks ago. As it turns out, she, a determined and avid supporter of NC Jim Pomeranzhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08520233289740107309noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2281899209103481187.post-46900437216054779942010-04-13T08:49:00.000-04:002010-04-13T08:49:20.237-04:00Anonymous Comments Can Be A ProblemYesterday, I received two comments from Anonymous.
One is below Monday’s posting in which I said Tiger Woods is an angel compared to Pope Benedict. The author, I’m sure, is a Catholic who skirts the issue of wrong-doing in her (could be a he) faith, points fingers at Southern Baptists, and continues to refuse to admit there are problems through the hierarchy of the Catholic faith. She even saysJim Pomeranzhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08520233289740107309noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2281899209103481187.post-47300539369743499132010-04-12T07:36:00.003-04:002010-04-12T07:55:17.736-04:00Tiger Is An Angel Compared To BenedictAn editorial cartoon by Don Wright, a two-time Pulitzer Prize winner who works for The Palm Beach Post, really caught my eye when it was printed in The News & Observer Saturday. To me it was laugh-out-loud-funny and shows why Wright is so good at his profession.
In the cartoon, there seems to be a prim and proper lady, seated with hands crossed on her lap. She’s facing you. She says, “I forgive Jim Pomeranzhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08520233289740107309noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2281899209103481187.post-42815896239338650982010-04-09T18:16:00.001-04:002010-04-09T18:17:14.262-04:00Woods shows his appeal despite his troublesSo, the power of Tigers Woods remains. First day viewership for the Masters was up something like 47%. Maybe ESPN owes him something. While his personal matters got in the way of his professional career, his professional career is back on center stage. Never mind his personal life.
And for golf enthusiasts watching Tiger is what matters. Oh, it was fun to see Tom Watson and Freddie Couples do Jim Pomeranzhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08520233289740107309noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2281899209103481187.post-4874899996258651932010-04-08T16:07:00.005-04:002010-04-08T16:47:50.488-04:00WOW! This is Jim reporting from the Newseum
So, as I was saying, yesterday, not really yesterday but last Friday, we arrived in Washington via South Capitol Street SE, stopping just a few blocks from the Capitol. The drive into the DC is always impressive with monuments all around. The streets and sidewalks were crowed for Cherry Blossom viewing.
It was a visit—actually two days worth—to the Newseum on Pennsylvania Avenue that may have Jim Pomeranzhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08520233289740107309noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2281899209103481187.post-34637208482349898272010-04-07T08:16:00.004-04:002010-04-07T11:21:52.098-04:00A Road Less Traveled (Winery Included) To DCIf you’ve driven to and from Washington DC anytime in recent memory, you know there are good times and bad times for entering and exiting our Nation’s Capital. On Interstate Highway 95, that’s just about any time.
Over the most recent of Christian holidays—Easter—which was also during the most recent of Jewish celebrations—Passover—neither of which is a Federal Holiday, we traveled to WashingtonJim Pomeranzhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08520233289740107309noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2281899209103481187.post-7876498919657752372010-04-06T07:41:00.005-04:002010-04-06T10:33:40.982-04:00What makes a college basketball game great?Is it the score: 61-59?
Is it who wins: Duke?
Is it shooting percentage: combined 43-106 (40.6%)?
Is it 3-point FG shooting: combined 11-35 (31.4%)?
Is it free throw shooting: combined 23-34 (67.6%)?
Is it a breakdown of all the stats?
Is it the slim lead margins by either team?
Is it the number of lead changes?
Is it the ebb and flow?
Is it the closeness of a supposedly David vs. Goliath?
At Jim Pomeranzhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08520233289740107309noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2281899209103481187.post-33680221991976670922010-04-02T06:21:00.001-04:002010-04-02T06:21:20.502-04:00A Flying Adventure But Still On TimeI’m a business traveler, following roads all over the place, flying when necessary, trying to get from point A to point B, trying to get to meetings at the appointed time. Years ago, my Father, the ultimate salesman, offered this advice: Get to where you’re going the night before and make sure you fill your gas tank before you go to bed. Anyone who is in sales understands those instructions.
Jim Pomeranzhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08520233289740107309noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2281899209103481187.post-83251328033980411112010-04-01T07:24:00.004-04:002010-04-01T09:59:39.078-04:00An Epiphany: I've Been Wrong!It was late Wednesday afternoon and something strange was happening to me. I was cutting the grass, running the lawnmower over a yard full of poa annua, a bluegrass that’s great on golf course greens primarily during the early morning immediately after being cut to 11 or 12 on the stimpmeter. It’s also a weed to some. As I moved the well-seasoned clipper in the same pattern I’ve followed for 13 Jim Pomeranzhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08520233289740107309noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2281899209103481187.post-83677591600492406922010-03-31T20:17:00.003-04:002010-04-01T14:11:59.181-04:00Woodward Tar Heel of the Week? Hah!It seems as if every good leader has a Waterloo. Richard Nixon’s was Watergate. Bill Clinton’s was Monica Lewinsky. George W. Bush had George W. Bush. Recent The News & Observer Tar Heel of the Week and temporary NC State University Chancellor James Woodward has his, but it’s more complex than a simple name or phrase. He would be more like Bush, but Woodward had help.
Woodward, a retired elder Jim Pomeranzhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08520233289740107309noreply@blogger.com