Here it is! The long-awaited and anticipated Tarheel Tavern #27 is here!

This is the blog carnival of North Carolina bloggers -- it features posts by or about the Tarheel state. This week's "theme" was Memories. So let's see where our memories take us for this week:

First up is a rather current memory, Justin Thibault at The View From the Cheap Seats. He brings us Politics
in an Odd-Numbered Year XVI: The Musical -- a post including great song lyrics that highlight North Carolina bureaucracy in action. A sample (sung to the tune of Y.M.C.A.):

They build across the state, projects are always late
But you can work your magic hard...

You gotta call
NC-D-O-T
You gotta call
NC-D-O-T

Next up is Phin of Phin's Blog (Phin is in NC? Geez, I need to pay more attention). He submits A new level of geekness. He describes some encounters with O/S 2 Warp (Is that an actual O/S still?). I'm not sure how that fits in with the "Memories" theme, but that's okay. Are there people who really don't know what O/S Warp is? Oh yeah, I *AM* a geek.

Another entry is from one of my favorite blog layouts, Poetic Acceptance. Erin submits I remember... do you?.

Her entry talks about a naked 2-year old watching TV. She remembers a time lost (read her entry for more), but as a matter of fact, I'm watching TV in the buff right now. Oh wait, was that TMI? Sorry.

Next up in the Tavern is Lenslinger at Viewfinder Blues with Bad Boys, Bad Boys. He's got a great story of a time in the past when he was, like most of us have at one time or another, surviving on Ramen Noodles.

If you have never lived off Ramen Noodles, you have really missed an experience. Seriously. Heck, I STILL like to eat them now and then -- they really are good, if you ask me!

Finally, Bora Zivkovic of Science and Politics, the primary driver behind this wonderful Tarheel Tavern, provides us with the back room of the Tavern with a spin around North Carolina and even MORE NC Bloggers and what they're doing!

Yes, there really ARE more people than just me blogging from North Carolina, quite a few doing a MUCH better job at writing than I am. I bet I've had more writings rejected by publishers than anyone else in North Carolina -- including professional journals. Maybe I should ask Bora for tips on getting published there...

So thanks for stopping along! Head over and read some of these wonderful submissions from around North Carolina -- you will NOT regret it.

Also appearing in TTLB's Ubercarnival page.

Posted by: Ogre at 07:30 AM | Comments (5) | Add Comment
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1 Good roundup. NC is a beautiful state.

Posted by: Jay at August 29, 2005 08:36 AM (2FcUc)

2 haha thanks Ogre! I can't take a bit of credit for the layout - a friend of mine (also named Erin) did it for me, calls herself a Paint Shop Pro Idiot Savant. (She's at http://mostlygood.net.) Great carnival - it might have even been on time if your car was something other than hamster powered! (try giving them steroids! They're environmentally safe too and they'll raise your top mph (miles per hamster of course) a bit) ~Erin

Posted by: Erin Monahan at August 29, 2005 09:40 AM (0Ea9a)

3 Hey! It runs on self-winding rubber bands, not hamsters! (Makes it more environmentally friendly).

Posted by: Ogre at August 29, 2005 11:13 AM (/k+l4)

4 Ogre, thanks! This is my first carninval, actually. So, it was cool to be "the headliner". Sorry I missed the whole "Memories theme" and compelled you to force that "recent memory" in. I'll get it right next time!

Posted by: Justin Thibault at August 29, 2005 01:11 PM (FWvKf)

5 Absolutely glad to have you! And don't worry about the theme -- that was just an idea for those who didn't have anything to blog about to submit to the Tavern. Sometimes the host suggests a theme, most of the time they don't -- and feel free to sign up to host it too, if you like!

Posted by: Ogre at August 29, 2005 02:14 PM (L0IGK)

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