Blog Of The Seven Hills http://www.mynewsadvance.com/index.php/blog_of_the_seven_hills Local columnist Darrell Laurant blogs about life in Central Virginia en dlaurant@newsadvance.com Copyright 2010 2010-05-28T13:04:42+00:00 Read this blog entry or else! http://www.mynewsadvance.com/index.php/blog_of_the_seven_hills/comments/read_this_blog_entry_or_else/ {Blog_Summary} main So I was complaining to Matt Busse, one of the people who handles our Internet intricacies, about not getting any comments on my blog posts, and he said maybe it was the headlines I was putting on them.

]]> 2010-05-28T13:04:42+00:00 Changing spark plugs on a blown engine http://www.mynewsadvance.com/index.php/blog_of_the_seven_hills/comments/changing_spark_plugs_on_a_blown_engine/ {Blog_Summary} main The Tea Party people are really mad—but I’m having trouble figuring out exactly why. Is this about specific issues like TARP (the Troubled Asset Relief Program), or is it just generic discontent?

]]> 2010-05-19T17:23:50+00:00 Why take Glenn Beck so seriously? http://www.mynewsadvance.com/index.php/blog_of_the_seven_hills/comments/why_take_glenn_beck_so_seriously/ {Blog_Summary} main I don’t have a problem with Glenn Beck, just with people who take him seriously.

]]> 2010-05-13T21:28:47+00:00 Music: A small antidote for debt http://www.mynewsadvance.com/index.php/blog_of_the_seven_hills/comments/an_exercise_in_musical_health_care/ {Blog_Summary} main Whatever happens with health care reform, it will be too late to do much good for the Satterfield family of Virgilina.

]]> 2010-05-06T12:47:32+00:00 Is the at-large system broke? http://www.mynewsadvance.com/index.php/blog_of_the_seven_hills/comments/is_the_at-large_system_broke/ {Blog_Summary} main Driving around Lynchburg over the past few weeks has reminded me that the term “at-large” (in connection with City Council) has really become an anomaly.

]]> 2010-05-01T22:28:27+00:00 Downsizing for a good cause http://www.mynewsadvance.com/index.php/blog_of_the_seven_hills/comments/downsizing_for_a_good_cause/ {Blog_Summary} main It’s a bit ironic that Lynchburg singer Paddy Dougherty is embarking on a series of concerts to benefit The Gateway. From her perspective, it seems, this project is a gateway in itself.

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]]> 2010-04-28T22:25:35+00:00 Arise and fight, mushy middle! http://www.mynewsadvance.com/index.php/blog_of_the_seven_hills/comments/arise_and_fight_mushy_middle/ {Blog_Summary} main These days, it would be easy to assume that everyone in America has been herded into one of two warring camps. In the process, Barack Obama has become like political spinach—you either love him or you hate him, runs the conventional wisdom, with no room for middle ground.

But that’s not what I’m seeing in real life.

]]> 2010-04-07T17:37:43+00:00 The Great Groundhog Coverup http://www.mynewsadvance.com/index.php/blog_of_the_seven_hills/comments/the_great_groundhog_coverup/ {Blog_Summary} main Groundhogs: You can’t live with them, you can’t live without them.

]]> 2009-07-08T22:05:15+00:00 Get that pipeline off my foot! http://www.mynewsadvance.com/index.php/blog_of_the_seven_hills/comments/get_that_pipeline_off_my_foot/ {Blog_Summary} main A couple of strange thoughts from my childhood ...

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