Aycock Middle School's fledgling Drum Line is doing fine, thanks for asking.  They will be having their first public appearance this Thursday night @ 6:00 along with Jimmy Cheek's fine chorus in our beautiful old (1922) auditorium on Cypress Street.  If you don't know what I'm updating, here's the skinny.

Still no drums to play so it will be interesting to see what they will be beating on.

Raised $500 to date, only $6,500 to go but I have some lines on a grant or two.  Still rounding up old instruments from local high schools and trying to get them fixed up.  If you can help, let me know.

The Drum Line is like social innoculation, a little money spent now will save our community big bucks later by helping to direct these boys away from where many of them were headed.

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Luminary Update: Because neighbor Tom Franklin and I do the bulk of the work putting on the luminary display previously mentioned, we decided to postpone the event until next Sunday (21st).

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If warnings about catching diseases that might kill don't provide enough reason for practicing safe sex, this account of pregnancy and the aftermath of same might just do the trick.  To let you in on her world and to make sure that men understand what breast engorgement feels like, Dawn offers this analogy: 

"... imagine your testicles being backed up, blocked and congested after watching three weeks worth of porno videos and receiving a lap dance an hour while force feeding yourself viagra pills - all while being physically restrained from relieving yourself. It's mildly uncomfortable to say the least."

Thanks to Lex for the link which I will have my kids read a time or two.

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