The IronDog Chronicles

This is one of the wildest stories that I’ve heard in quite some time in Chapel Hill…
I don’t know whether to laugh or cringe.  Check out the national story from SI here.  Here’s the N&O version.
From the looks of things, this is really strange.  Check out this quoted report in the N&O.
“In one account given […]

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Tough road ‘W’ for the Heels last night…
Game Balls - Deon Thompson, Wayne Ellington, Bob Frasor
I have to say that I give Bob Frasor a game ball due to heady floor play.
A friend of mine emailed me with the note that Frasor “struggles with his shot when saddled with playing point. He is far more […]

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Should the Tar Heels be a little nervous going into tonight’s game…?
Here are some things on my head:
1.) Away Game at Columbus on National TV…Columbus will be hyped.
2.) A possible no-show on Tywon Lawson - Don’t be alarmed.
Bobby Frasor has done a great job handling the point on a fly. Keep in […]

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Congrats to UNC Chapel Hill Professor of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, Oliver Smithies, who was named one of three Nobel Prize honorees chosen for developing a technology for manipulating genes in mice to replicate human diseases.
I enjoyed this note from the N&O…”Smithies still works in his lab seven days a week. He […]

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You’ve been wondering where the posts have been here…?
Well, I’ve redesigned the front page of http://www.bretdougherty.com, and the “IronDog Chronicles” may now be reached along with my information site in full swoop at www.bretdougherty.com.
I’ve been posting a few writings on hoops, UNC Basketball, marketing, advertising, branding, fantasy sports, wi-fi, and the whole nine yards […]

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Not blaring, breaking news, but I just heard from a very close contact, who is a very solid source, that the Coach Roy Williams and UNC Tar Heel Basketball landed Kendall Marshall, who is a 6′3″…sophomore point guard.
Yes, a sophomore point guard for the Heels…Who would have thought that the Heels would reach down […]

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A while back, I posted on my Top 20 Nike commercials of all-time, and I had to post on the new Nike Football commercial today…
This post resulted after I caught this post on AdRants, which by the way, is one helluva blog for ad insights and job leads. AdRants bagged on the new Nike […]

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Are city wi-fi plans on or off these days?…
Over the past couple of years, the advant-garde discussion for econ developers and tech futurists is to develop city-wide wi-fi programs and areas consisting of public networks, clouds, and hotspots. Yet, the plans for cities seem to be crumbling while here in Chapel Hill public wireless […]

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My bust on the lack of posts over the past month…
I’m constructing a new blog page, and I’ll give you the details when the finishing touches are in place on the site. Until then, I’m not going to leave you hanging. I’ll feed you insights on the switch, and I’ll guarantee some golden […]

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Saffron
Food style/ethnicity: Indian
Price: 14 - 22 (USD)
Location:
Davis Dr.
Morrisville, NC
United States

Food rating: 4 out of 5

Decor rating: 3 out of 5

Service rating: 2 out of 5

Good Indian food at reasonable prices. The only downside is that my dish wasn’t very spicy. […]

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