A few revelations from this weekend.

• There’s a wonderful southern BBQ restaurant in Raleigh called “Coopers”.  It’s been in existence since 1938, and looks very much the part of an old BBQ shack that’s been around since segregation.  I took Tony there for lunch on Saturday, and discovered the “Cooper’s Coma“.  This is the feeling you get after eating too much BBQ, Brunswick Stew and hush puppies.
• Canadian friends bring Canadian weather with them.
• Americans should hang their heads in collective shame over Black Friday.  We can’t elect a government that will fund education and health care properly, but we will line up at shopping malls in the middle of the night to save money on Chinese made junk - most of which will end up in landfills before the close of 2007.
• I need to spend a lot of time at the gym this week.