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New River Journal
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Satirist Michael Miller (Roanoke Times) critiques today's issues from small-town America. Miller's biting humor is often compared to Dave Barry with a political slant. Includes Blacksburg Virginia, Virginia Tech issues.
- Added on: Jul 1st, 2008
- Country: United States
- Language: English
- Author: nrjmike
- Listed in: Activism Humor
- Tags: politics Virginia america virginia tech blacksburg hokies
Recent Posts
Movie Review - AVATAR
Please excuse the non-political commentary this time around, but I wanted to write a movie review, so I am going to.I knew when I saw the trailer a couple of months ago that the movie "Avatar" was going to be something special. But I was n...
Required reading
This article about Bill Aden in the Blue Ridge Business Journal should be required reading for anybody involved in Blacksburg government and economic development. I particularly like the part where he reinforces what I have been saying for a long ti...
What you get for Christmas
Ok, so I'm a little late this year with my annual NRV gift guide, but I have an excuse. However, since nobody cares about excuses, no matter how interesting they are, I won't bother you with mine.BlacksburgRordam - a lion tamer's chair and whip for ...
I broke my spoon
Back in about 1981, when I first started traveling for work, US Airways was still called Piedmont Airlines. Before deregulation, you could actually get a flight out of Roanoke to go pretty much anywhere on the east coast, and the planes were normally...
Casinos and Trains and Ice Cream
In the ever increasing list of commercial establishments that have abandoned downtown Blacksburg and have taken their business to Christiansburg, we can add Ben and Jerry's Ice Cream.I found out yesterday that the B&J's shop located in Kent Squar...
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