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Get ready for a wet and wild Friday…
If you missed the Charleston Regional Business Journal’s “Power Breakfast,” you don’t have to miss the lessons delivered to that crowd by Jason Bradford:
The biggest point I wanted to get across was to get in the conversation. Getting in the conversation is free. Tools like Twitter, Facebook, LinkedIn and blogging platforms are free. You can monitor what people are saying about you and your company! Below are the four points that were included in the booklet this morning… my big point of “Get In The Conversation” has connections to all four points.
Here’s some good news if you’re looking for something to do outdoors this weekend:
All the recent rain has filled the old-growth swamp at the Audubon Center at Francis Beidler Forest! It has been quite some time since the water has been at its current level. Walking along the 1.75-mile boardwalk, one sees nothing but a sheet of black water in every direction!
If you’ve never been to this gem, GO. And to see it with slowly flowing black water everywhere is a complete treat. It’s an easy walk, safe and fascinating for kids, and the temperatures are perfect. Worried about bugs? There are very few in a healthy swamp. To repeat: GO.
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So just how far has the Charleston real estate market gone back to the future? Here’s an interesting interpretation by Howard Arnoff:
So bottom line, I would suggest we are probably back to prices somewhere in 2005 rather than 2004 and while prices may decline another 5 or 10 percent before stabilizing, in many cases, you can probably buy today for that same 5 to 10 percent discount off today’s price.
AND FINALLY:
Geoff Surratt of Seacoast Church says he’s through with Christianity:
I am one of the many Americans who would no longer describe themselves as a professing Christian. I cannot in good faith associate any more with what the label Christian has come to represent in America. Christianity is now a set of political views, a way to distinguish different groups of people (Jews, Muslims, Christians, Hindus), a movement to impose a certain view of morality on others regardless the condition of their hearts.
In order to be a faithful Christian I can only vote for politicians who say they hold the party line on the right issues. It does not matter if I agree with their economic views, their foreign relations policies or their theory on education; if they pass the Christian litmus test they are my candidates. The fact that voting for these Christians again and again has produced little change, in fact we see abortion more acceptable and gay marriage legalized at a faster pace, can’t be factored into the equation. As a member of the Christian party I have to toe the line.
Interesting piece.
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Because you maniacs can’t stop thinking about (and writing about) food!
Where’s the beef? It’s at Heather’s place this month. Herb-encrusted steaks. Mmmm.
Holly provides a surprising culinary defense of California Dreaming, the fort-like restaurant at Ripley’s Point, as well as a nod to the bar atop the Round Holiday Inn.
Yet another reason to worship bacon, the American fetish food of the 21st century.
A handy index to local-celebrity-foodie-blogger Tartlette’s recipes.
(Dan Conover writes for Xark and is very, very happy about the return of baseball.)