Tough times for a nice museum, the North Carolina Pottery Center.. The decade-old center is in Seagrove, which the AP’s Martha Waggoner wrote has “been described as the largest continuing community of European-based potters in the United States. In the mid-1700s, seven families from England settled within a five-mile radius of each other and began…

The storm that knocked power out to more than 37,000 homes in Knoxville was something to Twitter about on Monday (and I’m sure I missed some others): boriqua:   Turning cell off now to conserve battery. Goodnight, all!  boriqua:  Entering third hour without power. Thus our first unplugged night is born.   boriqua: Holy shit-storm has…

This one is going around, but as one who’s worn glasses since I was five, I can’t resist. You may have seen it, but if not, see “How Glasses Can Change A Person.”