And down here, you don't have to explain to anyone the colors 'Duke Blue' or 'Carolina Blue'. 'Carolina Blue' is, of course, the color that God chose for the sky in this corner of the world.

'Spaw, you remind me: Did you hear Michael Feldman's "Whadya Know" on NPR after the Republican National Convention? He was reflecting on the (um) diversity represented there. He said that by golly, there WERE white people of EVERY hue in the audience, from the "pale to the downright SWARTHY".