Salisbury Mall Update

According to Salisbury News, the old Salisbury Mall building is now leveled. It’s just a matter of cleaning up the lot now. Joe has current pictures of the place here. You can still see an aerial shot of the old building on Google Maps. The Daily Times also has an aerial shot here along with an article about the current development dispute here.

I have had the link to the Salisbury Mall Archive for a while now. It’s not been updated since the beginning of October, but I’m sure content is not easy to get. Wikipedia has an article about the Salisbury Mall here.

Bonanza Coupons Are Good At Golden Corral

I was driving through Seaford, DE last night. The Golden Corral Restaurant has posted on their sign that they are accepting Bonanza coupons. So, if you’ve got any Bonanza coupons laying around that you haven’t already used or thrown out, drive up to Seaford and get a discounted meal. There was no indication on how long they would do this promotion. On a side note, I wonder if the owner of the Golden Corral would re-open any of those Bonanzas buildings under the Golden Corral sign? (I can’t remember his first name, but his last name is Rittenhouse).

Previous articles about Bonanza: here and here.

Bonanza Update

WBOC had a report last night regarding the Delmarva Bonanza closings. According to Delmar Dustpan, the Delmar Bonanza is now closed. Hopefully there will be an update later on about the other locations. I’ll add today’s updates to this post.

I reported about this earlier.

UPDATE: I just called the Bonanzas in Millsboro and Pocomoke City. Someone answered the phone in Millsboro and informed me that they were closed. I didn’t get an answer in Pocomoke City, so I would assume they are also closed.

UPDATE 2: WBOC has a longer update, probably the last of the news on this.

Random Thoughts: Regressives, RINOs and File Sharing

Listening to Rush Limbaugh on Friday, I heard him refer to so-called “progressives” as “regressives”, a term that I’ve thought for a while should be used. The line in Kerry Livgren’s song “Progress” is so appropriate for them: Progress, we are marching backward… (I have all the lyrics on this post). According to NinjaWords, “regressive” means “returning to a former less advanced state”. We have dipped our toes in the cesspool of socialism and smelled the fowl stench of its waters. We cannot wade further into that.

Over in the People’s Democratic Republic of The State of Maryland, some of the residents of US House District 1 have decided they are tired of Wayne Gilcrest’s left-ward ways. They are working to toss him out of the House in the next Republican primary. Good for them! Hopefully they will put up a real Republican and get the RINO out of there. It looks like Andy Harris is their man. Could they clone him and send the clone to Delaware? I’d like to see our RINO gone too.

It appears that Comcast is interfering with some Internet traffic in an attempt to stop file sharing. While most would agree that the majority of file sharing occurring online is of the illegal type, this filtering is going to put a halt to legitimate file-sharing, such as certain movies and music, even software like Knoppix. I’ve recently gotten live music from two artists that allow their music to be shared. This is being distributed by BitTorrent, but this legal activity will be stopped as well. Even BitTorrent, Inc. is selling content now, but this will also be blocked. I’m annoyed and frustrated by that, but it’s within their rights to control the traffic that’s coming across their lines. If you want to take a “free speech” angle here, remember that Comcast is not a government agency nor are the lines delivering that service to your home part of public property. When they say that this filtering is a bandwidth issue, that file sharing software is effecting their other customers, I think they’ve got more available bandwidth than they are letting on. I wholeheartedly disagree with their filtering as it’s punishing the good with the bad, but I guess there’s no way around it. When I was in elementary school, frequently our class would be punished as a whole because of the actions of a few. In the situation with Comcast, I guess the few are being punished for the actions of the many. Either way, it’s sad.

Bonanza Restaurants

I’ve got a friend that works at the Bonanza Restaurant in Delmar, DE. She was notified that the restaurant will be closing after Sunday. I don’t know how many employees that effects, but a number of people will be going to the unemployment office in Georgetown soon. Hopefully they will all find jobs quickly.

I understand that the Milford Bonanza has already closed. When I called them this evening, no one answered. I called the Millsboro Bonanza and inquired about their hours of business. The young lady that answered gave me the hours without any indication that they would be closing. I didn’t inquire further. I got the same response when I called the Pocomoke City, Maryland location. In addition, when I called the Delmar location, they gave me the hours of operation without indicating they would close. So they are not telling their customers yet.

I hope you all will offer prayers for those that have become unemployed. If you know someone effected, do more than just pray. Offer to help them.

On the web: Bonanza Restaurants on Delmarva and Bonanza & Ponderosa

Delmar Dustpan is also on the case.

Salisbury Suspect Turns Himself In

Wow, that was quick. Reginald Williams, the man wanted for the alleged rape at Hollybrook Apartments, turned himself in to Laurel Police. He was arraigned at the Justice of The Peace court and released after posting a $6000 secured bond.

Salisbury Man Wanted For Rape In Laurel

Laurel Police are looking for a Salisbury, MD man, Reginald Williams. He is wanted for a rape which occurred on Monday, October 8, 2007, at Hollybrook Apartments. He is described as 6 foot tall and weighing 200 pounds. If you have any information, please call the Laurel Police Department at (302) 875-2244 or Delaware Crime Stoppers at 1-800-TIP-3333.

Reports with a picture: WBOC and DelawareOnline

People Are Seaching For Some Strange Things

WordPress.com provides some really nice stat information for your blog. I look at the numbers frequently. I know beyond a shadow of a doubt I do not get the hits that other local bloggers receive. My numbers are up quite a bit since July 2007 but that’s not really saying much. If I had one hit a day and the number increased to three, I could say I tripled my readership. Yeah.

“Referrers” tells me from where my visitors came. I get a load from Delmar Dustpan, for which I have and continue to thank Howard for the link. Another Delmar blog, A Woman’s Point of View, also sends some traffic my way, to which I need to say “thanks Karen.” Michael at Monoblogue has also sent traffic my way. Thanks are extended to him as well.

In addition to numbers and links, I can also see the search terms visitors were using making their way to the site. Some are just strange. How about “life of a male prostitute”? Or “free married on valentine”? Here are three more odd ones: “old married couple poem”, “mash up baby name”, “rudy gingrich bathing suit”, “star fox barf bag”, and “why I shouldn’t speed on the road”. My two favorites of the ones listed are “life” and “old married”.

Google has a site, Google Trends, where you can see what Internet users in the USA are looking for. One night I was on Trends right after watching “Are You Smarter Than A Fifth Grader?” on Fox. I noticed that several of the top searches were for answers to that night’s questions. Analysis of this discovery should follow, but I will leave that one alone for now.