You, on the other hand, will enjoy a boom time if you go in quest of such insight. By next week, you could discover at least five true things about the soul. Here's one possible truth now: The soul needs nourishing stories in the same way the body needs healthy food.

July is National Hot Dog Month, but here in North Carolina we eat them all year long, usually graced with a slide of chili and a mound of finely chopped cole slaw. That’s how we do.

Most of High Point Road gives off a musty smell — a moderately offensive funk that derives its industrial essence from some combination of hot asphalt and vulcanized rubber. Burger King, McDonald’s, Bojangles, Krispy Kreme, Biscuitville and Cook Out lay down a fog of fryer grease that blankets the two-mile stretch saddling Interstate 40.

Most of High Point Road gives off a musty smell — a moderately offensive funk that derives its industrial essence from some combination of hot asphalt and vulcanized rubber. Burger King, McDonald’s, Bojangles, Krispy Kreme, Biscuitville and Cook Out lay down a fog of fryer grease that blankets the two-mile stretch saddling Interstate 40.

Maroon 5 and the Counting Crows are headlining together with opening act, Sarah Bareilles. By the way, if you can’t make the Raleigh trip the night before they are playing in Charlotte. Ticket prices vary but they are offering a pretty good group rate for lawn tickets so get some friends together and check ’em out.