Wow, you would think after nearly two years of warning, that the general population would be able to pronounce Foxfield correctly.  They can’t.  95% of the people who say Foxfield pronounce it with an S at the end.  Foxfields is incorrect, shows you are a poser and pretty much means you contribute nothing to one of the most exciting events in Charlottesville.

Don’t believe us?  Read our amazingly awesome 2008 preview which discusses everything from the notorious piss trough to our favorite drink.  For this year, ask your Foxfield questions in the comment section, and we’ll be sure to answer them in a zany followup post.

P.S. The Extra Special Student Complaint! This year we have two new police rules: (1) you don’t have to wear 21+ armbands and (2) you have to carry booze into Foxfield in 14″x14″x14″ container which, unless you can shrink wine bottles, you’ll have a seriously difficult time not breaking the rules.

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When I go to a standard, sit-down-and-a-server-comes-to-your-table restaurant, I normally tip well over 15% (and on the total amount of the bill).  I know servers think that 15% tips are pretty bad and chances are upon your return you will receive above average service.

The 15%+ tip represents a cornerstone in the waitstaff industry.  Restaurants have a pretty good deal with waitstaff in that, you and me, decide their salaries.  Now I know restaurants are super competitive and no one makes any money on them, but the sad part is that if I get really horrible service, I feel guilty about leaving less than 15%.

The real feelings of guilt hit when I get coffee, takeout or something like Eppie’s.   These places share the same ordering process where you go up to a register, order your food and you pick it up either down the line or from the same person you order it from.  Then, they give you the receipt and there is that inevitable TIP/GRATUITY line on the receipt.

What do you do!? I’m stuck in a restaurant mindset most of the time, but sometimes I think, well, the people here didn’t really do anything and why should I pay them for doing their jobs and not really providing me any service.

It’s confusing, and I call upon you, cVillains to help me solve this dilemma.

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First off, we wanted to thank everyone for reading and commenting on our site. It’s gotten pretty exciting to be part of something like this, and while demanding, has been a very rewarding experience.  Extra special thanks to anyone who has written an article, helped us plan a party and anything else like that.

We’ve noticed a lot of new faces on the site recently and wanted to give a quick rundown of some site basics.

We have a CODE OF ETHICS.  It says some pretty basic stuff like, you can’t reveal identities, you can’t do personal attacks and you can’t post false gossip.

We constantly struggle to keep each post on topic. We started Free For All’s to let everyone flirt and say whatever they wanted. Please, please keep threads on topic, otherwise we are going to start getting mad.

Feel free to comment or write your own post.  Frequent commenters.. pay attention to comments from new people and welcome them.  Oh, and if someone says something you don’t like, don’t take it personally and be respectful to other people’s opinions.  We’ve seen plenty of negativity towards people with differing opinions and that has to stop.

Please support us by clicking on our advertisers banners and visiting their businesses.

Finally, we are always curious how we are doing, so if you want something changed, have some suggestions or anything else, let us know in the comments!

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You have to love it when people get all worked up and scared about blogs.  Hello Roanoke Times!  cVillain is on your tail.

Listen to this quote from a recent editorial:

Other bloggers do not do as well. They might look like legitimate news sources to the casual observer, but they willfully blur the lines between journalism and campaign hack.

Journalists, real journalists, follow strict rules about conflicts of interest. They do not take money or gifts from groups they might cover. They also maintain a wall between news, opinion and advertising functions.

That is not the case with many bloggers…

Ok, it’s not like the Roanoake Times is scared of bloggers or anything like that.  Or are they? Maybe this closing sentence gives us more information:

That does not disqualify bloggers from a place in the media spectrum, but those who rely on them for their news and commentary should keep in mind the potential conflicts when they choose whom to trust.

Seriously dude?  If anyone reads anything, anywhere, in any form, it’s biased.  It’s biased by advertising dollars, it’s biased by relationships, it’s biased by people’s personalities, insecurities, it’s biased by political beliefs, it’s biased by anything you can possibly think.  Oh maybe you forgot to close with “and you should trust the Roanoke Times because we are the only real news source.”

This raises an important issue we’ve been hearing through the grapevine.  Some local businesses think our writing is biased.  »Read More

Since all of you unlucky souls have to work over the summer, and because I have nothing better to do, I figured I would do my civic responsibility and summarize the major changes in Virginia law that were officially enacted today. I mean, lets face it, the last thing any of you need is another arrest on your record, so pay close attention, class. These are some of the major changes to our Commonwealth’s laws beginning July 1, 2008:

• Animal Cruelty Laws Toughened – In light of the Michael Vick trial (discussed on cVillain HERE and in countless other threads), Virginia has decided to get tough on the punishment of animal abusers. Beginning today, attending an organized animal fight will be a felony. It will be also be a felony to use any substance or equipment to enhance an animal’s ability to fight. Cockfighting as a sport is now officially illegal in the state of Virginia as well.

• Mental Health System Reform – In the aftermath of the Virginia Tech shootings (Parlie honored the rememberance of that horrible tragedy here), the General Assembly passed legislation to change the way the state identifies, monitors, and treats the mentally ill. To facilitate the proper treatment of mentally unstable individuals (and so they are unable to purchase firearms), new laws will help improve the exchange of mental health records. »Read More

You probably noticed we deleted the political thread that was up here earlier this morning.

We deleted it intentionally, not because we are supporters or haters of any given candidate, but just because we asked you and a lot of you were very adamant about not directly discussing issues.

It would be pretty easy for us to follow the election, make fun of Donkeys and Elephants and all that fun stuff, but cVillain is more about having fun than polarizing issues and discussing moot opinions on all the standard political elements of modern America.

If you really want us to do politics, let us know, but otherwise we are going to assume that you can go to other sites to discuss those issues.

For some history on that decision, read this thread and the related comments.

While we may think that a culturally superior Charlottesville doesn’t face the strange laws of our Virginian relatives, but the truth hurts.  This time it’s about Halloween, slugs and pool halls…
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I was inspired to go look through the Virginia laws the other day and I found some pretty surprising stuff. What do raccoons and oral sex have in common? Well, they are all part of the Virginia code in ways that you probably wouldn’t guess.

While searching, I also discovered that a lot of the weird laws we’d heard about actually weren’t true. Apparently, it is legal to have sex in positions other than “missionary” and you can drive a car while barefoot in Virginia.

But, what about those weird things that are still illegal in Virginia? You can find out after the break…

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We’ve spent a lot of time trying to tackle the whole security thing and guess what… WE’VE FINALLY DONE IT! Special thanks to our tech guru who tackled the problem for us. Now we can finally let you write articles without emailing them to us.

What does this mean?

We’ve re-enabled the write functionality for you. Log in and test it out. Let us know what you think.

Some of you probably can’t see the “Write” tab once you are logged in. Email us and we will fix it right away. We think we converted most of your accounts.

How do I log in and write?

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This is my anonymous middle finger being given to lawmaker “Tim Couch” who wants to ban anonymous internet posting.

I’ve heard of some out of touch people before but, Tim, honestly have you ever been on the internet?

We retrieved a copy of the bill from the Kentucky BillWatch site. (FYI: It sucks compared to Sunlight) which basically says that website needs to obtain full legal information about anyone who writes posts or creates comments on a site like ours. Are you kidding me? How are you going to do that? Talk about someone being out of touch with reality.

Tim needs to be seriously welcomed to the internet. I sure hope that no idiotic Virginia lawmakers try to do the same thing.

For a full copy of the bill titled “HB 775(BR-1943),” click through the break.. »Read More