Ok, I’m an idiot. I left work early today because I still had a pounding headache. At about 12:30, I was backed up in a line of traffic, at a full stop, for a red light across a busy intersection. To my right was a scruffy-looking guy that looked to be the right age to be holding a sign saying “Homeless Vietnam Vet.” (You may start the bleeding-heart liberal jokes at any time.) I rolled down the passenger-side window, and…
We went to see George Carlin at the Fox Theater last night. I wore black to honor his traditional uniform. It was a good time, but we noticed that his new rants are less specific. They probably will not “date” as quickly as the last one we saw. At 70, he was still great, but there was nothing really… masterful. His humor was on the gritty and sometimes gross side, but much of what I thought could have been the…
Our wealthy neighbors are developing some of their acres of property. The plans seemed ok – three houses instead of 20. We thought there would be a buffer zone, since the first house is back a bit, and away from ours. We live in at the edge of a forest, full of huge southern oaks and pines and some azaleas and really way too much poison oak. Well, the bulldozers came in. From the driveway/road back about 15 feet or…
Tickets went on sale about an hour ago. Thirty minutes ago I found out. Twenty minutes ago I got two tickets for the November 14th Atlanta performance at the Fox Theater. I’ve seen Tori Amos in concert a few times before. The Fox is my favorite venue in Atlanta. It’s not too big, it’s nicely designed, the sound is good, and there are few bad seats in the house. I like Chastain because it’s outside, but for the best sound,…
Impeachment Workshop, June 28th This workshop will focus on Bush’s impeachable offenses and bring out the full array of crimes committed by the Bush administration. Speakers will also address the need to build a movement across the country on the grounds of impeachment as the vehicle to force the Bush administration from office. Thursday, June 28, 3:30 p.m. – 5:30 p.m. Inman Park United Methodist ChurchDOT-ADA Community RoomMarta Stop- Inman Park1 block from the station on Edgewood Dr. Speakers: Dennis…
Either way you interpret “WTF,” it was my first thought this morning. “Do you smell a wood fire?” “Is our house on fire?” “Where’s the fire?” “WTF??!?!?!” The whole backyard was full of smoke. I went outside, and couldn’t find the cause. I turned on the news. Weather report: Hazy, sunny, and smoky. Yeah, and? Only in Georgia would they simply describe the conditions without any explanation at all. On the way in to work (I’m on break right now,…