Archive for the 'happenings' Category

Centennial Bike Ride

Monday, May 22nd, 2006

Last night I hopped on the ol’ mountain bike and pedaled it through the not so mountainous neighborhoods of Atlanta, from Peoplestown to Centennial Park, for the big freebie concert of the summer, Big Star and the Flaming Lips (and others earlier I missed) all brought to you by Southern Comfort (”No moshing, crowd [...]

Bollywood

Friday, May 12th, 2006

It’s Friday, have some Bollywood. And come see Magnapop tonight, fresh off our world tour of Belgium and Holland.

Georgia Irish

Wednesday, March 15th, 2006

Why do I doubt all of these “facts?” Well, don’t miss the St. Patrick’s Parade, you Georgia-Irish hillbillies…

Almost 40% of Georgians claim Irish heritage.
More than 1,000,000 Atlanta residents are of Irish descent.
Atlanta ranks as the 7th largest “Irish City” in North America.

Girl Scout Racket In Peoplestown?

Monday, February 13th, 2006

Yesterday some little kids were walking by the house as I was getting the mail and a pudgy little girl asked if I wanted to buy some Girl Scout cookies.
“Sure,” I said, thinking that a. cookies rule b. give back to the community and whatever.
She gave me the order form and asked how many [...]

Intolerant of Intolerance

Saturday, February 4th, 2006

Intolerance simply cannot be tolerated. And if you think that’s a contradiction, look closer at the logic. The premise of democracy is necessarily that of radically free speech, that all voices must be tolerated, and while that includes the voices of intolerance (pick your hate group of choice), it doesn’t include any action that [...]

ATLart and Weekend Update

Thursday, January 26th, 2006

While you are waiting for Nacho Libre to come out, you may want to check out some of the art goings on at the annual ATLart[06]. Why they do this during the coldest parts of winter I don’t know (not that it has been cold…). Festivities officially begin today and run till Feb 12. [...]