Jonathan booked two nights at the Earl in East Atlanta, and he mercifully requested (and received) a "non-smoking event" in their back room. (They had notices displayed prominently throughout the room ( Read more... )

Like all Gilliam's movies, Tideland is a rumination on how madness provides a protective cover from the vagaries of life. This particular instantiation of that story is probably his most brutal and unflinching. Given that the main character is a girl of perhaps seven years of age, that's quite an achievement, in its way. In fact it's brilliantly ( Read more... )

I'm not a big dessert fan, but I do like pie. Especially savory pies. Usually the crusts are my favorite part. A good pumpkin pie is my favorite "sweet" pie. I'm craving pie right now for some reason, and all I have at home is cheesecake ( Read more... )

I saw this while driving around town over the weekend, and it made me laugh:


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Barenaked Ladies played Thursday night at the Gwinett Arena, a local venue northeast of Atlanta. Their opening act, cleverly named Mike Doughty's Band after the lead singer/songwriter, is also a favorite of mine so I was very excited to see them ( Read more... )

Today I rode the local light rail system (MARTA) for the first time. The trains came pretty quickly, and ride seemed to go fast, but somehow it took over an hour each way to travel a distance that takes fifteen minutes by car. Oh, and even in the "cool" morning time, it was hot enough (especially in the stations) that I was soaked with sweat by ( Read more... )

No, I don't think so, not yet. It seems that I have been off LJ since basically the beginning of April. I have posted once or twice since then, but haven't actually been reading. (Normally I'm an avid lurker and read just about everything that shows up on my f-list.) If there happen to be major things you want me to know about, you'll have to ( Read more... )

It appears that the US telcos' recent noise about "charging Google extra" is quickly translating into a lobbying effort in congress. Their idea being that the backbone providers can pick and choose which data gets to go where. In effect, rather than simply being able to "charge extra" the network owners would control the flow of information. That ( Read more... )

Yesterday for what I think was the first time since I started my new job I woke up early enough to take my jog before leaving for work ( Read more... )

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