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Gone but not forgotten
Our favorite Atlanta newspaper announced recently that long-time WSB-TV weekend reporter, JaQuitta Williams, would be leaving the station. This past week was her last. The Georgia native made the choice not long after defeating breast cancer.
Yes, I said long-time reporter. Williams' four-year stint is an anomaly in broadcast news today; and from ( Read more... ) -
AJC ya later
If you read the Atlanta Journal-Constitution, or have been paying any attention to the news lately, you know something's in the air at 72 Marietta St...as in the AJC screwed.
Aside from the fact that just about every newspaper's ad revenues in this country are down, Atlanta's favorite print version to finger point to continues to do laps in the ( Read more... ) -
Another instance of crappy Atlanta media
The AJC posted this story this morning on their web site.
Can I just say? Get your facts right. Especially when dealing with a story about death.
141, the highway they supposedly crashed on, does not go into Cherokee Co.
All it takes is looking at a map.
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Battery running low? Oh, just unbutton me in the back.
Yesterday, I read this article about how some company in Japan is now marketing a bra that has a solar-powered battery pack. The bra, it says, can be used to charge things like a cell phone or iPod ( Read more... ) -
You don't say?
Did you know...the word grenadine (which is a sweet, sugary syrup),comes from the French word for pomegranate, pome granate.
Granate also has a very close resemblance to many language's word for grenade. Latin's is granata. Spanish & Portuguese -- granada. Dutch -- granaat. And, well, French -- grenade. Which is funny because both look very ( Read more... ) -
Lame-Gauge
As the final hours to my last EVER spring break dwindled, I felt a blog arising. Lucky, yes. I need to do this more often. Period mark. I'm going to try to do it once a day based on the amount of writing homework I have along with my mood. Most of it will probably consist of reflections on class, postings of crap I want to buy and/or my general ( Read more... ) -
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Who knew that the word pharmaceutical came from the root greek word, pharmedon?
Pharmedon meaning medicine....also meaning poison.