...but Atlanta's Capitol Avenue DDS (or DMV, for those more familiar with that acronym) completely kicks ass. Took only 15 minutes or so to renew my driver's license. I had read other people's similarly glowing praise online, but I was still a pessimist when I arrived this morning. Well, I hardly missed any work. Incredible. Even my picture looks ( Read more... )

Take a look at this graph of predicted temperature fluctuations in Atlanta for the next 15 days...


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He will be little missed.

Back in 2000, McSweeneys published this wonderfully sarcastic analysis of Mr. Blackwell's writing style: http://www.mcsweeneys.net/2000/01/18blackwell.html

From the pen of Michael Gerson, Washington Post columnist and former George W. Bush speechwriter ( Read more... )

I thought Palin was horrible, but everyone in the media is telling me I'm wrong, that she did a decent job. I guess I measured the debate by a different set of standards, which was: 1) did the person answer the questions posed to them (Palin explained at the beginning that she would likely forgo answering questions in order to "talk right to the ( Read more... )

I try to keep my various online worlds separated, but sometimes an idea comes along that I feel is worth sharing in multiple arenas. Plus, it's been three weeks since I posted anything here anyway. So, from the world of Eurotrash or Eurotreasure? comes this dispatch from Mr. Lava..."I accepted a gig as celebrity spokesman for the European ( Read more... )

1) Georgia is lost to the Russians. Time to focus on the security of the Crimea and other potential future flashpoints ( Read more... )

Storm blowing in, remnants of what hit Florida. Temperatures hovering around 70, wind rushing through the trees and rippling the big bamboo curtain behind my apartment. This is the weather I love! For the first time in months I can smell fall in the air. And that in turn triggers thoughts of travel. :-)

Reading this dumb editorial makes me hope for a day when ad hominem attacks are retired from the arsenal of rhetoric. They're tiresome, boring, and a waste of time. Hopefully they will soon be seen as anachronistic as well.

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