tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-147084562011-09-07T05:26:11.753-04:00Georgia, Atlanta and my life therein.Ga Mongrelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04640822735638102122noreply@blogger.comBlogger3751100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14708456.post-25046177828273006322008-09-02T21:07:00.003-04:002008-09-02T21:28:47.892-04:00

Obama the savior was supposed to win the presidential 'final' hands down. Surely a cakewalk against the despised GOoPers. He still may. But he chose an uninspiring VP pick (yes he's "experienced" but we were looking for change weren't we?) and he's no longer wowing the crowds like he used to.Along comes McCain. His choice for VP gives us an everyday woman, someone almost everybody can relate to,

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Apparently Harvey's rain dance during Fay did wonders. We had a deluge here last week... so bad soccer practices were cancelled for the week, I found a puddle of rainwater in the back passenger seat of the wife's "new" car... Lake Lanier jumped TWO feet and my house is now the high ground for all manner of insects and arachnids.And now we're bound to get more rain from Hannah and maybe her

Ga Mongrelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04640822735638102122noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14708456.post-45379435893506356662008-09-02T07:54:00.002-04:002008-09-02T07:55:12.052-04:00

House for SaleNow Reduced 500k!

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I voluntarily worked...Was a nice holiday weekend. The kids were out of school Friday so I took them on a 4-5 hour hike. I drug them up and down all three peaks of Kennesaw Mountain National Battlefield Park.Took the kids bowling using some of the free game tickets they got from being good students at school. Got food poisoning from a local restaurant.Soccer has started so I went to coach

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While America is repeatedly accused of empire building and colonization, even from within, Russia actually annexes parts of Georgia.Being a citizen of Georgia, I half-heartedly considered picketing the gold-dome in Atlanta with a "No Blood for Oil, Russia Out of GA" sign.

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Doing everything I can to attract this hurricane:Leaky roof - check!Need to mow the lawn - check!Washed the cars - ... hmmmm... that's an idea..It's the weekend - check!Instead, this hurricane decides to go westward? Here we are in a drought and this overblown tropical storm is just teasing us. The southeast, all of it in truth, depends on hurricanes for much of our 'regular' rainfal. We've been

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Introduced my kids, yes our kids, to deep dish pizza.My kids are bread fiends... deep dish pizza - lotsa bread, w/ sauce and cheese on top. Right up their alley. Sheesh. What's next? ^.^ U

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ZZZzzz...sorry for the cryo sleep.

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Had a software activation late last night. Was trying to get the kids fed, my boy's hair cut (6 yo Marine), kids bathed and to bed before the planned, after-hours work activity. Time's running short but I can make it. I'm burning dinner in my boxers when the doorbell rings. It's already late and past the kid's bed time and now someone's knocking at my door? Who could that be? And how much longer

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I'm a volunteer sports coach. I pick practice times that are reasonable and fit my schedule. Have a parent on my team that complained about one of my practice times. I explained that that's when they were assigned to me and that after gauging the rest of the team's ability to make practice, I'd look into it. Unbeknownst to me, ConcernedMom complained to the League Admin that I wouldn't alter the

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One of our running jokes in the family is that the moon is indeed made of cheese. In fact, our friends, when we tell them to explain to our children what the moon is made of, unanimously insist it is made of cheese. Despite what our kid's teachers are telling them.Other stories?The tooth fairy heard that a penny is worth 1.7 times it's government regulated value and when she flew to our house

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Isn't it sad that hype about news has penetrated to even the most mundane or ubiquitous tidbits of information. For days, CNN will run 'Breaking News' about the mine tragedy recently even when there is no real, "new", news to report.So sad in fact, that the ticker at the bottom of the channel has to prefix other, actually breaking news with "Happening Now".

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The kids are headed back to school. Yippee...Makes me long for the Office Max Rubber Band Commercial and the Staples commercials....Educated my chillun today by making them watch the rubber band man series of commercials... :)Didn't know about the "lost and found" one, but the kids loved it too.. he's just not himself until he's recovered his beloved rubber band ball, lolThere's even a "Making of

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The police have a bad reputation to overcome.Gee.I wonder why.Partly due to inside corruption and the impenetrable blue line, partly due to incidents like 92 year old Katherine Johnson's here in Atlanta and the use of extreme force/measures to execute the law, partly due to our not having much interaction on a daily basis with friendly officersPrior to the past week or so, I can't tell you the

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Can't we all just get along?The bible says that Jesus is the way.Once again, the mighty Catholic church (which was not formed during Jesus' time) has stated that everyone else is deficient because they don't follow the chosen one, the Pope.We've got enough worldly issues to deal with without dividing Catholics and Protestants further. Let's help our neighbors, minus the high and mighty self

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Wow.Been a nice week here in Atlanta. Been more typical of summer lately with numerous afternoon showers due to instability in the air. The drought had been so bad that I had no need to cut the grass for at least the past month.Finally had reason to mow the lawn this week.Not to mention rake the leaves up from my drought stricken Sycamore. It's been dropping about a quarter of its leaves this

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Will be interesting to see the demonstrations this week as Venezuela hosts the Copa America 2007 soccer tournament, attended by the USA.Already there have been anti-Chavez demonstrations, but little recognition of that in our US media... likely after the media leave Venezuela, there will be some retribution for the citizenry not showing the proper decorum and respect to Fidel JR.

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Almost had to do some body work on my car the other day. Was driving by "Vining's Mountain" and my light had turned green. A couple of cars came down the mountain on my right and slid through their red light as they made right turns into my lane just before my light turned green... as I pull out in the intersection, a cyclist comes down the hill late and does the same thing... if I'd have been a

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Maybe sooner than you think.Not military.The US Men's Soccer team is in Venezuela partaking in the Copa America. And if the relatively young team we've sent down there does well, it is entirely possible that the US could face off against the newest, communist dictatorship.And it will mean something. Venezuela (I think), like many nations around the world, uses government money to support/fund

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Free At Last, Thank God Almighty, Paris Hilton is free at last.I just haven't been the same since she was incarcerated.Just in time to keep the over reported military operations Arrowhead Ripper and Phantom Thunder from dominating the media portals.

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Where, oh where, has my humidity gone?The recent drought here in Georgia (and Bama-lama) is torturing the region in many ways. The least of which I'm sure are my personal issues with it.But geez! We usually get 80% humidity at least. The latitude at which I reside, is normally dominated by desert/arid regions around the rest of the globe. Frequent hurricanes making landfall nearby and upswells of

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See the commercial here?No one even thought to check the signature of the elephant. They even let a different species purchase goods on a human's credit card! Geez. They never check those things. -_-

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... as long as you don't have doors with lever handles..."Praise the maker" for inventing locks ;)

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$3000 Transmission replacement loomingHard Drive failureProject deadline approachingHouse desperately needs a paint jobWas nice to get away for a week at the Redneck Riviera.

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Accompanied the wife to her checkup and was left in the waiting room with the other husbands. About 15 minutes into the appointment, the waiting room is audibly assualted when my cell phone screams 'Love Shack'. That's the ringtone that plays when my wife calls.Sheepishly, and not understanding why she'd be calling me, I apologized to everyone saying I never expected to get a call from her in

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I no longer wear a watch on a regular basis. And listening to Atlanta's favorite cheapskate, Clark Howard, on the radio this afternoon confirmed what I'd been thinking for years. Many people are forgoing watches.I don't need one. I have a clock on my cellphone, visible when closed. I work in an IT environment and always have a clock on my PC to refer to. Then there's a clock in the car and the

Ga Mongrelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04640822735638102122noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14708456.post-89193884480843281862007-06-05T17:50:00.000-04:002007-06-05T17:51:21.953-04:00

The organizers of my church's vacation bible school have gone over the deep end.It turns out that in printing up the colored shirts for the week long program, they used a font that made the zeros in 2007 look too much like the business end of a gun barrel.Panic, mayhem and hand wringing ensued. We can't have that.This year's Vaction Bible School theme? "Avalanche Ranch." Cowboys. The wild wild

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Where have I been? No, I've not been doing time for a road rage incident regarding rogue bicycling gangs on Atlanta streets.....just been away from the keyboard dealing with life, and escaping from it ;)

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We may get some rain in Atlanta today... that's good. The past three months have been the second driest on record according to the news report the other day...See, hurricanes are good for something. :DActually, if it weren't for our proximity to the Gulf of Mexico, and the frequent tropical storms that impale themselves upon our region, the Southeast US would likely be a desert. So for the past

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I have enjoyed watching Mr. Vick play on the gridiron for the Atlanta Falcons the last couple of years, but as I've alluded to, he's losing all credibility.I want him in Atlanta, but too many 'problems' keep arising. The latest fiasco with his potential dog fighting involvement seems to have cost him his endorsement of the AirTran carrier. He may not be involved in dogfighting, but poor decisions

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Saw a biker today, talking on cell phone, no hands on the 'wheel' - clueless that I was about to run him over because I was fumbling with my phone trying unsuccessfully to get his picture...Share the road my ass.

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Yes we want them to not have the time they want to finish the job.Yes we want them to win without more funding, equipment or backup.Yes we want them to do it the hard way.Yes we we don't want them to win under the current administration.We want them to do more with less! We want them to be the overachievers that you claim them to be!Question my patriotism will ya?(sounds similar to my company's

Ga Mongrelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04640822735638102122noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14708456.post-10620743389422362472007-02-24T08:09:00.000-05:002007-02-24T08:22:48.298-05:00

Amazing what late registration mountains a league will move for your when you offer to coach. :DYou're reading the blog of the hottest talent in youth girls soccer coaches.

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Never Been as Proud of my BoyMy son, Bouncing Bubba, took a courageous stand the other day...The sexes had been segregated for a lesson, and when a young lass showed up late for class, she walked into the lion's den of boys. Big mistake. She was redirected to the class full of giggly girls while the boys laughed at her.My son, stood up in the middle of the taunting testosto-tots, and told them

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Have been upgraded to the new google-ized Blogger. Had been putting this off to see how other's conversions have gone.Finally decided to let them upgrade me, as if i really had a choice...do.ob

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Jock StrapsThe women-folk, thanks to the white pants worn by players of both teams during the Miami monsoon season, were asking questions galore about jock straps. The how, where and why of the male jock strap.They can totally comprehend the thong, but a jock strap? LOL :D

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Drowsiness, Fatigue and Dizzyness.Oh my.Better not take Rozerem. You *might* get sleepy.

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The Today Show's Campbell Brown interviewed a lady named Laurie David, a "good friend of Al Gore", on what to do to 'cut down on global warming'. With the release of last week's United Nation's report, Campbell says that the "vast" majority of scientist (according to Ms. David, 2000 scientists from 100 countries - yup that's some quorum) around the globe say 'yes' global warming is happening and

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What do You Mean We Can't Watch the Super Bowl?Can you believe this?Supposedly, if you have a $uperbowl party today, you must follow these NFL guidlines:For groups that want to host Super Bowl parties -- other than sports bars and businesses that normally show televised sports -- here are rules the NFL says must be followed:• No admission fees (even to pay for snacks).• Only one television (55

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Please, NO.That's more weeks of the year I need to work from home, find/pay for summer camps or get babysitters. But some Ga legislators want fewer school days.Not to mention reducing the school year and "packing the same amount of instruction into fewer days" would likely mean more lost recess time, more time away from the 'down' time studies at school like music, computer lab, etc..One of the

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Thank God Monk is back. And once again their commercials rock! :)

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As far as this parent is concerned, if you spank your kids you deserve a medal.Now of course i'm not referring to abuse. But there are times where the only things your now snotty nosed brat will understand is a spanking. And of course many people think any form of physical discipline is abuse.But what's really lacking is any serious and regular form of discipline by many parents. This surprises

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Have had odd bits of traffic disagreements with my fellow drivers as of late. Everything from more roadway compulsive compassion to people ignoring the lane arrows.Oddly enough i've seen more issues lately with people not understanding the purpose of the shared/two-way lane in the middle of a road, aka the 'suicide lane'.This is *not* a lane to drive a hundred plus yards down to the daycare

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The politicians are cutting and running on both sides. Shame on them. And shame on the Republican hawks nad White House for not better articulating what needs to be done and why.Nobody seems to care about what happens after we leave. The only war the Democrats seem interested in winning is the domestic political one. Cutting off the troops to spite Bush.Just Damn. Never would have thought we'd

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Atlanta's National Football League franchise, the Falcons, has been struggling with the Michael Vick enigma for years now. Many fans are outspoken in their disdain for Vick and his fire from the hip style of decision making on the field. Apparently, this kind of thinking extends off the field too.Until now, I had been a pretty staunch defender of his. I was even looking forward to seeing him with

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Where are all those people clamoring that the oil industry be saddled with a "Windfall Profits" tax?Despite the utter absurdity of such a thing in a capitalistic economy, where's the equal treatment here?Oil prices surged last year and the industry reaped large amounts of revenue because the paying public needed the oil products and didn't change their driving habits.Now, the Calif citris

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I've got a thing for 'knobs'.Big ones, small ones, all colors and kinds of knobs. They not only look good, they perform a couple of important functions too. But here in the 21st century, they are an endangered species.Just take a look at your brand new TV. You see any knobs there? No? Look harder. Are they hidden behind a maintenance panel that pops open? Are the on the back of the TV? No?

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A non-profit education has cops called on them by Professor Linda Heywood and her African-American history class. And the Black Student Union complains that the posters put up by the non-profit group were insensitive and offensive.What did the posters say? Nothing but some sad, cold facts. And because these skinhead looking white boys were posting material stating these horrible things it had to

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Heres a copy of the warrant.And the latest from the chief's press conference.The confidential informant on whose word Atlanta police raided the house of an 88-year-old woman is now saying he never purchased drugs from her house and was told by police to lie and say he did....."The informant said he had no knowledge of going into that house and purchasing drugs," Pennington said. "We don't know if

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Have been very dissappointed in both collge and professional football officials this season.Instead of officiating and letting the guy upstairs review the calls, they now swallow their whistles and refuse to officiate. Now, they let any play continue until some one scores or runs out of bounds and then hope for the guy upstairs to set everything right or force the coach to throw his red

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The time of year where we force our kids to watch the Macy's parade. Why? Because our family made us do it. You've seen one balloon, you've seen em all. Unless it's the kind you won't show to momma.Time to fire up the PS3 (er... 2). Put in a movie (High School Musical) with the kids. Nap some more.Bah! Didn't make my kids watch the parade this year.

Ga Mongrelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04640822735638102122noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14708456.post-1164235136142623292006-11-22T17:36:00.000-05:002006-11-22T17:38:56.156-05:00

The Mrs' eye problems have returned. Been going to the hospital daily for the steroid i.v. treatment. Joy!

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In a downtown Atlanta neighborhood a 90+ year old grandmother settles down for the night.But instead of the usual peaceful, if not drafty evening, her night is ripped asunder when her front door disentigrates. Picking up her pistol, likely kept close because a local 72 year old woman had been raped, she aims and hits three intruders before they kill her.Who were these rude, masked men?Why

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The Mrs. had a teacher who wouldn't let you chew gum. Students who arrived to lecture would have to exchange their gum in a jar already quite full of gum with another piece. I had a PE teacher that wouldn't let you spit. If you did, he'd make you pick it up and put it back.Had a HS coach who wouldn't let us drink water at practice. We had chipped ice instead. A buddy of mine had a football coach

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One stray cat - welcome.Five adorable kittens - $400 vet bill instead of a burlap sack at the bottom of a river..... priceless.

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Geez. Remember the old Carlin routine? Used to be a soldier got shell shock. Now we have Post Traumatic Stress Syndrome. Democrats talking about Iraq this week don't want to "cut and run," but they'll not "stay the course" either.Sounds like they'll get their Vietnam after all.It's not a defeat. It's a nostalgic victory. Kumbayah!

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Atlanta Mayor Shirley Franklin Stoops to New Lows in Fulton County Commission race.She participated in a hitpiece along with Andrew Young and John Lewis on Lee Morris. Imagine the controversy had a white candidates said this about a black democrat. This is just morally reprehensible and disgusting. I've met the Morris' and there's no danger of them starting a negro holocaust nor turn back the

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Don't think so as this happened on August 2nd. Some guy entered a Washington state store, dressed in a gorilla suit.Store surveillance video shows the man clearly coming up behind the boy and running off with him with his parents in hot pursuit.The police interrogated him and then released him when the gorilla said it was a joke. Are you kidding me? The dufus doesn't appear to have been related

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Sent this morning. Wondering if he'll receive it.Mr. Johnson,I take great exception in your refusual to allow Mr. Yon to embed in Iraq on the basis that his website does not classify as a media organization. If this is the shortsighted, tunnel-like vision our leaders (including you) over there are using to prosecute the War on Terror, then I fear we will lose. Not militarily mind you, but once

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Chickeepoo, distraught that the object of her affection didn't swing her way (with her?), decides to kill herself in the car her parents gave(?) her?Fine. No problem. But the object she decides to ram with her sturdily built, German engineered, safety bubble of an automobile is nothing more than a little Deawoo. No. She didn't choose an highway overpass column or a tractor trailer. Instead she

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Does anyone else find it 'slightly' ironic that he'd move to within 1 mile of the church where Jon Benet's service was held?Anyway, alleged pedophile John Mark Karr has come home. He's moved in w/ his father who lives just off of Mt. Paran Rd. in the Chastain residential area. This area is a mix of upper and middle class domiciles and hosts an absolutely wonderful park that frequently hosts

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Now every body can be Weird Al Yankovics. :)Always liked that guy. Usually ended up making up my own lyrics to songs on the radio too.

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"Whip me, beat me, make me write bad checks!"I was abused as a child. If that is, you believe common psycho/socio wisdom babble today. Memories of my 'scarred' childhood reveal that I physically received punishment for the following. . .-|- Dropping rocks, leaves and stick into the outdoor AC unit's fan. - lesson learned: Air Conditioning in the south was more valuable than my hide. Something too

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shaking my stick at more kitty hair, teeth and eyeballs than i can handle.That and my blasted "i" key won't work. . .Keep having to copy a prexisting 'i' into my clipboard. Of course now i've become retrained so that when i switch to a real keyboard, to type 'i' i automatically press 'CTL-v'.

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The neighbors don't claim momma, they just buy food for her. Think I'm going to get momma fixed in the near future. In the meantime, we've got babies.

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Er. . . kittens that is.I have kittens. Well the neighbor cat (if the neighbors claim momma cat) had them some time in the last 36 hours. Thankfully after a huge hail storm had already passed by. Missed our house but we had some torrential downpour for a while.She had them under a couple of wooden pallets stacked against our concrete retaining wall in a bed of leaves.(sigh)Kids are excited. Me

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What's with the "emasculation" of our cheerleaders?Do you like them with small ones?or like me, with big ones?Is it just me or has pom pom shrinkage gotten out of control? Wonder what our politicians have to say about this?

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It was the perfect place to start?Maybe.185 million dollars would have built 350 brand new, nice, homes.And how much did the owner of the Saints contribute to the reconstruction project?Will mom and pops who had their businesses damaged by the storm be bailed out so nicely?The Superdome renovation - which included everything from extensive roof repair to sanitizing every seat - cost $185 million:

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I'm headed back to Miss. Gulf Coast to continue rebuilding efforts as part of my Presbyterian Church's outreach.Last time, we went and paid a little upfront money ($15/day) to cover soup kitchen costs.Now?The Miss. Presbytery is requesting a $100 tax/fee/donation for all Presbyterian 'volunteers'. I'm claiming highway robbery.I'v "heard" complaints that they were having to pay for volunteers

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Beauracracy. Plain and simple.Both administrations.

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I'm SOOooo stoked!The follow up to the LEGO Star Wars video game is about to be released. Very cute and well done game that was fun for both grown ups and kids. Not to mention it encourages cooperative play.Oh yeah, my kids are excited too. :P

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Just got a department notice earlier today reminding us to mute our cell phone ringers during the day. Apparently, people have been complaining about someone's cell phone going off constantly.Granted, your cell phone ringers can be different, but in my opinion, little worse than the company phone on your desk ringing constantly.Geez. The things people complain about in cube farms!Guess I'll have

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Got a fever, the aches and the watery output.Wife reminded me that our friend John Michael is having the same problem.That brought up a discussion with our doctor years ago about our baby's condition at the time. They were treating our child for a fever, diarhea and general ill temper.We asked if the teething might be the cause for the diarhea. We were told bluntly, no. Not possible.To this day,

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A wonderful man has moved on today. The defensive coordinator of the University of GA football team during the 80's (Go you silver britches!) had a stroke today and is no longer with us. He went on to Georgia Southern and helped them earn numerous awards and titles.Think I got to meet him personally at a Rotary meeting years ago. Self-effacing, friendly guy who could tell wonderful stories.Truly

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Conservative groups force a major network to alter new docu-drama Fahrenheit 9/11 because it plays loose and fast with the facts according to critics.Protests over the censorship of free-expression have been all the rage across America. Not to mention fredom of the 'press'.

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Specifically he came to the Cumberland/Galleria area to talk to the GeorgiaPublic Policy Foundation.Went for a walk around the perimeter about 30 mins prior to the event so Icould check on the 'circus'.Cobb County Police had pulled old cruisers out of mothballs and had plentyof manpower on hand to deal w/ traffic and what not.Had the Fire Department on call too, checking things out, testing water

Ga Mongrelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04640822735638102122noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14708456.post-1157509520637047612006-09-05T22:09:00.001-04:002006-09-05T22:25:20.680-04:00

The horror . . .They lose their pension plans today.Thank God I don't have a pension. I'd suffer like they will.Delta estimated that after the plan is terminated, retired Delta pilots' average pension benefit will be $75,200 on an annualized basis, including the lump sum. Some retired pilots dispute that amount....Pilots have already taken a large financial hit during Delta's Chapter 11 case.

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I'm a slow adopter.Priorities.In fact, I don't own a PDA.I don't subscribe to OnStar.I don't use a GPS.I even lack an emergency weather radio and an in-dash CD player.I haven't even jumped on the HDTV bandwagon yet.I can't completely count the internet access since it enables me to work remotely.The Mrs. has her Ipod at least. And we both have the swiss-army flash drives.I love 'tech'.

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Have heard very little about this. Guess Couric trumps all.

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Really. Wife is on an email list and one of the participants related a story about a Hispanic woman interviewing for a job.When told that there were no openings, the applicant got all huffy and said something to the effect of:Well one day soon, you will all be let go in favor of bilingual speakers.If this is the mentality of our immigrant population, I say bring on official English!

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My son can't tickle anyone without saying "Tickle, tickle".

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Favorite show?He loves watching Alton Brown with us.In fact he just plopped down in our bedroom, nonchalantly ignoring that we sent him to bed half an hour ago, to watch the latest episode of Good Eats.Which reminds me. I was watching his show Feasting on Asphalt the other night. Saw the funniest thing on TV since seeing snippets of Conan O'brien doing the Emmys. They were in California tasting '

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"There is no limit to what a man can do or how far he can go if he doesn't mind who gets the credit."Woodruff, Robert

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Good News - I can fit (barely) into a suit that I last wore 10 years ago.Bad News - The moths liked the taste of it.The Ugly - I'm still overweight according to the ole BMI P.O.S. Heck, body builders are overweight according to that.Used to date a girl who was obsessed with her 'weight'. Literally. She worked out, but didn't want to add muscle mass as that would make her too heavy.In other news.

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Wife went back to the eye-doctor yesterday, complaining of headaches around the eyes. She and the visit reminded me of something that I forgot to post regarding needed changes in the medical profession.Economies of scale has pressured doctors to join large practices. The one we went to yesterday was one such facility. There is a whole floor of the hospital medical office building dedicated to a

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Congrats to Columbus, GA who won the World Championship match Little League match last night vs. Japan!Columbus is the home of Fort Benning. Wonder if there are any military kids on the team.Heard an interview with their head coach on one of our local sports talk radio stations last week. Sounds like a terrific guy. Said that Columbus had been showing the games in local theaters. How cool is that?

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The idea of serving the customer is something lost on the medical industry.The doctors usually do a good job treating you like a human being. At worst, they treat you as one of a long line of suffering beings that they've seen that day.But as for the rest? The harpy administrators, the siren schedulers, the Labyrinthian phone systems, the waiting room of time consumption, not to mention the

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How bad have sexual taboos become in America that a grown man would lie in an airport security line that his sex aid was a bomb? All because he was embarassed or afraid to embarrass his mother.I know nothing of the pros or cons related to a penis pump, but to claim it's a bomb? He'd rather go to jail for publicly stating he had a bomb in his luggage at the airport than admitting what it really

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So is coverage of this 'event'. Asked the Mrs if she'd heard about it. She said she hadn't heard a thing. Not like she could find much news about it.

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or a Democrat.I recently spotted the above statement on a bumper sticker here in Atlanta.The Detroit News had an article on July 30 titled - Conservative evangelical pastor steers clear of politics, and paysA Minnesota pastor got fed up with being asked to "give his blessing -- and the church's -- to conservative political candidates and causes."According to the article, Rev. Gregory A. Boyd

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Don't have a problem with rain normally. But I think I've got a backed up gutter. Now I've got some roof damage. Don't normally worry about gutters because we've only got one tree. And it's on the other side of the house. Wonder If a bird is roosting up there and causing it to back up with a little extra debris. Bummer.

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The weather held this afternoon, but I was up early with a foreign customer today. Napped while homework was done. Should have gone outside later and mowed the jungle. Instead, played a little catch with my daughter. Maybe I can work more with her on grounders if I can get the grass done properly.It's now thundering outside.

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Sitting in the parking lot of an increasingly dissappointing Einstein's Bagel shop (there's a Publix grocery store across the street and they seem incapable of providing two popular sugar substitues for almost a week) and overhear the DJ mention a song by the Goo-Goo Dolls.Princess Loquacious speaks up and asks, "Doo Doo Dolls?"I correct her and explain that the rock-n-roll band, like many choose

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I've been loosely involved with efforts of my church to start a new movement within the Presbyterian denomination.A number of us are fed up with actions and statments by our 'leadership' in the head offices located in Kentucky.So, we've been trying to organize and define ourselves. This week Peachtree Presbyterian Church is hosting the inaugural conference for the Presbyterian Global Fellowship.

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Not in my family.But I'm not surprised in this, the age of entitlement. Nor am I suprised that this is the case in Europe where cell phones are much more entertwined in daily lives there. America is quickly heading there.Wonder how much they cost to replace when the child drops it in the pot, leave it on the playground, dog chews it up. . . I don't trust my kids with those kind of things yet.

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Check out this from CNET.com

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Yup, school starts today. Hello regular schedules!

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I don't care that I'm the only white male in my subdivision. I don't give a hoot that my local representatives are black and the my daughter's best friends are asian and black. I don't discriminate where I spend my money based on who owns or operates a business. I don't vote against anyone based on the color of their skin.Some people will. Bigotry will always exist. And technically we are not

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A friend of ours had been asking a hispanic mother about what her son thought a cow said.The mother said, "No. He's four. He's past all of that."After some pressing by our friend, the mother relented and asked her son in spanish what a cow 'says'. The son replied in spanish, "Como mas pollo"...."Eat More Chikin"

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Two Dunwoody (a suburb of Atlanta) brothers have a chance reunion in northern Iraq in May.The Kazmarek family goes to my church and my wife saw this article posted in a Sunday School class room.Helicopter pilot and 1st Lt. Robert Kazmerek was reunited with his brother Capt. Cliff Kazmarek when he was assigned to fly Cliff and another soldier to Samarra in northern Iraq. Rain kept him from being

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