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I don’t know about your part of the country, but in Atlanta everyone has eclipse fever and people (like me) have been racing all over the city in last minute …
Protecting Your Cat from a Solar Eclipse Read MoreToday one of the people in my circle of friends became infamous for the systematic theft of hundreds of thousands of dollars worth of Star Wars collectibles. I cannot believe …
The Betrayal of Steve Sansweet Read MoreA few days ago I was headed to lunch in College Park but overshot my destination so I hung a right at the very next street, Hemphill, in order to loop the block and …
The Palmour House in College Park Read MoreWhile the collapse of the elevated portion of Interstate 85 has been a major inconvenience for people traveling through the region around Atlanta, it can hardly compare to the devastation that affected …
Remembering the Great Atlanta Fire of 2017 Read MoreThis spring I ran into an “old friend” on one of those retro cable channels and was so enamored by the encounter that I decided to fire up Netflix and …
Will CBS Repeat the Mistakes of Star Trek: Enterprise? Read MoreYesterday morning I was finally compelled to begin cleaning out dad’s office. A year ago this would have been impossible, as that room reverberated with his passage through life. Every …
To Thine Own Self Read MoreThis past September a friend told me about a new ABC action series she’d started watching called “Designated Survivor” starring Jack Bauer. I mean, she didn’t say that it starred Jack …
Designated Auditor: Ben Carson Discovers Secret $500 Billion! Not. Read MoreLike most Atlantans I am fascinated by the story of Basil Eleby, a man whose life might have come and gone without leaving a mark in Atlanta’s history books if it were not for his …
Basil Eleby’s Fabulous Weaponized Love Seat (That Destroyed Atlanta) Read MoreBack in my college years the talk show Late Night with David Letterman was a delightfully subversive, highly imaginative way to end the day. The writers were whip smart and the …
The Making of “You Wouldn’t Believe Our World” Read MoreWhen is the last time you thought about your home’s smoke detectors? I typically change the batteries in our home’s smoke detectors around this time every year, usually on the …
Getting Smart About Smoke Detectors Read More