It pays to have WRAS‘s number on the cell phone.
I won tickets to Sunday’s rollerderby. I was already planning on going, and now my wife said she would drive. So all the money not spent on tickets can now go to beer.
And my Muse tickets came in as well.
Summer in Atlanta is turning out just fine!
The Atlanta Rollergirls are having their July bout on Sunday, the 9th at Skate Escape. Anyone local to Atlanta interested? Leave a comment if you do. In addition to the roller derby, me and the missus have plans to hit the Rainbow Golf & Go-Kart that’s next to Skate Escape.
Tickets can be bought at Skate Escape the day of the match, or in advance at the following places:
Criminal Records, located in Little 5 Points.
466 Moreland Ave NE, (404) 215-9511.
Play It Again Sports, located in North Dekalb Mall. 2050 Lawrenceville Hwy, Ste C-2,
(404) 329-2005.
Dr. Bombay’s Underwater Tea Party, located in Candler Park. 1645 McClendon Ave., Atlanta, GA
Sweet Java Brown, located in Kirkwood.
1994 Hosea L. Williams Drive, Atlanta, GA
Lily Moon Clothing, located in downtown Decatur.
431 W. Ponce de Leon Ave., Suite 1, Decatur, GA
Two completely unrelated things in one place!
Prince Hall Masonic Temple on Auburn and Hillard St., Atlanta, GA (Google Map). A few blocks away from the Martin Luther King Jr. National Historic Site
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The Museum of Design opened its latest show, “Design Made in Africa.” The gallery shown above is the second floor gallery. It’s a good looking show and admission is free.
Alaska Senator Ted Stevens and Atlanta blogger Daily Dose of Dave both have something in common, a wealth of knowledge on topics of interest to them. Read and learn, about the Internet from Ted and immigrants from Dave.
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“I just the other day got, an internet was sent by my staff at 10 o’clock in the morning on Friday and I just got it yesterday. Why?
Because it got tangled up with all these things going on the internet commercially…
…the internet is not something you just dump something on. It’s not a truck.
It’s a series of tubes.
And if you don’t understand those tubes can be filled and if they are filled, when you put your message in, it gets in line and it’s going to be delayed by anyone that puts into that tube enormous amounts of material, enormous amounts of material.”
Read more of the senator’s comments at 27B Stroke 6 or listen to this mp3 for the previous comments and his arguments against Network Neutrality.
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“If I were to bludgeon to death an illegal immigrant, should I not be allowed to walk away scot-free? I mean, if they weren’t in this country illegally my bat would have not been able to hit them.
Don’t get me wrong… I’m not advocating the harm to illegals. I’m just trying to put all this stuff in perspective.”
Dave has made persuasive arguments in the past about immigration issues and reform and in the post quoted above he continues to impress.
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Thank you Ted for trying to keep the internet tubes free of clogs and thank you Dave for showing how sporting-goods and immigration security can be combined into one fun activity.
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Thursday night was spent with bloggers for the last Screen on the Green. Piedmont Park was packed with people, parents and kids for Willy Wonka.
Amongst those in attendance:
bobafred
Daily Dose of Dave
Duanemoody.com
hakeber
Lady Crumpet
Mingaling
Mostly Muppet
and Mr. P’body.
Also there were non-blogging partners/spouses, bloggers I am forgetting, and Duane’s new girlfriend. Turned out the most entertaining part of the night was not the movie, but Mostly Muppet’s crazy/cute kid and her booty shaking. She was loving Duane and Bobafred. How can one argue against procreation when there are kids that cute? It totally cuts down whatever arguments I try to make when one giggly dance routine destroys my resolve.
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“Candy is dandy, but liquor is quicker…”
Absinthe. A notorious liquor with an undeserved reputation for causing hallucinations, madness and violence. Long regulated or banned since the turn of the century in America, Africa and European countries, new E.U. laws are allowing for its revival. New Orleans chemist T. A. Breaux reformulated a recipe from a rare and unopened bottle, and has since started creating several different lines of absinthe.
I am working on getting some for myself. Specifically a bottle from T. A. Breaux’s Jade Liqueurs. A friend visiting Germany for the World Cup has graciously said that he would try to find some while there. While not illegal to possess in the States, the real stuff is not sold here, thus the international search.
Interesting video interview with the chemist, showcasing vintage absinthe preparation apparatus.
Wired Magazine Article The Mystery of the Green Menace
Neon Poisoning 