This evening, I sent the following email to Georgia Senator David Shafer‘s office. Why? Read on. Senator Shafer – On February 15, I sent you an email regarding your sponsorship of SB 123. My email was sent in good faith. While I am aware that your stance on the issue at hand is in opposition …
02-25-06_1148.jpg Originally uploaded by grabbingsand. Everybody wins today. (North Point Mall. Around noon. A beauty pageant for children aged 1 to I’m just not sure. The kid on stage, he’s a one-year old winner. After I took the photo, I heard the cheery announcer-lady sing-songing in his general direction. “Great job! We look forward to …
It’s Not MARTA Originally uploaded by grabbingsand. I am such a dork. I saw that other people had made anagram’d versions of their own hometown transit maps and I figured it wouldn’t be long before someone right here in The City Too Busy To Hate picked up on the idea. I thought about this possibility …
Jeph Loeb is one of the best writers in comic’s today. Some days, he’s the best, period. No working comic writer does a better job of finding the human element of a superhuman situation than Loeb. And he does it with such class. I’ve mentioned him before, though just in passing. Nikki loved the scripting …
DSC00241 Originally uploaded by pauledmondvranicar. Remember the big Blog Swap of ’05? My blog was taken over by Audacity. I took up temporary residence at In Place Of Real Insight. These days, Paul (of IPORI)hangs his hat in Shibuya, Japan. Looks like the set of Blade Runner, only without the replicants. Not entirely sure what …
dsc02144 Originally uploaded by psycht. Pickens is back from Japan. He took photos. Go look at them. Pickens used to have a blog. It looked like this. Now, he seems to be living on MySpace, but he really needs a new blog. A real one. (I keed. I keed because I care.) (Seriously, Jason. Real …
Like I said before, what I found on YouTube was incredibly good, but lacked closure. So let’s fix that, shall we? Overwrought? Maybe. But still so awesome. For those not nearly so geeky as I, the other heroes are Superman, Batman, Wonder Woman, Green Lantern (the goatee’d version, named John Stewart), Martian Manhunter (red eyes, …
United for Shotgun Safety Originally uploaded by grabbingsand. Winners, all. This Week’s Team: Alyssa, Amber, B.J., Darcey, Duane, Joseph, Nikki, Rusty and your best friend ever. Absent was the almighty Tony Simon. (And wouldn’t you know it, on a night without Tony, we actually won the 3rd Quarter beer drawing.)
02-15-06_2208.jpg Originally uploaded by grabbingsand. Manly clinking. (Duane and Rusty demonstrate the art of.)
They say if you die in your dreams you really die in your bed, But honey last night I dreamed my eyes rolled straight back in my head. And God’s light came shinin’ on through, I woke up in the darkness scared and breathin’ and born anew. It wasn’t the cold river bottom I felt …
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