dog days

where is fdr when we need him?

loving the rain

good ol' fashioned summer monsoon rains with a nice dousing two or three times a week it seems

watching midtown

the tech dome

it looks like they're not tearing down the whole thing, but it is being remodeled from the alexander memorial coliseum (1956), named in honor of tech's football coach from 1920-1944, to the hank mccamish pavilion, named in honor of somebody who gave them a whole lot of money

dog friends

looking for brian

magic

all four blossoms are open today --- and a very slight aroma along with it ---

barbarians!

but it doesn't smell . . . .

westview

over 500 acres, it's the largest cemetery in the southeast --- full of woodruffs and candlers, but the gypsy mausolea were the best ---

another champion

this quercus falcata in westview cemetery is one of the biggest in the city --- guinness was impressed, but he respected the tree and did not pee on it

orchidaceae

this cattleya is doing it again

music news

cousin kevin got his picture in the paper --- 25 years on and he's still playing

a failure to govern

It’s easy to get discouraged in Washington these days. Perhaps it’s the knowledge that the last edition of Profiles in Courage has already gone to the printer, with no new names being added to its pages because fewer elected officials are doing things that warrant inclusion. It will remain a thin tome.

until the tea party runs its course, and it will, we remain in deep doo-doo politically

prohibition 2.0

300 acres will grow a heap of marijuana --- our stupid laws have created a gazillion dollar, tax-free industry run by drug lords who have murdered thousands of mexican citizens

wednesday sunset

random images

in the larger scheme of things, it's no biggie, but it's nice to see the flag flying on the sears tower again 

the orchid that won't quit blooming --- at it since february

and the stained glass in the lobby of the fed ctr that i see almost every day

wasted opportunity

the atlanta history center has some of the most attractive real estate in midtown, yet they treat it with an indifference that is amazing --- witness the sign at p'tree and tenth ---

hyde farm

escorpión es excelente

"words to live by"

A human being should be able to change a diaper, plan an invasion, butcher a hog, conn a ship, design a building, write a sonnet, balance accounts, build a wall, set a bone, comfort the dying, take orders, give orders, cooperate, act alone, solve equations, analyze a new problem, pitch manure, program a computer, cook a tasty meal, fight efficiently, die gallantly. Specialization is for insects.

that's robert heinlein --- via cah, who could plan an awesome invasion, were she to put her mind to it

american theocracy

ithis is what it looks like

enjoying the holiday

very loud, possibly inebriated, young people partying in the rain on the 8th floor terrace --- rock and roll! ---

summer food

the best of the blueberries --- thanx cah

the peachtree

the streets of midtown are filled with smelly people today

calling b.s.

here is an excellent discussion of the origins of section 4 of the 14th amendment re. the validity of public debt --- obama needs to go ahead and pull this trigger and be done with the republican b.s. over the debt "ceiling" once and for all ---

The threat of defaulting on government obligations is a powerful weapon, especially in a complex, interconnected world economy. Devoted partisans can use it to disrupt government, to roil ordinary politics, to undermine policies they do not like, even to seek political revenge. Section Four was placed in the Constitution to remove this weapon from ordinary politics.