elections have consequences

The ghastly truth is that we have one political party that is as close to organized vandalism as one can imagine. START, the debt ceiling, civil rights, real spending cuts and tax reform: all these will be subject to the pure nihilism of the will to power. Their goal is the destruction of Obama. That is all.

i'm dreading the next two years as we watch ignorance and nihilism on parade

dog yawning

they're adding little fences around the tree islands in front of the building, with some sort of new lighting --- i hope all the digging doesn't kill the trees ---

xmas on p'tree

 too soon, as usual --- even one of my neighbors

another boring sunset

down, down, all the way down

they've brought in a big crane for the last of the take down

good news for alabama street

designed by w. l. stoddart, who also designed the ga. terrace and the ponce apts., was begun in 1916, but construction was interrupted by world war i and not resumed after the war --- in 1995 an additional ten stories were constructed and it was re-opened as a hotel, which didn't last long --- then it was eaten by ga. state, which has now burped it back up again, to be reborn as a comfort suites hotel --- a first for south of the tracks and something that will get a lot of use from visitors to the various agencies in the federal center, just a block to the west ---

why the ajc sux

The Atlanta papers were the voices that steered Atlanta, Georgia and the South from a segregated, backwards state to one of the most dynamic and progressive regions in the country. But that voice — the voice of reason, hope and progress — has been muted at today’s Atlanta Journal-Constitution. Instead, the newspapers seem hell bent to portray the City of Atlanta and the core of the region in the worst possible light. It is no secret that leaders in the newsroom now say that their target audience is not those living/working inside the perimeter. Instead, they openly covet readers living and working in the areas north of I-285, even telling reporters that the south side of the region is not a top priority.

new light

"gustav klimt unexpectedly crossed with con edison" --- now that's a vision

rain rolling in

more damn trees and shrubberies

what can i say? it's fall and the gaudy colors are everywhere ---


only a few of the early 20th century water oaks left around the lake --- they can be handsome trees --- notice one of the few 1960s light standards left in the park

the euonymous alatus that d.o.t. planted all over is just about the reddest thing available right now ---

a thought

"As we all occasionally forget, it's important to remember that all of the Social Security reform talk is about letting rich people steal from the Social Security trust fund."

kitty, kitty, kitty

cats do not slurp like a dog ---



don't you love the things people spend their time trying to figure out?

uncluttering the viewshed

both radio towers are coming down, not just the big one ---

veterans' day

 i got an ancestor or two that participated in the revolution and another couple in the war of 1812 --- some in the war against northern aggression, one of whom is buried at vicksburg --- just as many avoided the whole thing if they could ---

my maternal grandpa was stationed in puerto rico in 1918 , but my grandpa jones was in france, amid mustard gas and unending trench warfare (that's him at extreme left)--- stroked out in his old age, he use to sing to me when i was a kid, "on top of old smokey," with which he tried to relay some memory of a comrade in a watchtower in france, singing that song for some unexplained reason that might or might not have included drunkeness---

this photo was taken toward the end of that "great war," "the war to end all wars" ---

only it wasn't --- here's paw paw in 1943 before shipping out to the south pacific --- saipan and tinian being the high points of his tour of duty ---



i'll save the rest for memorial day

fall light

a fine afternoon to inspect natural resources at the river and rottenwood creek --- or anywhere for that matter --- enjoy it now --- next week it is supposed to rain all week, after which there will be a lot more bare trees, and the weather itself will get progressively more dank and dismal in order to have us in the right mood for the upcoming holiday season

city night

the belt line

a great presentation by the guy behind what may be a major transformation of the city --- at least over the long run

frieda cat (1996 - 2010)

we will miss her, from a flea-bitten orphan to a fat baby girl cat to the last princess of sinclair ---

the raw deal

Few states were impacted by last week’s Republican victories as much as Georgia. In addition to defeating Blue Dog Rep. Jim Marshall (D), Republicans seized control of every single state-wide office and expanded powerful majorities in the legislature, giving them a position of strength they have not had in modern political history. . . .This morning, the Deal campaign released a list of staffers who comprise his transition team. The list reads like a who’s who list of some of the state’s top special interests and lobbyists — people who have represented corporate giants ranging from Georgia Power to Goldman Sachs.

it's been fall all day today

 first freezing temperatures this morning for a lot of north georgia but just missed here in town ---