Holy Shit FILE—Melvin Walker, left, Sidney Dorsey, center, and Daniel Isaiah Ramsey, right, are shown in these undated DeKalb County (Ga.) Sheriff’s Department photos. Former DeKalb County (Ga.) Sheriff Sidney Dorsey, center, is one of three men charged with murdering Sheriff-elect Derwin Brown days before Brown was to take office. Also charged were former sheriff’s [...]

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A little history tidbit to break up the day: Did you know that at the the time of the establishment of the Dual Monarchy (Austria-Hungary) in 1867 just less that one third of the population of the Empire was ethnically German? Defeat in the Seven Weeks’ War at the hands of Prussia and Italy brought [...]

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Heartless Free Economy Freak I know it sounds cruel, especially around the holidays, but MARTA’s recent decision to cut service before cutting jobs really irks me. Let’s think about this. The Authority decided to preserve jobs and cut service—so that means there will be a lot of people doing LESS work and the only cost [...]

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Heartless Free Economy FreakI know it sounds cruel, especially around the holidays, but MARTA’s recent decision to cut service before cutting jobs really irks me.Let’s think about this. The Authority decided to preserve jobs and cut service—so that means there will be a lot of people doing LESS work and the only cost savings will [...]

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I am so excited to fix Thanksgiving dinner that I can hardly stand it. I’ve become somewhat legendary for my gravy, which my mother and grandmother taught me how to make. My mom’s grave is better than mine for a lot of reasons, but mine satisfies a little more as it is a much higher [...]

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Robert over at Bump clued me into this awesome Secret Santa site. Brought to you by: thinkblank

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http://www.time.com/time/2001/inventions/basics/inpot.html

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Atlanta election update: The election board moved forward with the certification of Shirley Franklin as our new mayor. Additionally, my district (5) managed to unseat our (in my opinion) ineffective, divisive and out-of-touch councilperson. I’m very happy about the outcome as normally I vote for losers. This is the first election in which I’ve participated [...]

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This is a great assessment of Bin Laden (via The Times, London)

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In the spirit of the old halfass logo: gorillasuit.

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This lady needs to move on.

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This is really cool; you can go back in time on the web!

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