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House from Street, originally uploaded by scottpartee.

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I’ve realized that the the only thing I miss about driving a car around is the ability to sing at the top of my lungs while listening to music that I chose.
Despite my sweet new iPod nano (courtesy of my sister and brother in law), I don’t think the UBahn riders of Vienna [...]

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In which your hack narrator attempts his “barbershop” entry
“What ever happened to wantin’ to be a shoe shine boy?” Doc, the barber, wondered aloud. “I been tryin’ to get one’m in here for more’n a year, now.” He pressed his hands to the side of my head and gently tipped my head [...]

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The debate, as it were, centered around the central issue: is Flex cooler than MJQ?
Now, I can remember a time in my life when I walked into each place and proclaimed the venue “the coolest place ever.”
1995 (I think). I’m walking through the side door of a hotel on Atlanta’s Ponce de Leon Av (”Ponce”). [...]

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Hey ATLiens!
I have a request.
If you’ve stashed away any pictures of the old school MJQ and have them available or can make them available online, I’d love to see them.
When I say Old School MJQ, I mean from back in the dizay when it was under the Ponce De Leon Hotel and George was there.
I’m [...]

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Anyone who knows me or reads this site and actually remembers anything I’ve ever said knows that I hate Real products with a passion and won’t install them on my computer. Period. This goes for Rhapsody as well because it’s a Real product.
I was doing some Daring Fireball archive reading, and stumbled across an [...]

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Work

Originally uploaded by scottpartee.

This is where billions in economy are generated every day: in tiny little insipid cubicles in rows under flourescent lights. His domain sprawls before him. His candy bar lunch twists restlessly in his Mountain Dew-addled belly. The knowledge worker. The self-managed class. [...]

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Location Obscured(20:30-20:40) Fri Eve
Street/ open Air
Victim: Police Officer
Weapon: can Of Juice
Suspect spit on the Officers foot, then struck him in the chest and face with a can of juice. After a brief foot chase the suspect turned and stated “I’m about to fuck you up.” The suspect fought with the officer before being taken into [...]

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Misc. stuff while travelling

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The Halfass Family Band, a product of Halfass & Halfass West with a long history and various monikers, plays live at the “Yukon Tavern”:http://maps.google.com/maps?q=5819+SE+Milwaukie,+portland,+or&spn=0.030529,0.065394&hl=en in Portland, OR this Saturday, August 20th. Please call the venue for exact times and dress code:
Yukon Tavern
(503) 235-6352 5819 SE Milwaukie Ave
And as an added bonus to the Halfass [...]

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One of my favorite restaurants in Atlanta, Mi Barrio, seems to be on the verge of getting its beer and wine license:

Application of Mi-Barrio Restaurant, Inc., d/b/a Mi-Barrio Mexican Restaurant, Jesus Lopez, Agent. License requested to operate a restaurant liquor beer and wine consumed at 571 Memorial Drive. (new app/new loc) NPU-W CD#1 [...]

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There’s nothing wrong in the whole wide world with meeting your wife and baby for lunch during a crazed workday at “toast.”:http://www.toastrestaurant.com/

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I have had my eye on this specific house for a long time. It’s a “lustron”:http://www.lustron.org/ home from the middle of the 20th Century. From “the listing”:http://www.coldwellbankeratlanta.com/homes/detail.cfm?index=3074214
walk to decatur square! mid century modern! here is your chance to own a rare ‘lustron’ home! check it out at lustron dot org. situated on a great [...]

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I don’t mean to belittle the idea of a true hate crime, so forgive the title. But I thought I’d relate a little story that happened on Saturday.
My wife and I decided to have a few people over for “gumbo”:http://www.flickr.com/photos/partee/7593448/ on a beautiful Saturday evening. Being such a nice night, we opened the “front” door [...]

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