The AJC had an article about this. The Clayton County School System continues to be a train wreck. We don’t see what all the fuss is about. The chair thing is a little inappropriate for high school.
The most offensive part of this video is the terribly uncoordinated dancing. The team practices, right?
Posted under Something Similar to News
This post was written by Raleigh Urbain on January 28, 2009
Everyone who reads ITS has noticed the substantial decline in posting over the last 4 weeks. We are in the middle of starting a new law firm in the EAV (opens 5 January 2008). Further, we are developing a legal blog called Legal Blog Atlanta. With this in mind, we have to agree with Lady d’Urbain that not declaring bankruptcy is of paramount importance. Thus, we need to spend more time working on The Skills Dat Pay Da Bills (see: Positive K, 1992).
We don’t want to shut down ITS, but posting could become sporadic at best. If you have any interest in contributing to InsideTheSprawl please contact me at insidethesprawl AT gmail DOT com. Those interested should plan on creating 3-5 posts per week.
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This post was written by Raleigh Urbain on December 29, 2008
Last night Tin Lizzys got the uber-important thumbs up on its liquor license. The Mexican Cantina will open in Six Feet Under’s old location on 7 January 2009. By our count this will be the seventh eatery on Memorial Drive between Hill and Boulevard.
[For all you trivia nerds - this is the original tin lizzy.]
It will be interesting to see how this Buckhead mainstay will translate to Grant Park. Our guess is that there will be far fewer penny loafers about.
Posted under Consumption - The New American Value, Too Lazy To Cook
This post was written by Raleigh Urbain on December 17, 2008
The Fulton County Daily Report says that the Georgia State Football Team will have its practice facilities at the former site of the Blood N Fire church on MLK. This spot is located across from the proposed linear park to run between Oakland Cemetary and the State Capitol (estimated finish date 2057).
[Mat Not For Sale Actually For Sale Now.]
This site is a mere 10 minutes walk from GSU campus. Its location should foster community invovlement and investment in the team. Wethinks this a far better option than using the GSU intramural fields located in suburban Dekalb County.
Only 20 years until UGA can pay GSU millions of dollars to be shamed for 60 minutes inside Sanford Stadium
Posted under College Football (aka God's Special Gift to You and Me)
This post was written by Raleigh Urbain on December 15, 2008
On Tuesday, Lake Lanier was within 3 inches of tying the all time low water level set last December.
The deluge of the last two days has added 3 inches. It is not unreasonable to think that the lake will be up a full foot by the beginning of next week.
Will the lake will ever again reach its full pool level of 1070 feet? If we owned a home on an out-of-the-way cove we would be worried.
Below is a graph tracking pool levels for the last year. The red line is where it should be.
[We made this on our TI-85.]
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This post was written by Raleigh Urbain on December 11, 2008
The SEC Championship drew ridiculously good ratings. Sports Media Watch has the full details. An excerpt that we found interesting -
To put the 10.4 in perspective, it marks a better overnight rating than three World Series games, one NBA Finals game, the final round of The Masters and last year’s Sugar, Orange and Fiesta Bowls.
Unfortunately, it did not do as well as the ABC broadcast of the Ohio State - Michigan game from 2006. That game also featured a 1-2 match up. The relentless ABC/ESPN hype machine seemingly cannot be outdone.
Blog-hating on ESPN - unfashionable since 2005!
Posted under College Football (aka God's Special Gift to You and Me)
This post was written by Raleigh Urbain on December 9, 2008
While we were having a hissy fit about biweekly recycling in Atlanta, a little known publication called the New York Times was busy writing about how the recyclables market has tanked. They state:
On the West Coast, for example, mixed paper is selling for $20 to $25 a ton, down from $105 in October, according to Official Board Markets, a newsletter that tracks paper prices. And recyclers say tin is worth about $5 a ton, down from $327 earlier this year. There is greater domestic demand for glass, so its price has not fallen as much.
We have doubts that Mayor Frankilin was weighing these factors when deciding to scale back Atlanta’s recycling program. But, y’know, blind dogs, broken clocks, and other such cliches.
[98% decline - no biggie.]
The Gwinnett County government, who recently reclaimed (hooray for prison labor) their recycling program from private companies, had better hope their economic model figured in these sagging prices.
Non-sequiturish Related Note:
E-Waste Recycling at Grady Next Saturday
Posted under Greenwash Deez!
This post was written by Raleigh Urbain on December 9, 2008
This morning on NPR we heard that Gwinnett County was instituting $500 fines for those who fail to recycle. This makes it the only municipal entity in Georgia with mandatory recycling.
The Gwinnett fine provides a nice contrast to Atlanta’s bifuckingweekly pickups. Seriously, at our house it would be easier if they picked up the trash biweekly.
Thanks Shirley!
And now Feed the Tree by early 90’s ladies band Belly. Hope you enjoy it, you dirty Gwinnettian hippies.
Posted under Greenwash Deez!
This post was written by Raleigh Urbain on December 5, 2008
[Peach Magazine, we hardly knew ye. Mostly b/c you were unreadable. Mmmmm, Rihanna.]
Posted under Consumption - The New American Value, Deportes, Jawja Politics, Old Media, Unlanta
This post was written by Raleigh Urbain on December 4, 2008
President-Elect Obama spent yesterday at a meeting of the National Governors Association. At this meeting the governors plead for money to help with infrastructure spending. By all reports the state leaders appear likely to get what they are asking for. But will all the stimulus money go to the state government or are cities (where P-E Obama received overwhelming support) going to get some funding directly?
[Who needs a monorail or escalator to nowhere when you can have a bypass?]
When the news media discusses infrastructure spending it seems to focus on roads and bridges. If the money goes directly to our Republican led state government there is little doubt that it will end up in the greasy palms of the road building industry. We know we’re excited for the Newton, GA (pop. 851) Bypass. Read More…
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This post was written by Raleigh Urbain on December 3, 2008
