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Quality Computer Systems? HA!

Quality Computer Systems? HA!

I support local businesses. I appreciate them. I want them to do well. This is particularly important in central Georgia. However, when a local business is not deserving of my business, I will not go back. I might even post a review online. I recently did this for a local computer store. I feel the [...]

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The New Old West

The New Old West

Well, it’s happening: we’re one step further toward the new old west. Apparently, the Georgia legislature feels, almost unanimously, that we citizens need to be armed. The right to bear arms is not enough: we have a compulsion to bear arms. In a gun bill that passed yesterday, 43-10, our wise legislators decided that guns [...]

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Musée des Beaux Arts

Musée des Beaux Arts

[Reading Auden today for my 20th-century British Poetry and Prose class. I was particularly struck by this poem and its matter-of-fact tone. It seems to point out the indifference of the world, the universe, and other humans to individual suffering. And not only suffering, but the mundane aspects of daily life make us miss the [...]

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Savannah, Charleston, and Anniversary

Savannah, Charleston, and Anniversary

Last week was our third anniversary, so we decided to get out of town for a few days and head to the coast. Actually, Giles and I went a couple of days early to photograph Savannah for Regional Imagery. The weather in Savannah on Monday and Tuesday was pretty bad: cloudy, rainy, windy and frakin’ [...]

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Gardens

Gardens

Today was beautiful, so I decided to head out with the camera. I knew that folks had been busying themselves with garden preparation on Magnolia the day before — I’d never seen so much lawn equipment in one place at one time. The outcome was beautiful, and I took in a garden or two. First, [...]

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First Friday, May 2009

First Friday, May 2009

Yes, we made it to First Friday last night. We went early, but managed to hook-up with Gene and BJ, and Dan and Monica for a little while. Dan had to leave pretty early, since MagTard was playing at Rivalry’s. Autumn and I poked around a bit, then had some pasta at Adriana’s Café. We [...]

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Speak Easy

Speak Easy

I had the pleasure of photographing the 2009 Party of the Year last night with Giles. This year’s party had a roaring-20s, speak-easy theme and was held at an historic building downtown just known as the “Hardware Store” or the Karsten-Denson building on Third Street. All proceeds from the party go to support the efforts [...]

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