ATL - 10/27/08 Tech & Zombies

Last weekend we celebrated both Georgia Tech's crazy Homecoming Parade and World Zombie Day 2008. Guys/girls who have Brains...meet zombies who crave brains.

Buzz...lawnmower...elvis...see-saw power...now that's a big wheel!
Ferris Bueller..."more frying pan!"...go fiji...treadmill power...cool piston-drive

mayhem...dead superheroes..dentistry of the damned..juggle this..bad skin day
need more fritos...does this pole make my butt look big?...walk...walk...walk
walk...walk...vortex of the dead...walk in l5p...can you give me a hand?
skateboard of the dead...in line at variety...1-eyed w/binoculars!...walk...home

MOVIE/ART/LOCAL/U.S./FRENCH/WEB NEWS

MOVIE NEWS - 10/28, 9:30 PM - The Plaza / Flicks and Giggles - "Airplane"

10/28, 7:00 & 9:00 PM - International Animation Day @ the High Museum Hill Auditorium...FREE!

10/29, 7:00 PM - Goethe Zentrum - "Metropolis"

10/31, 8:00 PM - High Museum LAFF - "Play"

11/1, 8:00 PM - High Museum LAFF - "Young Blood"

ART NEWS - "Wicked" continues its Atlanta run at the Fox through November 1st. Sign-up at the box office 2 1/2 hours before each performance for the $25 ticket lottery.

...and if you still can't get a seat, you can meet "Wicked"'s author Gregory Maguire at Outwrite this Tuesday at 7:30. (Bring your broom; parking is limited.)

10/31, 8:00 PM - Like there's not enough happening on Halloween - Tonga Hiti and the Dames Aflame are back at Trader Vic's. Seriously - the best entertainment you will EVER get for $5.

LOCAL NEWS - This is the last week of Metropolis Bootcamp until April, 2009! Thanks for everyone's participation...I'd hate to think about how lazy I would have been all summer if I didn't have our neighbors' support for this...not to mention the greatest guy in the world! Thanks, Shawn!
10/28 - 6:45 PM
10/30 - 6:00 AM
11/01 - 8:00 AM

10/30, 8:00 PM - Metropolis Halloween Party!

10/31, 10:00 PM - 1113 Colquitt "Best of Youtube" Halloween Party

11/01 - Beer Laura's Saints & Sinners "All Saints Day Party"

11/02 - Obama March (& cook-out) -my.barackobama-

Progress announced on the 14th Bridge! -mna-

...but what's happening with the $3.9 BILLION Atlanta sewer upgrade? I can't find any recent progress reports, but here is a report of $9M paid out by the city to two Buckhead homeowners flooded out by the aging Atlanta sewer system... -ajc-

...and the Clean Water Atlanta site schedule shows the West CSO Tunnel that begins in Piedmont Park as being complete. -cleanwateratlanta- -district 6 pdf-

U.S. NEWS - 11/2 - Daylight Saving Time ends. Fall back! ...and that hour you gain? Don't get too excited; you'll lose it standing in line to vote on November 4th!

A former co-worker emailed me the "left" -most political cartoon below...to give everyone equal time, I replied with 3 subsequent, edited versions:
-thanks gary mccoy-

FRENCH NEWS - Lemonde reports on Syria's complaint against the U.S. for entering their air space to attack al-Qaida in Syria. Echoes of a little dispute back in 1986 when the French didn't want the U.S. to fly through their airspace on their way to retaliate against Libya following a bomb-attack on American soldiers in West Berlin. -nationalreview-

WEB NEWS - Our household does pretty well at reducing the amount of stuff we throw away (recycling, composting, donating), but this guy is the uber-green-dude. -365-