ATL 8/27/07

ME NEWS - This is me and my little brother with our Grandma and Grandpa Lennon - my mom's parents - in southern California, circa 1972. At this point in our lives, we road trip down from Oregon each summer to visit.

I look at this photo and see me being all teeth and no eyes. The teeth will be addressed soon enough...and pictured in next week's photo. I don't know what's up with the helmet hair and chubby cheeks. We look like we are auditioning for a Life cereal commercial ("hey Mikey, he likes it!")?

MOVIE NEWS - "Pirates of the Caribbean 3" at the Fox, 7:30 PM tonight!

ART NEWS - Dragon*Con is this coming weekend. The parade - starting at Woodruff Park and marching up Peachtree St - is Saturday at 10:00AM.

PLANET NEWS - Paper or plastic? How about neither! Trader Joe's sells reusable, nylon shopping bags for just $0.99! And, when you shop with it, you are entered into a weekly $25 gift certificate sweepstakes.

FRENCH NEWS - Le Monde is reporting in a series of articles about the Iraq war that the suicide rate in the U.S. army is at its highest level in 26 years. Which makes me wonder what our troops were going through in 1981 to cause a high suicide rate back then.

NATIONAL NEWS - Michael Vick faces a judge today in his plea bargain. I don't think he has much to worry about; if he spends as much of his jail sentence actually behind bars as Nicole Ritchie did last week, his jail time could be reduced by 94.3% (roughly the same amount he shortened the lives of the dogs he executed.)

LOCAL NEWS - The Little League Team from Warner Robins won the Little League World Series yesterday. There's nothing 'little' about these champions - great job! This week, let's talk more about these athletes and less about a certain mean, ole EX-Falcons quarterback.

RETAIL NEWS - Chocolate Pink, located in 905 Juniper, is open until 11:00 PM on Fridays and Saturdays for a great post-dinner dessert. They don't have a liquor license, but they'll let you BYOB - chardonnay + chocolate = bliss.

METROPOLIS NEWS - (pssst...it was my birthday yesterday)

WEB NEWS - I don't have anything against Starbucks (but if you do...go here)