ATL 2/18/08 - Compliance The End

Me and Ma in Paris, 1995

New Orleans - Endymion Parade, Audubon Park, Mardi Gras doors

MOVIE/ART/COMPLIANCE/LOCAL/NATIONAL/WEB NEWS

MOVIE NEWS - ALL 5 Oscar nominated movies are playing back-to-back for $30 Stonecrest and Colonial. (And even better for Metropolites, the Social Committee is showing "Michael Clayton" in Club M...George Clooney! For Free!)

ART NEWS -"Bathhouse, The Musical" is playing at the Theatre Decatur through March 15.

We loved "Octopus" at Actor's Express...and there's one weekend left in the world premiere run. (But be warned - this ain't your Momma's gay multiple-partner relationship play with nudity!)

COMPLIANCE NEWS -It's the week leading up to the Oscars...back home, Landmark is showing both the live action shorts and the animated shorts, plus "Juno", "No Country For Old Men", "Charlie Wilson's War", and "Persepolis".

Here in Compliance, I can go see "Fool's Gold" or "Meet the Spartans" or "Rambo".

Or not. Sigh

LOCAL NEWS -Piedmont Park - They tore-up the natural wetlands that were developing around the bridge north of the field by Park Tavern to install a new planting...there's no water for the lawn, but plenty for new plantings!

The tire tracks dug into the grass by park vehicles were still evident over a week after I first noticed them. We can't sit on the grass for SOTG, but it's okay to drive on it?

Screen on the Green has been re-located to Centennial Park. Apparently, the drought forcing event cancellations in Midtown hasn't been as strongly felt all the way downtown. (I'm actually kind of ok with this. SOTG has been getting a little too crowded; when the city decides to let us back into Pedmont Park, I'd like to see the event expand to both parks.)

NATIONAL NEWS -143 million lbs of beef recalled...According to the Minnesota Beef Council:
"A 1,000 pound steer will provide about 430 pounds of edible meat." That's 332,558 (former) cows. More yummy beef trivia -here-

The primaries are secondary to me...what's really buggin me is the "Economic Stimulus" package...

Why is it that conservatives hate welfare...giving people money to pay for frivolities like food and shelter, but it's okay to give away money to everyone in the name of "Economic Stimulus"?

And moreover, the more you make...the more you have actually PAID in taxes...the smaller your "package" will be. People who paid ZERO in taxes are getting stimulated. What the hell is that? Of course they need to be "stimulated"...they don't even frickin WORK!

WEB NEWS -Some news outlets are reporting on the death of the TV theme song in today's climate of short attention spans and TiVo. Things got a little slow one day in Compliance, Ohio, so we spent the morning listening to movie theme songs. -here-