ATL - 8/04/08 - Soccer

MOVIE/ART/LOCAL/NYC/FRENCH/WEB NEWS

MOVIE NEWS - Fox Theater, Thursday, 8/7 - "Sex and the City". Get Carried Away.

Fox Theater, Friday, 8/8 - "Ironman". Heroes aren't born, they're built.

Fox Theater, Sunday, 8/10, 2:00 PM, "Kung Fu Panda". Experience the Pandamonium.

Fox Theater, Sunday, 8/10, 7:30 PM, "Hancock". He is saving the world, whether we like it or not.

Theater Release, Friday, 8/8 - "Pineapple Express". Superbad Forty Year-Old Pot.

ART NEWS -Two photo exhibits previously mentioned here close this week at the High. Go check out "Young Americans" and "Street Life".

Paris on Ponce, 8/5, 7:30 - The Dames Aflame join Big Mike Geier and whoop it up with Hollis Gillespie and Grant and Lary to celebrate the release of her latest book.

Fernbank, Friday, 8/8 - Martinis and Imax "Beach Bash" with Tonga Hiti!

LOCAL NEWS -Tuesday, 8/5, Mentelle Drive, between 7th & Charles Allen - Midtown celebrates "National Night Out". Head to the neighborhood street party and take back the streets (from the sewer construction?). It's a nationwide event to promote safety, awareness, and neighborhood spirit. -NNO-

Dad's Birthday, 8/5 - He'll be 69 years young, and after spectacularly pulling through a slight stroke this summer, we are all especially happy to be celebrating his birthday this year. -his photo book-

Bootcamp Field Day, 8/9 - The Olymics start Friday night, but the real event takes place on Saturday. Meet in the Metropolis lobby at 8:00 AM to walk over to Piedmont Park (with fewer than 49,999 of your friends) for fun and field day games!

NYC NEWS - MoMA's current exhibit "Home Delivery" details past developments in prefabricated housing design. Getting beyond the more well-known Quonset Huts and mobile homes, one manufacturer - Lustron - sold sheet metal prefabs. There is one example home set-up inside the museum and it is the same model that a friend owned in Decatur - I found myself walking through D.'s house inside MoMA. Cool.

The NY Giants are moving to a new indoor stadium; one 40-year season ticket subscriber was offered tickets for the next season...at $700 a seat. His family's season ticket's would cost him $80,000 next year.

The Arab Emirates' first Airbus A380 landed at JFK last Friday. It figures an OPEC country could afford to fly the new giganta-plane!

I guess he could be a hand model. Overheard at a bar - Girl A: "Mike's at a shoot all day."

Girl B: "What is he; a photgrapher?"

Girl A: "No..he's a model."

Girl C: "No...he's a MALE model."

FRENCH NEWS - Michael Phelps leads Le Monde's Olympics coverge with his quest for a record-breaking 8 gold medals.

WEB NEWS - In honor of the opening ceremonies of the Beijing Olympic Games, I'd like to remind everyone that Americans are capable of a little celebrating, too. -redneck fireworks- -Atlanta Olympic Games-