Let’s create a little “Who Shot Mr. Burns“-style buzz, shall we?

Here’s a cryptic hint of big Decatur news just around the corner…

A man in red kicks, his face hidden within the heavy shadows of a Decatur alley, mutters “We will soon see the marriage between two of the most prominent Decatur names.  The marriages will be frequent and they will all rock.”

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Atlanta’s identity crisis manifests itself in many forms.

If one were to theorize based solely on the city’s tourist attractions, you’d have a pretty good argument to make that Atlantans, despite being 1,500 comfortable feet above sea-level, aren’t really landlubbers at heart.  Considering we brag about having the world’s largest aquarium and now word that a pirates museum might be in the works, it’s hard not to suspect that Atlantans miss the slightly pungent salt sea air and the glittery sand between their toes.

Sure there’s Coke.  And “The General” sits silently out at the Southern Museum in Kennesaw, while we continue to hear talk of a Civil Rights Museum, but ultimately Atlanta seems to have lost the battle to remember it’s race and rail culture and has little desire to trumpet it’s snug location along the Piedmont.  And in any town devoid of character, the global economy has no problem filling the tourist gap with what’s popular on a world stage (NASCAR, aquariums, pirates, etc…) instead.

Not that many rail towns today don’t suffer this same fate – often chosen due to the intersection of ridgelines – but Atlanta seems especially reluctant to play off it’s second-tier strengths, regardless of how ridiculous the alternative.

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Looks like the city is a little dissatisfied with its unofficial description “Where Mayberry meets Berkeley” and may be looking for a new slogan.

Lyn Menne’s challenge in the latest issue of the Focus (not yet online), is to follow in the footsteps of Hemingway’s famous six word story and provide an accurate description of our fair city in 6 words – no more, no less.

Definitely not an easy task, seeing that I’ve been pondering it for two days straight and have yet to come up with anything worth jotting down.

Whatcha got smart-pantses?

It’s Friday and you know what that means…FFAF!…which I can only assume is pronounced “phaf”.

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Phaf it up!

Sorry this week’s “free-for-all” post is a little late.  I haven’t been all that aware of the date or time this whole week!

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