If it wasn’t too busy to pay attention, Atlanta might still be reeling from the recent one-two punches it recently received from author James Howard Kunstler and musician-turned-urban biker David Byrne after the New Urbanism conference set up shop in downtown last month.

But today, what’s left of the dwindling Atlanta blogosphere (seriously, it’s hurting these days.  we lost yet another yesterday – good luck in Chi-town Ben!) is peeing its collective pants over a nicely articulated piece by Christa at Pecanne Log, who decided to write the response to “America’s Greatest Urban Minds” herself after no one else stepped up to the plate.

Here’s a tangy, yet undeniably sweet taste of her post “There’s nothing either good or bad, but thinking makes it so”…

I also HATE when people compare Atlanta to other cities, even indirectly. Sometimes I get fired up and do this myself, and then I hate myself for it. I haven’t lived in that many other cities, so what do I really know? And if people want a city where they don’t have to have a car, or where they can be cooler than literally everyone else in the United States, or where they have more job opportunities in a particular industry, or where there are New England autumns, or where all the big policy problems are already solved, then Atlanta just isn’t going to be able to fulfill that need (even Decatur can’t provide a good Connecticut fall experience, as much as it tries). That’s cool! Do what you need to do! But when there’s some Atlanta vs. Denver, or Atlanta vs. whoever else debate, the cities just don’t usually line up enough to make any real comparisons. It becomes just a subjective exercise in what one wants out of a city.

Decatur Connecticut Fall Experience Festival!  Who’s with me!?

Decatur Cemetery (photo courtesy of Wendy)

Runs With Dogs writes in…

On Commerce this morning, between the high school and the housing community, I moved a dog that had been hit by a car to the east side of the road. It was cold then so maybe it was hit around 7am?

He/she is smallish, maybe 20 lbs, mostly black with tan paws, floppy curly ears and a short ~4” tail. If I were guessing, I’d say it was a cocker mix. He had a blue clip-on collar; no tags. I have the collar in case the owner wants it. I failed to notice whether it was male or female.

I’ve let Church St. Animal Hospital and Village Vets know in case some one calls them. They have my contact info. When animal control opens I’ll let them know too.

Makes me sad that someone’s baby went out for their morning “business” and never returned.

Carl reports in that Optimal Body Chiropractic has a sign over the old Pambili space in the Artisan Building at West Ponce de Leon and Commerce Drive.

The influx of medical establishments continues!