Comments on: Free-For-All Friday 1/25/13

By: FM Fats

FM Fats — Mon, 28 Jan 2013 19:56:08 +0000

Twice during Saturday night’s Beloved Community Dialogue at Friends School of Atlanta, Andrew Young strongly urged Jason Carter to run for the Chambliss seat. I think he’d be better off waiting until 2016 when Dem turnout is likely to be higher thanks to the presidential election. I wouldn’t be surprised if Isakson decided not to run again, despite what he says now.

By: FM Fats

FM Fats — Mon, 28 Jan 2013 19:50:19 +0000

The idea of a family with fairly small children spending 90 minutes in a restaurant conversing as a family is absurd. That’s why any restaurant worth it’s salt has crayons available. If you must bring rugrats to a restaurant, also bring along something to amuse them so they don’t end up running around the restaurant, smacking their little foreheads against a table edge, tripping tray-laden servers, screaming, or (I witnessed this at the Marlay) scraping restaurant cutlery along the patio wall while the parents get swacked discussing the children that they are so blithely ignoring until one of them climbs up on the patio wall and falls head first onto the concrete floor before I can run over and catch her.

By: AnotherRick

AnotherRick — Mon, 28 Jan 2013 19:16:50 +0000

Sorry if Oakhurst feels offended my my remark. Tear downs and displacement of low and moderate income renters is happening in many Atlanta and Decatur neighborhoods, some more then others. Oakhust makes a good case study.

By: At Home in Decatur

At Home in Decatur — Mon, 28 Jan 2013 19:14:36 +0000

Ditto for preteens, teens. You’ve got a 4-month window of good conversation when they are ~9 years old. And unless you have twins/triplets, the 4-month window won’t coincide with that of your other children. And maybe not even then due to random phenotypical variation.

By: JoeBlow

JoeBlow — Mon, 28 Jan 2013 19:08:34 +0000

Sooooooo then you…start another one? Wow.