Couple of things
- Understandably, Bill Overend is seeking a recount after losing to C.R. Chisholm by just 33 votes in Tuesday's runoff election for Athens-Clarke County Solicitor General. What's odd to me is the contrasting images of the candidates painted in the story ...
Overend - the former downtown bar owner with a scruffy goatee and a dry sense of humor ...
Chisholm - boyish at 32, quiet and so polite he'll call a younger man "sir" ...
So ... if you voted for Overend you voted for a hooligan who used to peddle booze and likes to crack off-color jokes, but if you voted for Chisholm you voted for the nicest young man in the whole neighborhood. Nothing against the latter who is probably a swell fella, but if this had come out before the runoff, I'd be a little concerned about some unfair representations.
And, to make matters worse ... the Athens Banner-Herald then runs this story which fails to mention the recount and marches on ahead with the Chisholm administration.
- People, it's been six years ... let's call a moratorium on Bush v. Gore letters to the editor. Though this particular one gets bonus points because, in one fell swoop, it features the over-the-top claim of 'socialist and communist' voters in New York and California, makes the obligatory liberal media reference ('very liberal media' actually) and completely rewrites the actual voting results of the 2000 election. Awesome.
- If you're flying today, please be patient. Remember, it's better to wait in line a bit longer than, you know, blow up in mid-flight.
- Matt and I lost an epic matchup to Ohio State last night. After rallying Athens Tech from a 14-point deficit with just under three minutes to play - tying it on a quick slant strike with just under 50 seconds to play - Troy Smith shakes off a tackle from Tim Kelly, throws downfield from off his back foot and has Ted Ginn haul it in with one hand. The Buckeyes kicked a field goal with two seconds left to win 31-28. Got to say ... we were both legitimately down after the defeat.
- Hillary's installment of Grub Notes focuses on Mama's Boy and Medieval Times ... and includes this suggestion:
You may be thinking, “Well, I could go buy a whole rotisserie chicken at Kroger for $4 and eat it in the half-light with my hands,” and it’s true. You could do that. You might even be able to snag a paper crown from Burger King to wear while you do it and get your spouse or friend to call you “my lord,” but what would be the fun in that?
- And, speaking of Team Brown, I can't believe I haven't plugged their podcasts yet. Vulgar? Of course. Weird? Definitely. Entertaining? Very much so.
- For your music fix ... how about some Waylon Jennings, introduced by Johnny Cash? Works for me ...
Overend - the former downtown bar owner with a scruffy goatee and a dry sense of humor ...
Chisholm - boyish at 32, quiet and so polite he'll call a younger man "sir" ...
So ... if you voted for Overend you voted for a hooligan who used to peddle booze and likes to crack off-color jokes, but if you voted for Chisholm you voted for the nicest young man in the whole neighborhood. Nothing against the latter who is probably a swell fella, but if this had come out before the runoff, I'd be a little concerned about some unfair representations.
And, to make matters worse ... the Athens Banner-Herald then runs this story which fails to mention the recount and marches on ahead with the Chisholm administration.
- People, it's been six years ... let's call a moratorium on Bush v. Gore letters to the editor. Though this particular one gets bonus points because, in one fell swoop, it features the over-the-top claim of 'socialist and communist' voters in New York and California, makes the obligatory liberal media reference ('very liberal media' actually) and completely rewrites the actual voting results of the 2000 election. Awesome.
- If you're flying today, please be patient. Remember, it's better to wait in line a bit longer than, you know, blow up in mid-flight.
- Matt and I lost an epic matchup to Ohio State last night. After rallying Athens Tech from a 14-point deficit with just under three minutes to play - tying it on a quick slant strike with just under 50 seconds to play - Troy Smith shakes off a tackle from Tim Kelly, throws downfield from off his back foot and has Ted Ginn haul it in with one hand. The Buckeyes kicked a field goal with two seconds left to win 31-28. Got to say ... we were both legitimately down after the defeat.
- Hillary's installment of Grub Notes focuses on Mama's Boy and Medieval Times ... and includes this suggestion:
You may be thinking, “Well, I could go buy a whole rotisserie chicken at Kroger for $4 and eat it in the half-light with my hands,” and it’s true. You could do that. You might even be able to snag a paper crown from Burger King to wear while you do it and get your spouse or friend to call you “my lord,” but what would be the fun in that?
- And, speaking of Team Brown, I can't believe I haven't plugged their podcasts yet. Vulgar? Of course. Weird? Definitely. Entertaining? Very much so.
- For your music fix ... how about some Waylon Jennings, introduced by Johnny Cash? Works for me ...
posted by Jmac at 7:52 AM
5 Comments:
Thank you for the plug, Mr. McGinty. Both of 'em, actually.
Is it a bad sign that I immediately thought of naughty type "plugs" when I read Hillary's comment?
It did make me giggle, though.
Good to see that Russ' mind is still resting snugly in the gutter. I wouldn't want it any other way (I'm sure that line could be transformed into something gross, ah well, whaddya gonna do).
A couple of things Mr. McGinty...
1) Regarding that lame Bush-Gore letter - speaking of moratoriums if I have to read that tired line in one more letter/argument/Nazi-rant about "Delta's ready when you are" I swear to God I will roundhouse kick Jonathan in the gullet. A line ceases to be clever when every redneck from Cairo to Sassafras blurts it out whenever they see someone who "smells like a dern Yankee".
2) I resent the implication that I was somehow responsible for the Smith to Ginn TD that crushed your spirit last night. I work my a** off during two-a-days, go to class, am I participating member of both the Athens Tech Glee Club and "Webster" Fan Clubs but yet...I have you guys bustin' my hump about missing a tackle. I'll have you know that I single handedly kept you guys in that game and am now seriously considering a transfer to West Athens University.
TIM
Now, now Tim Kelly ... you're hard work hasn't gone unnoticed. In fact, you forced a fumble late in the fourth quarter which put us right back in that thing.
Troy Smith, apparently, is a freak of nature and shook free. Whaddya gonna do?
Didn't you say you were a fan of Karate Kid at one point?
http://karatekidending.ytmnd.com/
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