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Aluminum, tastes like fear

April 19th, 2008 · 18 Comments · Australia, Family, Florida, Georgia, Travel

When I was a younger man I lived in Athens, Georgia and worked behind the counter of a popular coffee house. It was a wonderful job because built into it was the opportunity to meet and chat with the illuminati of the Classic City. One of them, the lead singer of a rock band who […]

 
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Color Me Impressed

January 24th, 2008 · 7 Comments · Georgia, Music

“Everybody at your party
They all look depressed
Everybody dressin’ funny
Color me impressed…”
-The Replacements - “Color Me Impressed”
Two Peach State acts have new records on the British shelves this week and they are doing their home state proud here across the pond.

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Georgia 41, Hawaii 10

January 2nd, 2008 · 9 Comments · Football, Georgia, Videos

“Sometimes I feel, sometimes I feel,
Like I been tied to the whipping post,
Tied to the whipping post,
Tied to the whipping post,
Good lord, I feel like Im dyin…”
-The Allman Brothers - “Whipping Post”
Better a bully than a Sooner. I guess this just goes to show you how absolutely wrong the BCS got it this year. Fortunately […]

 
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Disaster narrowly averted (or how Dr. O’Connell saved the family from a year of misfortune)

January 1st, 2008 · 9 Comments · Britain, Expat Life, Georgia, Recipes, Sinead

“And so we’re told this is the golden age
And gold is the reason for the wars we wage
Though I want to be with you
Be with you night and day
Nothing changes
On New Year’s Day…”
-U2 - “New Year’s Day”
Everyone who grew up in the deep South knows that Hoppin’ John and collards bring good luck for the […]

 
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Game Day: Like Kissing Your Sister

January 1st, 2008 · 5 Comments · Football, Georgia, MP3s

“Razzle ‘n’ a dazzle ‘n’ a flash a little light
Television lover, baby, go all night
Sometime, anytime, sugar me sweet
Little miss ah innocent sugar me, yeah…”
-Def Leppard - “Pour Some Sugar On Me”
Like all good Georgia Bulldogs fans I was thrilled by the way Coach Mark Richt and the Dawgs turned the season around after the […]

 
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Clusterf**k to New Orleans *

December 2nd, 2007 · 16 Comments · Football, Georgia, Missouri

Well, as I slept the night away blissfully unaware in Blighty - the whole BCS system fell to pieces. Missouri saw its National Championship coach turn into a pumpkin in San Antonio with a beating down by the Sooners. All college football fans should be grateful to the Pitt Panthers or else you may have […]

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Georgia 31, Georgia Tech 17

November 25th, 2007 · No Comments · Football, Georgia

Seven in a row over the North Avenue Trade School. It was a wild and weird game - as Georgia - Georgia Tech usually is - but a solid win for the Bulldogs. Senior tailback Thomas Brown was the Big Dawg of the day with 139 yards rushing and one touchdown.
It’s a great way to […]

 
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Game Day: My Old School(s)

November 24th, 2007 · 10 Comments · Baby DVD, Football, Georgia, Missouri

“It was still September
When your daddy was quite surprised
To find you with the working girls
In the county jail
I was smoking with the boys upstairs
When I heard about the whole affair
I said oh no
William and Mary wont do…”
What a year in college football! Both of my alma maters (or is it almas mater) are in the […]

 
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Clean, Old-Fashioned Hate

November 23rd, 2007 · 1 Comment · Football, Georgia

Thanksgiving weekend is one of the best for college football. It’s rivalry week - when passions are high and anything can happen on the field. It’s all about in-state and neighboring state rivalries - Texas vs. Texas A & M, Virginia vs. Virginia Tech, Oklahoma vs. Oklahoma State, Florida vs Florida State, Missouri vs. Kansas, […]

 
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Georgia 24, Kentucky 13

November 17th, 2007 · 4 Comments · Football, Georgia

It wasn’t pretty, but in November you take a win where you can get one. The Vols know something about ugly wins as well and remain in the way of a much deserved trip to the Georgia Dome for the Bulldogs. I guess we’ll see what happens in Lexington next Saturday.
Knowshon Moreno continues to be […]

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