Atlanta's branding efforts have typically been self-consciously striving and grandiose, although who was steering the ship during the brief "Atlanta, The City Where There's a Ladder on the Expressway" period is anybody's guess.

"…traveling deep into the south side of Chicago…"

And that metaphors were banished from the land!

I've noticed that, too. Her motor purrs like a dream all the way to empty, but empty is empty.

That's because the game has gotten harder (both through equipment engineering and the greater strength and ability of the average major league hitter), and thus the effort required to master it has increased to the point where it's physically impossible to throw as many innings as before. Even in the 1970s pitchers…

The most unbreakable records aren't those that depend on individual determination (Ripken) or idiosyncrasy (Ichiro's hits), or career length (Ryan's Ks). The single-season pitching records are the most unbreakable, because the game would need to revert back to one that imposes far less physical demand on the body,…

I know, that was off the cuff, but in point of fact Cobb was beloved in NE Georgia for his post-career philanthropy. The hospital in Royston bears his name, one block down from the Ty Cobb museum (it's a pretty good museum…I particularly liked the cleats on exhibit, arranged spikes-up).

{steadfastly continuing to not take a position}

Tsu Shi Ma Mi Re at the Caledonia Lounge in Athens, GA on Friday night. The Caledonia is the old shoebox 40 Watt, and it was packed to the gills for some brain-melting Japanese girl punk. They've been around since '99, and have the cute presentation combined with disturbing subject matter approach down pat (the lead…

Scot's not too bad-looking for a trog, but Jason is another story. His gloating about his type's long history of scoring cheerleaders strained credibility to say the least.

Including those still competing — Nick almost lost it right then and there.

That was an epic sneer.

Please let there be time to wallow in some adventures of Gross Henry.

Oogie boogie.

In the future, the decline of our civilization will be pegged to the acceptance of one space after a period.

flamingwombat does stellar work here.

Agreed. Ikiru is my favorite, and the rest of the top five is Seven Samurai, Rashomon, High and Low, and Ran in some order I can't bring myself to decide on.

"OK, I'm just going to say it — you bear very little resemblance to Obama."

I need Wormald's motivation for participating in the squat cobbler video explained to me….

…and unmitigated by any NHL All-Star game roster announcements whatsoever.