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If you frequent the the Grant Park area, you may have seen a homeless man with a dog who collects money at the Boulevard exit next to I-20. Monday morning, his dog was hit by a car and the driver fled (they were on the sidewalk, and the dog was on a leash). Johnny was devastated, and he is such a kind man. My girlfriend and I and several other people stopped and helped get the dog to a nearby vet, and he has a broken pelvis and colon injuries. The sweet dog’s name is Rot Rot (“because he’s spoiled rotten,” said Johnny, his owner), and he is all Johnny has. I begged the vet to work out a payment plan and/or let me volunteer there in exchange for reduced cost care for Rot Rot. He seems open to it, but practically, they also need payment. I set up a ChipIn account for donations, and I’m encouraging people to also call the vet directly and offer payment by phone or in person (Animal Fur 1st, 404.627.7879). So far, we've (my girlfriend and I) raised $1280 of the estimated $1500 it will cost. I'm begging you to contribute ANYTHING you can, and to forward this info to as many people as possible. If you know a wealthy dog and/or human lover, you can give me their info and I will do the begging for you.

http://johnnydog.chipin.com/roy-rots-medical-fund

(Yeah, the site got autocorrected when I made it!)

I talked with the vet, and Rot Rot had surgery Monday night and is "doing well," and Johnny comes to visit him, and Johnny is "so upset, but so grateful."

Thank you from the bottom of my heart.

My partner and I both work all the time and then spend our weekends running all over town being social. We are awesome about trash, dishes, laundry, cat boxes, making beds, and more. However, it's like pulling teeth for either of us to actually dust and mop all the hardwoods, bathrooms, and kitchen. With 2 cats and a dog, it can be tedious, and we're considering offloading the floors and dusting. We're in the Decatur area. Any recommendations?

Also: Have you always had to pay to stare at the reviews on Angie's List? This is the first time I tried the site and was...surprised it was a paid membership.

The Canterbury Tales!

Join us for a medieval romp through boisterous and bawdy olde England. Drawing on the Celtic British influences of Geoffrey Chaucer's writing, this hilarious adaptation reintroduces the tales in forms ranging from classical to spaghetti Western! We’re bringing back all your favorite tales. 

Two weeks left!

www.ShakespeareTavern.com

An Employee of The Varsity, assisting an investigative officer who locked his keys in his patrol car. Care for some fries with your Slim Jim?

Shot as we were waiting at the light. I saw what happened and burst out laughing. The cop shot a killing glare which prompted a squeaky "I didn't mean to laugh!" and a giggle to my passenger "yes I did."

OK techie peeps, I need helps with an old laptop. I think the motherboard is shot, it wont boot, even when plugged in, even when plugged in with the battery removed (I think the batter is fubar too, due to blinky lights). The lights come on and the fan starts to spin but then nada, no bios, no blue screen, nothing.

As it is old I am skeptical of having the motherboard replaced, figuring that for the cost of the part and the service would be better off buying a new one.

I just did a huge backup about a month ago, but I do have stuff from the last month I'd like to recover. Any ideas on how to get the files off the hard drive? Can the hard drive be put into another machine or some kind of adapter?

Once again, with the recent spate of 3 crimes in the news targeting women (two very brazen kidnapping attempts and the rape near Kennesaw State University), I suspect more folks (especially women) are thinking about security again. If anyone reading this in the Atlanta area (ITP or near) would like some gratis introductory firearms training, I am willing to help out and provide such training.

Does the Coke museum and CNN building and ATT building have cafeterias for employees?

Hey all,
GreenLaw has come out with a giant report for the metro area in case anyone else is interested in reading it.

Also, they have in Beta a very handy neighborhood pollution map thingy here - http://greenlaw.org/info/96472 - you can check out where you live, where you work, where you take your kids to play, etc. It doesn't take into account pollution from road traffic and some other sources, but it's a great starting point for learning, and is a lot better than other maps I've seen around. It will generate a PDF of your specific area with relevant demographics.

Just an F.Y.I. in case you haven't heard:

-) Beltline Eastside Trail Construction this weekend (-


~ excerpt ~
Reminder! Ponce de Leon Avenue will be closed this weekend and next weekend for Eastside Trail construction.

Beginning the weekend of March 23, 2012, the bridge over Ponce de Leon Avenue will be raised off of its existing abutments to be remediated, retrofitted and repainted as part of construction. The stretch of road between Ponce de Leon Place and the Midtown Place Shopping Center (across from Ponce City Market) will be closed from March 23 through 26 and again from March 30 through April 1, 2012. All of the shops at Midtown Place will be open and accessible during this road closure!

The closures will start at 9 p.m. on Friday evening and will reopen by 5 a.m. Monday morning. Road signs have already been in place for the two weeks leading up to the closures to alert drivers on Ponce de Leon Avenue.


So if you take E. Ponce from downtown to Decatur, or from Decatur to Downtown, you will have to find an alternate route at Boulevard or Freedom Pkwy...