Ginny is out today, so y’all are stuck with me and my picks. It’s Friday, so try to escape the office a little early today if you can. Tell your management that I said it was okay.
Today in Georgia history, Ty Cobb gets his 3,000th hit.
Here:
- A handy guide on where to live in Atlanta if you want to be close to a brewery. This might be necessary in November.
- A Pooler, GA hotel is showing a bit of love towards their first responders with free waffles.
- Lookout Mountain, GA is looking at cutting taxes after higher assessment values give city government a windfall.
- That deal for Georgia State University to buy Turner Field gets questioned by Governor Nathan Deal’s office.
There:
- US Swimmer Ryan Lockte could be in some hot water if his tale of being robbed turns out to be a tall tale.
- Could the world be ending with Donald Trump “regretting” some of his previous statements?
- The US Air Force wants to supercharge radio communications.
- Scientists create a form of life that reads and interprets DNA in a whole new way. And this is how the zombie apocalypse will start…
Yonder:
- Gawker.com has said that they will shut down their 14 year-old site after its sister sites were purchased by Univision.
- T-Mobile continues to try and take on the big wireless carriers.
- Astronauts aboard the International Space Station are installing a parking space. I wonder how many quarters private rockets will have to bring with them.
Sine Weekend!