by rickg | Oct 3, 2016 | Politics, Random Musings
In between writing a second Hallmark Xmas movie with a lot of very earnest dialogue about the meaning of the holiday and a Lifetime movie with lots of single white female drama, I decided to take some time and write up my thoughts on the propositions as I do every...
by rickg | Sep 5, 2016 | Drinks, food, Travel
Friday certainly started dramatically. With Hermine having come ashore as a category 1 hurricane causing a lot of damage and the projected path taking it almost directly over the top of Savannah, the city was in a little bit of freakout mode. Everything shut down...
by rickg | Sep 3, 2016 | 50 for 50 by 50, charity, giving
I’m turning 50 this year and instead of whining about it, I’m trying to do something positive by donating $50 to 50 different charities before I’m 50 years old. I found a lot of the charities I donated do on CharityNavigator.org, a group that tracks...
by rickg | Sep 3, 2016 | 50 for 50 by 50, charity, giving
I’m turning 50 this year and instead of whining about it, I’m trying to do something positive by donating $50 to 50 different charities before I’m 50 years old. Since I am turning 50 I figured that I would give a little bit of assistance to the...
by rickg | Sep 2, 2016 | Drinks, food, Travel
One one eye obsessively on The Weather Channel app, I checked out of the hotel on Wednesday morning with a revised plan for the day. Originally I was going to do several offbeat museums in and around Atlanta and Georgia including the CDC Museum, the Waffle House...
by rickg | Sep 1, 2016 | 50 for 50 by 50, charity, giving
I’m turning 50 this year and instead of whining about it, I’m trying to do something positive by donating $50 to 50 different charities before I’m 50 years old. There’s a lot to be annoyed about with this year’s Presidential election, but...
by rickg | Aug 30, 2016 | 50 for 50 by 50, charity, food, giving, Travel
We’ll get to the weather forecast in a bit, but first let’s talk about days 4 and 5. I started Tuesday morning the way all good mornings should start, with donuts. The place is called Sublime Donuts, located near the Georgia Tech campus. It has quite a...
by rickg | Aug 30, 2016 | 50 for 50 by 50, charity, giving
I’m turning 50 this year and instead of whining about it, I’m trying to do something positive by donating $50 to 50 different charities before I’m 50 years old. Ten years ago on the first Plucky Survivors road trip, Mary and I, along with Plucky...
by rickg | Aug 28, 2016 | 50 for 50 by 50, charity, Drinks, food, Travel
Georgia is a state of contradictions. On the one hand you have confederate flags flying from the backs of pickup trucks with NRA and Trump bumper stickers and on the other hand you have deep fried BBQ pork. You can see why I’m conflicted. I got here Friday...
by rickg | Aug 27, 2016 | 50 for 50 by 50, charity, giving
I’m turning 50 this year and instead of whining about it, I’m trying to do something positive by donating $50 to 50 different charities before I’m 50 years old. I’m winding down the 50x50x50 project with a trip for my birthday to Atlanta and...
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