Highway planning courtesy of William Tecumseh Sherman. We are still working on his original plan to tear it down and start over in Atlanta.
Published: Sunday, July 16th, 2017 @ 9:08 am
By: Bobby Tony
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We are right on the cusp of a mile race but have only completed the first 100 yards (days), so it may be a bit premature to declare a winner. But what do I know, I had to quit sports and go to work and they may have altered the course length since 1960.
Published: Saturday, April 29th, 2017 @ 1:28 am
By: Bobby Tony
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It is common for conservatives to use the term 'Fly-Over-Country' to describe that base of support that cannot really be identified with any specific beliefs but seem to all reside somewhere between the two left coasts of New York and California.
Published: Friday, March 10th, 2017 @ 6:48 pm
By: Bobby Tony
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The time is approaching when we will need to settle down and accept the final results. It is understandable that people will want to deny the truth but facts are facts.
Published: Tuesday, January 24th, 2017 @ 11:48 pm
By: Bobby Tony
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I received this card in recently asking for an update on one of my old cars. I never responded but was surprised that they would still have me in the files since 1974 when I bought the car.
Published: Thursday, January 12th, 2017 @ 1:13 pm
By: Bobby Tony
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There is always a part II to most of my stories. Most of the time I do not publish them here on BCN because even I know that very few care about Part I, so a Part II is further proof that my own narcissistic tendencies have overcome my better judgement.
Published: Thursday, January 12th, 2017 @ 4:58 am
By: Bobby Tony
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A visit from an old combat buddy rekindles the guilt and angst again.
Published: Wednesday, November 16th, 2016 @ 2:54 pm
By: Bobby Tony
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I hadn't thought of Lewis Grizzard in quite some time; that is until I read an Atlanta Journal-Constitution article titled, "Remembering Lewis Grizzard on his 70th birthday."
Published: Tuesday, November 8th, 2016 @ 9:16 am
By: Kathy Manos Penn
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Once again this year, my husband will march in the Georgia Veterans Day Parade with members of the Atlanta Vietnam Veterans Business Association (AVVBA), and that evening we'll attend the Freedom Ball.
Published: Sunday, November 6th, 2016 @ 1:52 pm
By: Kathy Manos Penn
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I am eagerly awaiting the publication of my first book−The Ink Penn, Celebrating the Magic in the Everyday−due to be released November 21.
Published: Friday, November 4th, 2016 @ 10:54 pm
By: Kathy Manos Penn
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To some the nom de plume "Cracker " is a pejorative term reflecting on the character of the person. I will leave it up to you to research the origin and pick your preference on the meaning. Like everything else in this current world, words can be redefined and appropriated based on the prejudice o
Published: Thursday, October 27th, 2016 @ 12:33 pm
By: Bobby Tony
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I have no problem believing that Donald Trump did what has been alleged by the recent revelation from women from his past encounters. I expected this would be a news event long ago.
Published: Wednesday, October 26th, 2016 @ 11:52 pm
By: Bobby Tony
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Color me busy. Before I retired, I kept encountering articles about the dangers of being at loose ends in retirement with too much time on your hands.
Published: Saturday, September 24th, 2016 @ 11:24 am
By: Kathy Manos Penn
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This is just one of the many quotes my mentor shared with me over the years, and when someone else sent it to me the other day, I immediately thought of him.
Published: Sunday, July 10th, 2016 @ 4:03 am
By: Kathy Manos Penn
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A fascinating ride with a real out of the box thinker and entrepreneur, who made a fortune, lost a fortune and is still rich.
Published: Wednesday, June 1st, 2016 @ 7:57 pm
By: Bobby Tony
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An old baseball coach once taught his players a formula: P + O = S; Preparation plus Opportunity equals Success. David and Pamela Leonard aren't baseball coaches, but they are using that same formula to help East Carolina University business students become successful.
Published: Wednesday, June 1st, 2016 @ 3:39 am
By: ECU News Services
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Have you ever asked yourself where did I park my car? My solution never got off the drawing board but there are newer technologies now that will help.
Published: Wednesday, May 11th, 2016 @ 2:42 am
By: Bobby Tony
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Call a library information line? Seriously? Believe it or not, that resource still exists and is used regularly.
Published: Saturday, April 30th, 2016 @ 4:22 am
By: Kathy Manos Penn
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Whatever your are searching for, many asy the answer is in the Cloud
Published: Thursday, April 28th, 2016 @ 8:33 am
By: Bobby Tony
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Two pictures of the same car make the circle almost complete nine-two years later.
Published: Monday, April 4th, 2016 @ 1:56 am
By: Bobby Tony
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Houston! We have a problem. Well, actually it's not just Houston. It's Atlanta, New York, Philly, Detroit, LA, Portland, Miami, and every single city, town, village, and hamlet in the USA.
Published: Saturday, April 2nd, 2016 @ 6:04 am
By: Rod Eccles
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A younger brother's repressed memory rises up after seeing a picture of two kids boxing.
Published: Friday, March 18th, 2016 @ 7:43 am
By: Bobby Tony
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We have had many nicknames for Atlanta, Georgia over the year
Published: Thursday, February 25th, 2016 @ 3:41 am
By: Bobby Tony
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Was Atlanta really a City to Busy to Hate or Just too Busy to Care
Published: Tuesday, February 9th, 2016 @ 3:41 am
By: Bobby Tony
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I am formally offering each of you the opportunity to get in on the ground floor of a Sure Fire Money Making New Venture aptly named...GrandmaNearYou.com
Published: Thursday, January 7th, 2016 @ 1:05 pm
By: Alex J. Ortolano
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Long before I got old and started living in the past, I was making memories rather than recalling them. One local group of musicians has been weaving into and out of my life since 1972.
Published: Sunday, October 25th, 2015 @ 5:24 pm
By: Bobby Tony
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I have an old musket in my trophy room from my dad's family. It hung in the basement of our house all my life. After my parents passed, my brother hung it in his garage for a few years. It eventually ended up in my son's collection. It came back to me after he a few years when my son sold his hou
Published: Friday, October 2nd, 2015 @ 5:05 pm
By: Bobby Tony
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What is was like to be raised in Atlanta in later 1940 through 1950s
Published: Wednesday, September 9th, 2015 @ 1:55 am
By: Bobby Tony
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How a book made me re-evaluate some of the events in my life.
Published: Sunday, September 6th, 2015 @ 2:29 pm
By: Bobby Tony
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The loneliest night of my life was beneath a picture of Stone Mountain.
Published: Wednesday, September 2nd, 2015 @ 4:54 am
By: Bobby Tony
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Typesetting is almost a thing of the past but it was a very skilled vocation for many years.
Published: Tuesday, August 18th, 2015 @ 8:12 am
By: Bobby Tony
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It has been 2 weeks since the "Great Republican Debate" and the froth and blow is going strong.
Published: Tuesday, August 18th, 2015 @ 7:29 am
By: Gene Scarborough
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I had a ringside seat to the destruction of one of old Atlanta landmarks but I did not blow it up.
Published: Monday, August 17th, 2015 @ 5:29 am
By: Bobby Tony
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Yesterday the political discussion shows of Sunday morning were consumed with THE FIRST DEBATE scheduled for Thursday this week.
Published: Monday, August 10th, 2015 @ 2:53 pm
By: Gene Scarborough
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