Sunday in the Park

Sarah and I wandered over to Oakland Cemetery yesterday afternoon for their Sunday in the Park festival. There was rumor of food and beer. (All you need to tell me) You can throw a rock at the cemetery from our place and it was gorgeous (although a bit hot in the sun) outside, so there was really nothing to lose.

All in all, I wasn't too impressed. Maybe it's because we showed up a bit late, but there wasn't a whole lot going on. There were only about 10 booths total, the only food was from The Varsity and Six Feet Under, and the only beer was from a Budweiser truck. (no support from local breweries?) There were a fair number of people out there, though, and we did get to see the inside of some of the mausolea. (they're typically not open) There's always next year...

What was pretty amusing, though, is that when we walked outside our loft, our apartment manager (he lives down the hall from us) was standing outside watching people get stuck in our gated parking lot. Priceless.

Oakland is also having a nighttime guided walking tour for Halloween. That sounds pretty awesome. Too bad it has a $15 admission fee. Seems a bit steep if you ask me, although the money does go to the good cause of cemetery upkeep.

Blogger begin again

I've been trying to get a grasp on this "blogging" thing since somewhere around 1999 or 2000. You could say I'm an early adopter, I'd say I'm bad at being consistent (or good at quitting). But here's another try. I've had my fun with livejournal over the years, but my friends have all moved on and I figure I should grow up and play with bigger and better toys too.

My goal here is to give some of the random tidbits of useless (or, unlikely, useful) knowledge accumulated in my head back to the wonderful blogosphere community that so often feeds my desire to waste time or solve some weird problem. Common topics ahead include: atlanta, linux, mythtv, the internets, technology, and the occasional bit of politics.

Godspeed, fair readers.