http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf Atlanta news and views, one slice at a time Wed, 25 Nov 2009 19:13:50 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 en hourly 1 http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/2008/08/14/i-keep-summer-hours/ http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/2008/08/14/i-keep-summer-hours/#comments Thu, 14 Aug 2008 16:36:43 +0000 Jamie Allen http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/2008/08/14/i-keep-summer-hours/ http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/2008/08/14/i-keep-summer-hours/feed/ 0 ROCKET SCIENCE — The city in the summer. A concrete inferno reeking with the stench of hot garbage and overripe armpits. Infinite ring around the collar, circling into a downward spiral toward the unpleasant sensation that you’re going to completely lose your mind if you don’t watch out. Which is why I keep Summer Hours. I get [...] http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/2008/06/03/get-what-you-ordered-four-ways-to-make-sure-you-receive-your-bagel-with-cream-cheese/ http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/2008/06/03/get-what-you-ordered-four-ways-to-make-sure-you-receive-your-bagel-with-cream-cheese/#comments Tue, 03 Jun 2008 22:00:07 +0000 Jamie Allen http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/2008/06/03/get-what-you-ordered-four-ways-to-make-sure-you-receive-your-bagel-with-cream-cheese/ http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/2008/06/03/get-what-you-ordered-four-ways-to-make-sure-you-receive-your-bagel-with-cream-cheese/feed/ 0 ROCKET SCIENCE — 1. Go to the café. Stand in line. When it is your turn, approach the counter. Order a toasted bagel with cream cheese from the cashier with the purple hair. Pay for it. Tip with change. Move to the receiving area. Once the cashier and her sidekick with the tattoos forget about your [...] http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/2008/05/30/a-phlegmatic-masterpiece/ http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/2008/05/30/a-phlegmatic-masterpiece/#comments Fri, 30 May 2008 13:35:12 +0000 Jamie Allen http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/2008/05/30/a-phlegmatic-masterpiece/ http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/2008/05/30/a-phlegmatic-masterpiece/feed/ 0 ROCKET SCIENCE — There are few opening scenes in the history of cinema that will match the introduction of “My Cough” in subtle textures and old-fashioned innocence: Here is my cough, the familiar but forgotten villain, barely audible over the din of a subway. He is a light, quick explosion of air due to a faint itching [...] http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/2008/05/29/how-to-avoid-road-rage/ http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/2008/05/29/how-to-avoid-road-rage/#comments Fri, 30 May 2008 04:00:46 +0000 Jamie Allen http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/2008/05/29/how-to-avoid-road-rage/ http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/2008/05/29/how-to-avoid-road-rage/feed/ 0 ROCKET SCIENCE — 1 When waiting for an accident to clear off the parking lot of traffic known as I-75/85, an hour late for your first job interview in weeks, do not succumb to that specific urge, the one that tells you to pick out the nearest dump-truck driver and make faces at him, including [...] http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/2008/05/29/outtakes-from-a-public-radio-pledge-drive/ http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/2008/05/29/outtakes-from-a-public-radio-pledge-drive/#comments Fri, 30 May 2008 01:00:02 +0000 Jamie Allen http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/2008/05/29/outtakes-from-a-public-radio-pledge-drive/ http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/2008/05/29/outtakes-from-a-public-radio-pledge-drive/feed/ 0 ROCKET SCIENCE — You know, sometimes I’ll be out and about in public places and I’ll hear someone talking loudly on his cell phone. So loudly I can hardly think. Many of us have experienced that before. Sometimes I’ll say, “Hey, could you keep it down a little?” Often, I’ll get the finger. But you know, I [...]