http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf Atlanta news and views, one slice at a time Fri, 27 Nov 2009 12:00:12 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 en hourly 1 http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/2008/07/24/slate-disses-atlanta-olympics-defends-chinese-mascots/ http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/2008/07/24/slate-disses-atlanta-olympics-defends-chinese-mascots/#comments Thu, 24 Jul 2008 20:32:26 +0000 Curt Holman http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/2008/07/24/slate-disses-atlanta-olympics-defends-chinese-mascots/ http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/2008/07/24/slate-disses-atlanta-olympics-defends-chinese-mascots/feed/ 6 We’ll never live down Whatizzit, a.k.a. Izzy, the lamest, stupidest aspect of the 1996 Atlanta Olympic Games. Slate has a piece today defending China’s Olympic mascots that includes a take-down of Izzy and takes some surprising swipes at Atlanta as a city: Let’s not forget the 1996 Atlanta mascot, known variously as “Whatzit,” “Whatizhee,” or the [...] http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/2008/06/16/morning-headlines-73/ http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/2008/06/16/morning-headlines-73/#comments Mon, 16 Jun 2008 15:12:39 +0000 Russell McLendon http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/2008/06/16/morning-headlines-73/ http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/2008/06/16/morning-headlines-73/feed/ 0 ELECTRIC BUGABOO: Fuel costs, new plant construction and repairing an aging power grid are driving electricity prices up as much as 29 percent in some parts of the country; Georgia Power’s rate hike takes place this month. CLAYTON: Corrective superintendent John Thompson brings in a second member of his inner circle to help lead Clayton schools [...]