http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf Atlanta news and views, one slice at a time Thu, 26 Nov 2009 16:36:00 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 en hourly 1 http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/2009/04/18/us-job-losses-by-countynow-animated/ http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/2009/04/18/us-job-losses-by-countynow-animated/#comments Sat, 18 Apr 2009 15:05:14 +0000 Thomas Wheatley http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/?p=18655 http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/2009/04/18/us-job-losses-by-countynow-animated/feed/ 0 Metro regions are bleeding http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/2009/03/19/hows-your-march-madness-productivity/ http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/2009/03/19/hows-your-march-madness-productivity/#comments Thu, 19 Mar 2009 19:34:26 +0000 Besha Rodell http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/?p=17355 http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/2009/03/19/hows-your-march-madness-productivity/feed/ 3 Is the tournament costing your employer big bucks? http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/2008/12/24/clickable-advent-calendar-24-a-download-from-st-nicholas-and-other-stocking-stuffers/ http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/2008/12/24/clickable-advent-calendar-24-a-download-from-st-nicholas-and-other-stocking-stuffers/#comments Wed, 24 Dec 2008 12:09:56 +0000 Curt Holman http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/?p=11554 http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/2008/12/24/clickable-advent-calendar-24-a-download-from-st-nicholas-and-other-stocking-stuffers/feed/ 0 A round-up of Christmas-related links and other goodness. http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/2008/12/16/georgia-to-detroit-drop-dead/ http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/2008/12/16/georgia-to-detroit-drop-dead/#comments Tue, 16 Dec 2008 22:39:03 +0000 Scott Henry http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/?p=11066 http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/2008/12/16/georgia-to-detroit-drop-dead/feed/ 7 Southern states blocked the Detroit bailout because of loyalty to foreign car makers. 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/2008/02/28/if-not-%e2%80%98the-west-wing%e2%80%99-then-its-candidates/ http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/2008/02/28/if-not-%e2%80%98the-west-wing%e2%80%99-then-its-candidates/#comments Thu, 28 Feb 2008 20:12:12 +0000 David Lee Simmons http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/2008/02/28/if-not-%e2%80%98the-west-wing%e2%80%99-then-its-candidates/ http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/2008/02/28/if-not-%e2%80%98the-west-wing%e2%80%99-then-its-candidates/feed/ 0 (Sony Pictures Classics) It feels like it’s been a decade since “The West Wing” went off the air, and I’m still waiting for a TV show that matches its blend of wonkish politics and lofty idealism whipped into a compelling and witty dramatic narrative. Maybe that’s because, in 2008, I’m pining for Jed Bartlet as my [...]