The Best Little Business Name in Alpharetta

Best sign in Alpharetta!

While doing Santa's work in Alpharetta, Georgia, a town just to the north of Roswell (so close that you could pass in and out of both cities several times on a less-than-one-mile stretch of some roads at one time) I came across this sign outside a hair salon. Could not resist taking a photo. It's great when a business shows a sense of fun about itself!

90+ Degrees All September!

Damn, YES! I love hot weather. Walking out of an air-conditioned building and the air hits you with an almost audible "FUMP!" ... that sound a gas burner makes when it comes on, the sound of hot air rushing in. Or you're driving and you see the heat coming off the pavement in little waves. Or you sit in the mid-afternoon stillness and realizes not even the bugs are moving, everything is staying still and trying to remain cool ... hell, I just drink it in. To be fair, I also like walking into an air-conditioned building from the heat and feeling everything become cool and clear, like glass almost. It's all good!

And while I am sure I would not like the heat nearly so much without air-conditioning ... I'd still like it! Dayum! 90+ degrees all September. I hear this coming Sunday fall will come in and probably put an end to the heat ... have to put up with temps in the 80s. Still ... nice while it lasted, and this year ... it REALLY lasted.

Atlanta Becomes The Capital of Strange

A crowd of partiers at DragonCon 2010.
Note Alien at bottom center greeting superheroine. My kinda people!

Once a year, over the Labor Day Weekend, Atlanta, a city near Roswell, is the Capital of Strange in the Southeast, perhaps the United States in its entirety. Almost 30,000 comic book fans, science fiction fans, anime fans, Goths and just plain partiers converge on several hotels in Atlanta's downtown for Dragoncon. They dress up as their favorite media characters, or in the case of Goths and partiers, wear their very best club clothes. Strangely enough, they all go very well together. It's always a fun, friendly event where you can have fun just sitting in the lobby and watching the parade pass by.

I'll post an article with a lot more photos when I have that website up, Real Soon Now.