I good friend of mine took this picture in Decatur.  Fisher Paty got a fabulous photo at the Texaco at East Ponce and Candler. Love love love this.

Or as this church likes to ask, you going to be smoking or non-smoking? Love it!

Alison and I went out Saturday (we’ll write about that too, I promise) but I took these two photos while driving to and from our outing.  In one evening, we found where to get fit and where to call if we we were alone and tired of it. Enjoy.

Have you really ever read a full one of these poorly written emails about someone dying in a plane crash and leaving the bank with 10 million dollars? They are interesting scams that started years ago and are still going on. I thought I would post one I got today. Read when bored or looking for a giggle.

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With Due Respect,

I am the manager of bill and exchange at the foreign remittance department of african development bank (ADB). I crave your indulgence as i contact you in such a surprising manner. But I respectfully insist you read this letter carefully as I am optimistic it will open doors for unimaginable financial rewards for both of us.

In my department we discovered an abandoned sum of Ten Million,Five Hundred Thousand US dollars (US$10.5m) only , in an account that belongs to one of our foreign customer who died along with his entire family in a plan crash. Since we got information about his death, we have been expecting his next of kin to come over and claim his money because we cannot release it unless somebody applies for it as next of kin or relation to the deceased as indicated in our banking guidelines but unfortunately we learnt that all his supposed next of kin or relation died along with him at the plan crash leaving nobody behind to come for the claim.

It is therefore upon this discovery that I now decided to make this business proposal to you so that the money could be released to you as the next of kin for safety and subsequent disbursement since nobody is coming for it and i dont want this money to go into the bank treasury as unclaimed Bill.

The Banking law and guideline here stipulates that if such money remained unclaimed after five years, the money will be transferred into the Bank treasury as “unclaimed fund”. The request for a foreigner as next of kin in this business is occasioned by the fact that the customer was a foreigner and a Burkinabe cannot stand as next of kin to a foreigner. We agree that 30% of this money will be for you as a foreign partner, in respect to the provision of a foreign account , 10% will be set aside for expenses incurred during the business and 60% would be for me.

There after I will visit your country for disbursement according to the percentage indicated. Therefore to enable the immediate transfer of this fund to you as arranged, you must apply first to the bank as relation or next of kin of the deceased indicating your bank name,your bank account number, your private telephone and fax number for easy and effective communication and location wherein the money will be remitted. Upon receipt of your reply,I will send to you by fax or email the text of the application.I will not fail to bring to your notice that this transaction is hitch free and that you should not entertain any atom of fear as all required arrangements have been made for the transfer.

I need a capable and able person who will handle and manage this funds because it is not a small amount of project.

You should contact me immediately as soon as you receive this letter.

Trusting to hear from you immediately.

Yours faithfully,

Mr.Philip Themon,
Bill and exchange manager,
African Development bank ADB

I walked out of my house to take this picture. (We live close to a neighborhood church) and there was a massive funeral going on for someone. Anyway, I could not resist taking a picture. Please be sure to look at the picture carefully.

This Doctor knows how to attract patients. I just can’t help but think it is a guy… I am not sure of many women who would put “PooDoc” on their license plate. But maybe I do not know what I am talking about. Regardless, my friend Matt took this the other day. He did not get the Doctor’s card.

I just can’t help but love this sign. I have found it all over Atlanta. Need DNA testing? Here is your number to call…

Brutus loves driving down [tag]Memorial Drive[/tag].

I love taking a drive down Memorial- not because it is a scenic street really, but because there are lots of fun signs to look at and comment on. Today, the pups and I hopped in the car to find some of these signs, and I am posting just a few from our adventure.

I am not sure that Martin Luther King, Jr., when using these words in his famous Washington DC speech, meant for them to be used in the form of getting people out of jail. But, if you are indeed ever in jail, please give them a call.

Wigs and beepers all in the same beauty supply store? How fantastic and convenient this is.

I wonder if the little hanging thing in the middle is supposed to be the chicken. These fish hanging on the sign look miserable. I am sorry to say I was not able to enjoy the food as it had closed…

Not much more to say about this one…