My own personal ramblings

Contact:  Tim Franzen, 404-414-5521

                   Cailyn Nagle 678-787-2805

                 www.occupyatlanta.org

 
This Weekend Occupy Atlanta joins Forces with Atlanta hip hop day with a goal of bring thousands of people to the park. We will be lifting up small businesses and honoring hip hop artists that are using their talents to make a positive impact on their community.

Popular Atlanta hip hop artist including Cyha the Prynce and Slim Dunken, will be on deck to give out more details. So join us today (10/18) at 11am at Woodruff Park.

In this way Occupy Atlanta recognizes building a movement of 99% cannot be done by politics alone but with music, poetry and a strong beat.

We will also comment on the news of our extension here at Woodruff Park.

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For immediate release:

Occupy Atlanta Media Committee

Participants in Occupy Atlanta met with Chief Turner and his staff today and were warned that the police intended to enforce the city ordinances against camping and against being in the park after 11 pm.

Statement:

Here in the “city too busy to hate,” the city where Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. was born, attended college, and preached, we come to speak our own dreams.
We believe that the American political process is so corrupted by the influx of lobbyists, “free speech” corporate cash, and politicians beholden to both that it has failed us completely.

Our only option left is to occupy public spaces in order to assert our right to freely assemble and to redress our grievances, rights guaranteed to us by the First Amendment. Exerting that right has ironically become an act of civil disobedience, a fact which points out exactly what the problem really is. We owe no obedience to laws which abridge our Constitutional rights.

We need as many people to come down to Woodruff Park ASAP!

I had the pleasure of reading Accomplished In Murder by Dara England. This was an excellent murder mystery. It moved along at a quick and steady pace. She had the right mix of mystery and romance in this novel. If you are looking for a change of pace from the business books you are reading, this is one to check out. It’s only available on the kindle. You can pick up your copy by clicking on the icon below (affiliate link)

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Okay so this is part of my latest social media obsession – Empire Avenue. They are requiring me to put that code at the top of a new blog post to verify that I own this blog. That’s all. Empire Avenue is a stock simulation game that bases your stock price on your blogging and social media activity. It’s highly addictive.

Hi. I decided to start a Facebook Group called Social Media Parents. My objective is to collect as many resources as I can to help parents that are active in social media. So I will link to forums, blogs, other Facebook groups, whatever I can find that will be beneficial to parents. So if you are interested in joining this group, go here: http://www.facebook.com/?ref=logo#!/groups/socialmediaparents/ and request to join. If you don’t have a photo on your Facebook page, I won’t accept your request. I want people to be able to get to know the other people and it will be a big turn off if everyone has the default Facebook icon.

It is no secret that the price of prescription drugs has skyrocketed. If you routinely have to take medication, you already know what I mean. How many times have you gotten a prescription and wondered where the cheapest place was to get your prescription filled? I bet that has happened to you a lot of times. Well I have found a site that allows you to find the drugstore nearest you that carries your medication at the cheapest price. It is called
http://www.localdrugsearch.com/ and it is really easy. All you do is just type in the name of the medication your are looking for and your zip code. Then you will be presented with a list of options for stores newar you.

Here’s a screenshot for you:
I used metformin as the exampleYou can also go here to view the results: http://www.localdrugsearch.com/search.php?drug=Metformin&dosage=500+mg+Tablet&zip=30083&miles=10

So the next time you need to get a prescription filled, save yourself some time and gas by going to www.localsearch.com as soon as you get your prescription.

If you and your wife are sleeping on an old mattress, give her the gift of good sleep. Here’s a suggestion for you (an affiliate link):

One of my friends on Facebook actually inspired me to write this post. She was talking about various New Year’s Day traditions from around the World. Quite naturally that made me think about the traditions that I’ve seen my friends and neighbors follow (and adopted myself). I decided to do some research into the Southern traditions surrounding New Year’s Day. Here goes.

First the most common thing to do on New Year’s Day if you live below the Mason Dixon line is to eat collard greens and black eyed peas. Now if you ask around you will get a wide variety of answers as to why this is. The most common answer is because the greens symbolize monetary prosperity and the black eyed peas will ensure good luck throughout the year.

According to this article that I found: http://www.suite101.com/content/new-years-black-eyed-peas-and-collard-greens-a183025 there are some more reasons. Slaves thought that if you ate black eyed peas on New Year’s Day that would mean the difference between being sold as a family or the family being split up since slaves were usually sold en masse on New Year’s Day. Another explanation given in this article is simply that collards were in season and that’s what people had on hand.

What did we eat in my household during New Year’s Day? I’m so glad you asked. We had collard greens, steak, mashed potatoes, and stuffing. I’m not that big a fan of black eyed peas so I skipped those. Besides I believe that we make our own luck by being prepared to take advantage of opportunities that come our way.
So here’s to a Happy and prosperous New Year to you and yours.

Did you ever want to find a free pdf about a certain topic but didn’t know where to start looking? I mean sure you could go to google, but then you would have to scroll through thousands of results of people trying to sell you something or get you to sign up for their email list. What if you don’t want to sign up for their email list? What if you need the information yesterday and you just need to know where to find what you are looking for quickly? If you are looking for digital reports, you can find them here: Useful PDF ebooks -PDFGeni. Here’s how the site works: You go to http://www.pdfgeni.org and then you’ll see a search bar. You type in what you’re looking for and it will come up with a list of sites with ebooks related to what you typed in. I did a search on making soap and you can see my results by clicking on the words making soap. I also did a search on crochet and you can see those results by clicking on the word crochet. You can find digital reports on any topic using this site. Check it out when you get a chance.