Chris's Musings

http://www.silive.com/news/index.ssf/2012/03/50_words_banned_from_nyc_schoo.html Try to count the number of banned words and references :-) ---------------------------------------------------------- Billy was heading home from school the day before Halloween and didn't have a costume planned out yet.  He thought about going as a ferocious dinosaur so he could roar and chase the girls, but opted to go with something less involved because he wanted to swim with his buddies at Kevin's (the friend whose hosting the party) parents' pool and of course he wanted to play XBOX and post pictures to Facebook on his iPad.  That would be really difficult wearing a dinosaur costume. Billy went a little too crazy eating chips and drinking Cokes at school, so he asked his mom to take him to a Walgreens to use the bathroom and there HE SAW IT.  The perfect costume!!!  At Walgreens?  Yes, I know... you can buy everything from cigarettes, beer, toy soldiers, and posters of...

Have you ever had one of those experiences where you buy a GroupOn or a LivingSocial to a restaurant that sounds uber-interesting, time passes, and 4 months later you look at your deal app on your phone and realize that you've got 3 weeks to use it? Yeah - that was me last week.  I saw this LivingSocial to a new Creole restaurant in Kennesaw that got some great reviews, and given my affinity for Cajun food and the lack of options in Metro-Atlanta I thought I'd give it a shot.  It was due to expire in a couple of weeks. So guess what, last night I took my girlfriend out to this place (don't worry, I bought it intending to take her :) ).   And here's my review of the place... in the spirit of the cute little old lady that reviewed her town's new Olive Garden in Grand Forks, ND.   (Don't worry - this place is one of a kind.  It's not a review of a ginormous national chain copied over 730 times across the nation.  I did smile when I read her little review ...