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Larry Felton Johnson

Interests: Cycling, New Urbanism, Literature, Gardening

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Flynn Broady runs for Cobb County District Attorney

Flynn Broady, the Democrat who ran an unsuccessful campaign for U.S, Congress from Georgia's heavily Republican 11th District during the 2018 midterm elections will be running for Cobb County District Attorney in 2020. Broady is a retired Infantry First Sergeant,... Continue reading

Posted Apr 13, 2019 at atlantalarry

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A Pacific adventure

As part of my outreach effort for the Cobb County Courier I do a weekly event called Meet the Editor at The Cenacle Coffee Shop and Bistro in Austell. Simply put I invite readers, or anyone else with questions, suggestions,... Continue reading

Posted Feb 6, 2019 at atlantalarry

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What's going on with the Silver Comet Trail

The Silver Comet Trail bridge over Nickajack Creek For over a decade there has been an attempt to extend the Silver Comet Trail to the Atlanta Beltline. Roberta Cook, founder and president of the River Line Historic Area in Cobb... Continue reading

Posted Oct 23, 2018 at atlantalarry

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What's new on the Cobb County Courier

Silver Comet Trail cyclist Most of my time now is spent building an audience for my news site the Cobb County Courier. I haven't lost interest in the liveability, quality of life, and New Urbanism issues I posted about so... Continue reading

Posted Oct 23, 2018 at atlantalarry

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Connecting the Silver Comet Trail to the Beltline

It looks like the long-awaited extension of the Silver Comet Trail eastward toward the river, and from there to Atlanta's Beltline might be a step closer to reality. At a meeting of Connect the Comet on Sunday, Teri Anulewicz, the... Continue reading

Posted Jul 30, 2018 at atlantalarry

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Java Cats Cafe in Marietta

I've largely let this long-standing blog lapse to focus on the Cobb County Courier, my news site. I've decided to revive the blog to both highlight the work going on at the Courier, and to write the sort of personal... Continue reading

Posted Jul 7, 2018 at atlantalarry

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My Social Media Diet

I'm a compulsive writer. If I'm not working on an article for River Edges, I'm writing a speech for toastmasters, or writing outlines for future articles, or bantering on social media. The problem with the last thing on that list,... Continue reading

Posted Oct 22, 2015 at atlantalarry

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My plan for the atlantalarry blog

I haven't been updating this blog lately. Instead I've been focusing my energy on my news site River Edges. But I've had this blog for a long time (since around 2000), and haven't had the heart to migrate to another... Continue reading

Posted Sep 26, 2015 at atlantalarry

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Expanding my journalistic horizons -- an old guy tackles video games

As a freelance writer I write about whatever interests me, with special attention to the subset of my interests known as "what editors want to publish." One thing I've started writing about is video games. I'm not a "gamer" in... Continue reading

Posted Jul 20, 2015 at atlantalarry

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Gallons of Peppermint Tea

Peppermint invading the lamb's ear I drink an unbelievable amount of peppermint tea, gallons per week, hot in the winter, cold in the summer. Part of the reason I do this is out of love for mint tea. But it's... Continue reading

Posted Jun 1, 2015 at atlantalarry

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Atlanta's Railroads -- TV show with footage of Franklin Garrett

Photo from Find-a-Grave and the East Point Historical Society Franklin Garrett (September 25, 1906 – March 5, 2000) was the official historian of Atlanta, and wrote the first two volumes of Atlanta and Environs. Those volumes are often a good... Continue reading

Posted Jan 25, 2015 at atlantalarry

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Best no-budget costuming ever in a terrible drive-in horror movie: 1964's The Creeping Terror

I love terrible movies. The more awful the better. Bad acting, editing, set design, and special effects fascinate me. This morning I was browsing the Internet Archive, as I often do on Saturday mornings, and found The Creeping Terror among... Continue reading

Posted Jan 24, 2015 at atlantalarry

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Exploring the Internet Archive -- Atlanta's own Spaghetti Junction in video

This morning I decided to do a search on the word "Atlanta" in the Internet Archive, that massive, glorious repository of assorted stuff. The first thing that caught my eye was a video called simply "Atlanta Traffic". It was part... Continue reading

Posted Jan 24, 2015 at atlantalarry

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More photos of the demolition of John B. Gordon Elementary School in East Atlanta

I recently created a blog post, and a photo album, about the demolition of the John B. Gordon elementary school in the East Atlanta neighborhood. I revisited the site on January 14th, and took a few more shots of the... Continue reading

Posted Jan 23, 2015 at atlantalarry

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Why I think progressives should stay away from the misogynistic attacks on Holly Fisher

I've taken a bit of blow-back today from progressives for writing that the articles about Holly Fisher's sex life are unethical tabloid misogyny. I'm no fan of Ms. Fisher. I think she is solidly in the right wing lunatic fringe,... Continue reading

Posted Jan 21, 2015 at atlantalarry

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My one month experiment in civility and positivity

This is a personal essay, with its attendant overuse of first person pronouns and possessives, so if you don't like that sort of thing, now is the time to stop reading. If you decide to continue reading, I hope you... Continue reading

Posted Jan 20, 2015 at atlantalarry

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Exploring the Internet Archive -- Newsreel of FDR's first inaugural speech

Public Domain image -- downloaded from Wikimedia Commons I've been foraging the Internet Archive daily for the past several weeks now. The archive is a bottomless respository of fascinating material. Below is a Universal newsreel of Franklin Delano Roosevelt's first... Continue reading

Posted Jan 17, 2015 at atlantalarry

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Charlie Chaplin and John Rand's great sustained slapstick fight in "The Pawnshop"

Chaplin and Rand -- still shot from "The Pawnshop", Public Domain John Rand (1871-1940), who was a clown early in his career, is not as well known as Charlie Chaplin. But he was one of the great acrobatic slapstick comics... Continue reading

Posted Jan 16, 2015 at atlantalarry

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Exploring the Internet Archive -- San Francisco Earthquake film from 1906

The Internet Archive has a phenomenal collection of digitized early film. This one is of the aftermath of the San Francisco earthquake of 1906. It consists of 5 minutes and 13 seconds of of people traveling through the rubble and... Continue reading

Posted Jan 15, 2015 at atlantalarry

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NCR moving its world headquarters to Atlanta's Midtown

photo by James Emery -- Creative Commons 2.0 General Attribution License https://www.flickr.com/photos/[email protected]/2249173832 NCR Corporation (formerly National Cash Register), is moving its headquarters from a suburban Gwinnett County location, to Technology Square in Midtown. The reasons are to be closer to... Continue reading

Posted Jan 14, 2015 at atlantalarry

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I've never had writer's block in my life

This may seem like a throwaway post, one of those things written just to fill a gap in my schedule. But it is about a question I've often pondered. Just what is writer's block, and why does it seem to... Continue reading

Posted Jan 13, 2015 at atlantalarry

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The World's Oldest Journalism Undergraduate plays the class availability lottery

I'm getting my degree under what is called the GSU 62 program. As long as I'm willing to sign up for classes on the first day of a semester, during late registration, tuition is waived. It's a program available to... Continue reading

Posted Jan 12, 2015 at atlantalarry

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Cliff "Ukulele Ike" Edwards -- the voice of Jiminy Cricket

Cliff Edwards in 1947 -- photo by William P. Gottlieb, Library of Congress, Public Domain Last night I was peripherally involved in a conversation on twitter. One of the participants mentioned Jiminy Cricket, and I chimed in that I remember... Continue reading

Posted Jan 11, 2015 at atlantalarry

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Exploring the Internet Archive -- Gunsmoke: the radio series and comic book

Gunsmoke was one of the best radio dramas ever made. Further, it holds up well today. The show was created by Norman Macdonnell and John Meston, and ran from 1952 to 1961, overlapping with the television series. The radio series... Continue reading

Posted Jan 10, 2015 at atlantalarry

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The Demolition of John B. Gordon Elementary School

Two days ago Wayne Waldrip, a friend of mine who, like me, grew up in southeast Atlanta, phoned me with the news that the John B. Gordon elementary school in East Atlanta was being demolished. The next day, after visiting... Continue reading

Posted Jan 10, 2015 at atlantalarry

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