Chamblee54

The APWBWGTTD website is back. YAYYYY!
The unwieldy acronym is Atlanta People with Blogs who get together to Drink.
This refers to the eponymous event, where the Bloggers (and anyone else who cares to join) meet at a local facility and contribute to the prosperity of a server.
I have only been to one of these. It was last September, in a Barbeque jernt near little five points. The crowd is a good bit younger and more hetero than this reporter, but they didn’t seem to mind my hanging in the shadows and listening.
There was a gathering at the Rusty Nail on Buford Hiway, but I had a headache that night I didn’t feel up to it.
There are lots of people who added to the old site, who I suspect never made it to an in person get together. I think that is common for these computer groups that attempt meeting in public. A lot of people just get along better with a keyboard/mouse than a real human being. The technology that was supposed to connect is frequently having the opposite effect.
The old site was a delight, and the new site shows every sign of being the same. The latest post from a collection of (mostly) local blogs is added to the brew, in the order that the feed arrives. This can cause some amusing arrangements. My first post of 2008 was about a college in North Michigan who annually presents a list of words that are overused and tacky. I was stumped for something to say, and printed this unbearably trivial item to break the block. The next post was a lady modeling a ring, as a way of announcing her engagement.
APWB…as the shortcut is abbreviated…allows me to follow a collection of local blogs with one click. MP3 downloads, political rants, the adventures of a mother with very young children were regular features. It was a daily stop before, and probably will be again.
I hope this is a technicality, but I am a retired drunk. I try not to be obnoxious about it (this post notwithstanding), but I have found that life without alcohol is a lot simpler. I would hope that this is not a serious issue, but if it is then so be it.