It's beginning to look a lot like Christmas....

IF we were in Atlanta 

 Coatless walk this afternoon, 

record heat tomorrow....

still swimming....

CONGRATULATIONS !!

Man lands on the moon.

 Mets win the 1969 World Series

Berlin Wall Comes down

AND

WILL AND KATE ARE WITH CHILD !!!!

From St. James Palace: 

"Their Royal Highnesses the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge are very pleased to announce that the Duchess of Cambridge is expecting a baby. "The Queen, the Duke of Edinburgh, the Prince of Wales, the Duchess of Cornwall and Prince Harry and members of both families are delighted with the news."

AND!

from the UK Mail:

The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge's first child will accede to the throne - even if she is a girl. Prince William and Kate's child will not be subject to the centuries-old law of primogeniture, which puts male heirs ahead of women, after a groundbreaking deal by David Cameron. The prime minister has agreed a deal with other Commonwealth countries to change the rules on the royal line of succession which means male heirs will no longer be given priority. 


BBC STORY

daily Koda

 Cool, not cold, rainy day

So very odd for this time of year....

Advent indeed

Final Regular Season BCS Rankings

1. Notre Dame
2. ALABAMA
3. FLORIDA
4. Oregon
5. Kansas State
6. Stanford
7. GEORGIA
8. LSU
9. TEXAS A&M
10. SOUTH CAROLINA
11. Oklahoma
12. Florida State
13. Oregon State
14. Clemson
15. Northern Illinois
16. Nebraska
17. UCLA
18. Michigan
19. Boise State
20. Northwestern
21. Louisville
22. Utah State
23. Texas
24. San Jose State
25. Kent State

Welcome Home

The busses from Atlanta got back to the Classic City

 tonight with a special welcome:

Mark Bradley's
post game column from the AJC

a must read:

There are people who say that only championships matter, that finishing second is the same as finishing last. To those people, we say this: Go away now. Go away while we honor — and yes, that’s the proper word — as gallant a runner-up as we’ll ever see. Go away and let us speak of the Georgia Bulldogs.
 They’d waited 30 years for a game this big, and they came as close as you could come to winning it without actually winning. Three times they took a lead over the mighty Alabama, and even after what should have been a crushing Tide touchdown with 3:15 remaining, even after what seemed a clinching Bama interception inside the final minute … even then, these Bulldogs found themselves with first-and-goal and time flying.
 That they fell five yards short, that a tipped Aaron Murray pass for Malcolm Mitchell was caught by a falling Chris Conley and the final five seconds ticked away, cannot take away from the effort spent and the excellence displayed. The Bulldogs arrived as a underdog, but they carried the fight to the reigning national champion and they left five yards shy of the most thrilling victory — apologies to Lindsay Scott — Georgia football has ever known.
 This was easily the best of the 21 SEC Championship Games, and it was one of the finest displays of collegiate football ever witnessed. “Alabama’s a great football team,” Georgia coach Mark Richt said, “and we were pretty good, too.” ( the rest )

Atlanta

 Did not get it done

Alabama 32 - Georgia 28

BUT, it was SO much closer than that....

and they still were not as big of a star as Blondie....

From the AJC : Robert De Niro and Kevin Kline are in Atlanta to film “Last Vegas,” which also stars Morgan Freeman, Michael Douglas and Mary Steenburgen. On Thursday night De Niro and Kline watched the Atlanta Falcons game at Atlanta’s legendary Clermont Lounge.