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On Tuesday, the boy, myself and some friends went into Atlanta to see our friend do stand up at the Punchline. I had never been to a comedy club before and, I must admit, I expected a bit more. I expected this sort of steamy jazz club feel with sort of sophisticated folks standing around drinking too much and laughing at terribly inappropriate times. Instead, it felt more like one of those steak houses that have sawdust on the floor and way too many people jammed into it. Nevertheless, it was an experience. I have to admit, I was REALLY worried that our friend wouldn't be funny and then we would have to have terribly awkward conversations with him about how "funny" he was and how much we "enjoyed it" but, fortunately, he killed. To our relief (and I am sure his own), he was hands down the funniest comic of the night.

Last week, the boy, myself, and L.O.L went out to the Elberton County fair. Elberton is a very small town southwest (I think) of Athens. It claims to be the granite capitol of the world. Most of my previous trips to Elberton were during the day for triathlons. Nighttime is a whole different ball game. The fair is an attractive entertainment option not because it is a 45 minute drive or because there is a chance that someone you are with will most likely be called "faggot" at one point but because it hosts a demolition derby...an awesome demolition derby. I have been out there several times before but, I must admit, this year the fair was a little scarier than usual. I decided that I would take pictures this time around. I was very excited about sneaking a shot of some colorful local mullets or of some carneys until we walked in and I was immediately chastised by a woman running a booth for trying to take a picture of a baseball hat that said "Jesus is my Boss." Maybe she thought I was trying to rip off T-shirt deigns or something. There were some tempting examples including the half naked effeminate looking beef cake guy with a cowboy hat superimposed on a confederate flag that said something to the effect of "Save money on gas. Ride a cowboy" or the adjacent shirt that had a scantily clad pin up type girl on it wearing daisy duke cut off jean shorts with a confederate flag tattoo on her ass and some charming saying I can't remember. I know the lady is working hard trying to make a buck but if I were to rip off any of her ideas it would have been the sunglasses with no lens but neon light up frames she was wearing. Anyway, that put a damper on the photo taking activity for the night.