The First

This is the collaborative effort of a brother and sister. In short, we are over-educated, under-employed, and generally bemused by the world around us. Coming from opposite ends of the political spectrum, we find ourselves in agreement more often than not. We live in Atlanta, capitol of the "New South", where "New" doesn't mean better.

We had hoped to make this blog into something more than a monument to our own narcissism. After years of enduring the pathetic excuse for mainstream journalism in this town (I'm looking at you AJC) we decided to see if we could do better. Knowing this will never be anyone's source for breaking news or widespread coverage, we decided to take a different tack. Our aim is to see if we can intelligently comment upon events without the loading of breathless predictions of doom and danger or requsite buzzwords that comprise the pathetic template placed before us every day. In other words, they've lowered the bar so low that it would appear anyone can play. Besides, it's just the internet. If we fall flat on our faces we'll have done it in front of 4, maybe 5 people counting ourselves.