Someone’s aim was off.

The late-summer stretch is on for the garden.

I suspect it’s just a matter of time before the old Athens bus station is torn down as it’s now sandwiched between luxury student and game day housing. I wonder how many kids came to Athens for the first time on a bus, suitcase in hand, ready to start their university education?

I’ll admit to avoiding the campus area during dorm move in days and we have already started prepping for our oldest to head to college in a year’s time. No one was stuffing a mini fridge under the old Greyhound busses, I’m sure.

Earlier this year I was appointed to the board of directors of the Red and Black, the independent student news organization that covers the University of Georgia. (I’m a non-voting member as my faculty status poses a conflict of interest.) The summer board meeting brought some good news on both the business and editorial fronts, looking forward to a strong year of coverage.

They claim to sell wall art and clothes, but really they’re just vandals.

The first floor water fountain disappeared, leaving a gaping hole in the wall, and revealing that the electrical outlet is directly below the water supply line which seems … odd?

After nearly a decade of use, I’ve retired the $20 hollow-core door that was my main desk. And that meant most of the office had to come apart or come down. A board that holds rally dash plaques stayed in place, but a metal sheet for holding photos did get moved up a bit.