Really Really Local News

- There's a ball python on the loose.
- Dekalb County has changed their recycling bins from blue to orange. The new bins are going to look ugly and the reasons for the color change are unclear and the whole thing sounds very wasteful.
- Crime in our neighborhood is generally of the petty, crackheads-stealing-lawn-tools variety. Recently there was a burglary on a larger scale. The thieves pretended to be cleaners. They pressure-washed two sides of the house while they robbed it in broad daylight. We have a good neighborhood watch program, but how can you be on the alert against something like that? Damn!