Mike's Greater Athens Area Blog and Then Some

How long did it take you to figure out that those anti-bot series of letters we have to enter all deal with plants. Does anyone other than me actually look up what the heck grumichama (a slow growing Eugenia from Brazil) or uvalha or koshum are? Has anyone found a non-word? Does anybody really ca...

Or, at least according to my county tax assessor it is. Just got my new assessment, house went up 7% over last year. And 1-1/2% since I bought it 5 months ago. Of course, comps have gone down and I would be lucky to sell it for the same price I bought it for. But the county says it is worth more,...

Hi,  Glad to be here ( is that redundant if it is also said in the title?).  I am Mike Saunders and (not that you should be either impressed with the name or familiar with it). I am impressed with the amount of information (and opinion) available on this site. Starting a 2nd career after a lifeti...