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outrageous, meet indifference

Monday, July 21st, 2008

Tommy over at Sticks of Fire pointed out the falling standards of Florida’s education system a few weeks back.  I’m not going to rehash it or add to it (as I already did in the comments of said thread).  It’s the responses that have me a little put off.
When snark and sarcasm are employed on [...]

Why is that stadium in St. Pete anyway?

Tuesday, May 20th, 2008

One of the hot topics around the Tampa Bay metro region right now is the Tampa Bay Rays proposed stadium in St. Petersburg, Florida. I’m not going to bother getting into the arguments but after reading a few knee-jerk reactions and misinformation about the plans… Well, I felt it was important that people [...]

In light of the lack of attention on the subject

Tuesday, April 29th, 2008

Here is a headline that is missing from the media around the state of Florida:
Low Pants Controversey Grips Florida — Locals plead Tallahassee for Action
(maybe now the legislature realizes how ridiculous their attention waste of time on the matter looks.

Trip Planner sucks

Monday, April 21st, 2008

You know, I wrote a bitter remark about the Pinellas Suncoast Transit Authority’s web site and local mass transit a few weeks ago, and I gave a bit of a pass to PSTA after I figured out their Trip Planner and how to make it work.
I ordered a couple of day passes in order to [...]

Irony is a “bitter” thing

Tuesday, April 15th, 2008

Hillary should know “elitism” and aristocracy when she sees it…

(from the 2004 Democratic National Convention in Boston, Massachusetts)

A limp yellow dog

Monday, March 31st, 2008

I get sorta pissed when I keep hearing die hard fans or supporters - be it in politics or pro sports - confess their undying devotion towards one thing or another… And then cynically stomp on what they lov eor soem item they are true blue about.
I mean, I just wrote an article last [...]

You can’t get there from here

Friday, March 21st, 2008

It’s spring now and Florida’s weather is perfect. Touching near eighty with blue sky stretching as far as you can see. A wisp of cloud here and there and breezes just keep things right.
Perfect weather and perfect to go out and do stuff in, right?
So I got the urge to get out [...]

Hail, Gunslinger!

Sunday, March 2nd, 2008

OK, I don’t go for the Tex impersonation thing often but I got a kick out of this one… There’s a new sherrif in town.

This is going to go viral really fast

Friday, February 22nd, 2008

Hillary is Mom Jeans
Inane, simple but funny… The name may be “Hillary” but I wouldn’t necessarily say it’s Mrs. Clinton… Though we get to assume it is.

Florida, go forth and vote

Monday, January 28th, 2008

And make a habit out of it - we got at least two more this year.
While we’re at it — lemme tip my cap to Casey over at St. Petersblog:

REFORM, not RELIEF.