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The Earth Day Network and Google Maps have teamed up to create an environmentally friendly tour of Orlando and other parts of America including, Las Vegas, Los Angeles, New York, and San Francisco. This site has been live for about a week, but seems to…

I had the honor a number of years ago of participating in my grandfather’s burial at Arlington National Cemetery.On that day, I also had the opportunity to walk the rows of headstones of thousands of other fallen heroes who sacrificed their lives for o…

In an attempt to make up for the lack of Bart Blogging this week, I give you this pic of dirty lizard sex. Ah!….. springtime in Florida…. Here’s to playing hooky on a beautiful Friday, being good and liquored up by noon and being coerced into ta…

“I would like to say I remember, but a person only remember(s) if they remember what they remember.” – Allen ToussaintBernd Heinrich’s “Why We Run” is written from his own present-tense perspective as he runs a 100 kilometer (62.1 mile) rac…

…”Without a song the day would never end, without a song the road would never bend”–Elvis Presley, 1971Every grassroots campaign needs a song.Today the Scott Farrell for Congress Campaign releases its campaign theme song: “You Want Change!”The song …

I know, I know. It’s been a long time coming. I’ve been struggling with how to present my post-marathon writings, and I have decided to post them in a serial format because the post seems to be reaching novelesque proportions and I don’t want to hold…

Here I sit on the last day of school thinking about the year I just endured. It is the time of the year you do these things when you work for a school. You look back and reflect. You make note of the good things that happened and for next year try to adjust for […]

Jesus has spoken and Jesus sez Charlie Crist is gonna be Florida’s next governor.A reverend who introduced Republican gubernatorial candidate Charlie Crist during a breakfast with other pastors Monday said the Lord came to him in a dream two years ago …

I know how much you guys hate it when I get on one of my Katherine Harris kicks, but I’ve been out to sea and carousing with drunken sailors for the past five days, and Katy is really just a breath of fresh air compared to all the rum, sodomy and lashe…

I have generally preferred the company of elderly people. I was blessed to have come from a family that provided me with a total of sixteen great-aunts and uncles most of whom never had children. So as a little girl these people were my earliest companions and my greatest teachers. I would always […]

Today begins Florida’s 12-day hurricane preparation sales tax holiday. The state has posted a tip sheet for the sale and being prepared. The six page document does a great job of explaining the rules and even includes cell phone chargers and batteries…