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A friend passed this along to me. It’s a really nifty clock showing various rates of events affecting the planet.World Clock

When I announced to my friends and family that I would be taking an extended trip to the west coast, more than one of them warned me, jokingly, about the “culture” here. And I have to admit, as beautiful as Santa Barbara is, there are some things will…

Dual-image compositeanimation of jarhead wallfigure in Ybor, watchingyou park.

… Leaves nothing.That’s a line from Billy Preston’s 1974 hit “Nothing From Nothing.” I played that song on the air this morning.And it just so happens, there’s nothing for you to see here.I’m doing the morning show off and on for the next week, or s…

Unlike a lot of folks, I reckon you could say I’m a morning person. I get up bright and early even on my days off. So, I might be a bit biased when I say this. Nothing good happens after 2am. I’m inclined to say not even after midnight, but bars ‘r…

I used to work with a manager who, over the years, had developed a template of sorts for firing people. The key ingredient in this template was the opening line: “It has been decided.” According to him, this would set the tone for the meeting. It let…

Just realized I never wrote about the 970 WFLA freeroll and my visit to Lucky’s card room, at the Tampa dog track.Got to the track about 30 minutes before sign in time, which was good, because I hadn’t eaten lunch yet. I walked in an realized I wasn’t …

Several weeks ago I took a vacation to San Francisco and for a whole week I consumed some of the best food and wine in my life.  Needless to say, returning to the reality of everyday life has been especially hard and I’ve done my best to come down from the vacation bliss.  Imagine my […]

This morning I read about the lapse of the requirement for insurance. While it’s a shame that folks abuse the current system, I think the burden on the rest of us is going to get worse. If nothing else let’s set it up that you have to have a special …

So, I walk into Woody’s with Ralph Smith, the big heart behind Computer Mentors, and Tommy Duncan, the guru of Sticks of Fire. We are having lunch in the modest soul food place on 29th Avenue in East Tampa to talk about a project to help Ralph’s organi…

This past Friday at midnight, I was in bed, asleep. I think. I may have still been awake, but I kind of doubt it. What I am sure of, though, is that I wasn’t at either the Borders or the Barnes and Noble on State Street in downtown Santa Barbara.The…