Salvador Dali would have been 101 years old today. Check out the hologram he made: “First Cilindric Crono-hologram. Portrait of Alice Cooper’s Brain,” 1973. And the original photo, Brain of a Pop Star.
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How on Earth can a drawbridge fall apart? How can a 600 pound pin holding the bridge together fall into Clearwater Harbor, rendering it useless? How is it possible that no one could see this coming? Who is responsible for the maintenance of that thing? They do realize the road is necessary, right?
Of course, had those Canadians not screwed up the new bridge last year, it might be ready by now, making the old drawbridge unnecessary anyway.
I’m becoming convinced the whole world is only held together with pieces of chewing gum.
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Posting will be light to nonexistant for a few days. Please check in with those listed in my blogroll to the left or these other great Tampa Blogs for interesting and fascinating stuff.
Citizen Verdict, a movie filmed in Tampa and starring Armand Assante and Jerry Springer opens this weekend. Springer showed up at the Tampa Theater for the local premier a couple weeks ago. John Wilson’s son Paul had a role in the film, and Roy Scheider makes his second appearance in a movie filmed in Tampa after having a small role in The Punisher.
The storyline sounds fantastic. TV viewers watch and listen to prosecution and defense arguments, and call in to vote guilty or not. Guilty verdicts bring the added excitement of an execution offered live on pay-per-view. Imagine a cross between The Running Man, American Idol, and Judge Judy, but with murder cases. I probably won’t see it until next week, so if you get to it this weekend, give your review in the comments.
Marcia Elder, former lobbyist for the American Planning Association, and the Florida League of Women Voters, recently promised to start a Tom Lee Fan Club. I say if there is a BJ and the Bear Fan Club, there is certainly room for those that can’t get enough of Brandon resident and Senate President Tom Lee. Hey Marcia, let me know when your website is up.
Last time this came up, I voiced concern for the plight of the Belleview Biltmore. A few months ago, it seemed its plight was averted, but now the grand hotel is under the gun again. A bunch of folks have banded together to try to Save the Biltmore. Judy Hill thinks it is important as well. And as I said, I hope they can preserve this significant part of our Tampa Bay history. Not only is the place over 100 years old and famous people have spent time there, it’s also the largest continually occupied wooden structure in the world!
But the property owners should have the right to do whatever they want. According to them, the Biltmore is simply too expensive to maintain, and the income no longer pays the bills. And I cannot expect any business owner to continue losing money. So if the developers are going to be convinced to help in preserving the historic building, they are going to end up with some money. And those who want to Save the Biltmore, are going to have to come up with some (most?) of it. There are a few things you can do, if you care.
Go to the Save the Biltmore website, and donate money or buy a t-shirt (If you don’t like the t-shirt, send it to me, I’ll give it to a homeless person).
If you have a website, help with a googlebomb so searches for Save the Biltmore lead searchers to the plight.
Click on a couple of these links that say Save the Biltmore.
Encourage your friends to send money to help Save the Biltmore.
Also, if there’s a generous designer somewhere, they could use some help on their Save the Biltmore website; it’s pretty rough around the edges.
Although I lean toward preservation in this case, I’m really torn on the general issue. I can just imagine a bunch of folks getting together in 1895 to protest the development of a humongous hotel on pristine waterfront property. Progress becomes history.
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