Due to popular demand, the blogrolling Tampa area blogroll has been transferred from over there to over here. You can find it at the bottom of the left margin. Many folks like it because it highlights the recently updated blogs, and puts those at the top of the list. If your blog [...]
It looks like The Weekly Planet is revamping their webspace. They must not be finished, though. Articles now allow your comments, but after leaving one, I couldn’t (easily) get back to the story. And the comment did not appear right away. On some pages clicking the bottom menu sends you right [...]
Mayor Pam unveiled some new “Welcome to Tampa” signs. The signs claim we are the “City of Champions,” noting the local teams’ Super Bowl, Stanley Cup, and Arena Bowl wins. I guess accomplishments by the Rowdies, Brooke Bennett, and Antonio Tarver don’t deserve mention. Of course there are other cities that lay claim to [...]
The responses for your favorite meteorologist were all over the place. The most popular answer was basically “what is a television?” Some guy named NOAA got three votes, followed by Channel 8’s Steve Jerve and the entire team of Bay News 9. Those that do watch TV all love the VIPIR. [...]
Within a year, the Ford Ampitheatre has gone from Tampa’s next big thing to a useless waste of money. The theater, built and owned by Clear Channel, has been a boondoggle. Summertime concerts in outdoor venues in Florida are not real wise to begin with. Sprinkle in a few broken promises and [...]
Grouper Drives a Truck? Underwater Streetcar? Swingin’ for the Seaweed? You know, it’s really this freakin’ simple. And local TV station Channel 10 doesn’t help. Many of their stories begin with the impossible dateline.
The City of Clearwater offers an annual “Citizen’s Academy,” and they are now accepting applications for this year’s program. Classes are for 2 ½ hours each Monday night from Sept. 12 to Nov. 14. The course gives regular folks the chance to learn all about the people, departments, and infrastructure necessary to run [...]
After searching for the St. Pete Times list of area blogs last week, Costa reports they published the list this week. We here at Sticks of Fire are constantly looking for new local blogs to add to our list of Tampa area Blogs as well. And like the St. Pete Times list of blogs, [...]
Repeat visitors may have noticed a new graphic here recently. Take a look at the top of the right side, where you will find an advertisement for Tampa4Sale.com. Tampa4Sale wants to take over the traditional classified section of the newspaper, and you can place your ad with them for free! USA4SALE Networks, Inc. [...]
