58% of Pinellas County parents who claim to pay attention to the intelligent design debate say it should be taught in schools. The same poll tells me that anywhere between 24 and 60% of Pinellas County parents make stuff up to hide their own unintelligent design when taking polls.
You may remember Frank Figueroa, Tampa FBI. He was arrested for toying with his frank (and beans?) in front of a young girl at the mall. His trial is set for March 20.
As Joel told us earlier this month, today at 11:00, the 6-5 USF Bulls take on the 6-5 North Carolina State Wolfpack in the Meineke Car Care Bowl. This historical game – it’s USF’s first – will be shown on ESPN2. I think I’ll watch a bit of it. Joel gives his revised prediction. [...]
“Hey, you wanna go hang out downtown tonight?” You don’t hear that too often, do you? Well here’s a chance to do exactly that – for free! – at least for one night. On January 7, Lights on Tampa will turn several downtown buildings into light-based works of art. Two of the installations will be permanent; [...]
The Times story regarding Florida’s school standards in general and science standards in particular and how they relate to Bush’s recent “off the cuff” comments. My favorite part is where the teacher had to explain the difference between “proceeding” and “preceeding”. If I’d only known that I could blame my [...]
It started with Arlene and it will end with Zeta… With only a few hours left in 2005, tropical storm Zeta has formed in the eastern Atlantic. It poses no threat to land, but it puts an exclimation point on the year in tropical weather… It’s as if mother nature wants to remind us [...]
OR: How to catch a taxi in Tampa on a night when there are way more riders than cab drivers From our friend Tim Fasano, Tampa cabbie, photographer, blogger, and all-around good guy. People should absolutely not drink and drive! Orient Road will probably be full tomorrow night; not a place you want to start the [...]
New Year’s Eve is Saturday night. If you don’t already have plans, come check out my band (Johnny G. Lyon and the JGLB) at the Blue Shark in Ybor City. This will be a laid back affair, meaning you can leave your tux at home. Regardless of where you go to count out 2005, [...]
Jose wants to know: Where would we put the gays? The HCBOCC would say Oakland.
