Since the Bucs are facing the dreaded bye week (there’s always the possibility of a Tampa Bay love boat scandal, keep your fingers crossed), I will forgoe my typical game preview to instead engage in some much-deserved bashing of a local inksheet, one of the favorite activities of Buccaneer fandom. I sure hope Rick Harmon received [...]
95 years ago… September 30, 1911 — Police Chief S.T. Woodward is arrested after assaulting and severely thrashing Frank Sullivan, a well-known socialite and publisher of the Florida Beacon, on the corner of Franklin Street near Lafayette Street (now Kennedy Boulevard). Woodward gave his reason for the assault as retaliation for an article appearing in the [...]
Sticks of Fire is a proud sponsor of the 2006 High Heel Hike, benefitting Easter Seals. Guys and girls get in your best high heels, and hike around the Westshore Mall tomorrow morning at 10am. Or buy tickets to the Glam Ball at the Hard Rock Cafe.
I’ve been slightly sensitive lately. I know. Hardly shows. As a result, more than a few clods have left Nike imprints on my heart. Cannot count the number of times these past few months I’ve had to say, “You hurt my feelings.” Without violins or Kleenex, I offer a rational explanation for why I can no [...]
A complaint was filed against Temple Terrace city councilwoman Linda Shattles. From the Tampa Bay Business Journal: … on Sept. 21 Shattles told employees of Salon One, [at] Sherwood Forest retail center, that the retail center had posted the “wrong political signs” in front of the building and that she would organize a “boycott of Salon [...]
65 years ago… September 29, 1941 – War department engineers deny the city’s request to keep the Lafayette Street (now Kennedy Boulevard) and Platt Street bridges closed to river traffic during rush hour. At the request of the board of alderman, Mayor Robert E.L. Chancey asked permission of the war department to keep the draws of [...]
I’ve been daylighting at an organic cafe in North Tampa. A seven or so mile drive from my house that takes 35+ minutes in rush hour traffic. (Mind you, I am going against the flow of traffic.) I’ve driven in major metro areas before: Philly, Seattle, Dover, DE (just kidding). But seriously, the amount of red [...]
Here is something to do after you complete Tommy’s request to plan your trip to work on Google Transit. Let’s have some fun. What is the longest trip you can plan using Google Transit? Include walking time. I have come up with a trip from Pony Express Way & Race Track Rd, Odessa, FL 33556 to: [...]
Update 4 October 2006: Because of comment length, this blog entry has closed. Please continue discussions here. We have recieved over 4,000 comments under our two previous postings about this crazy case, including many from those purporting to be a part of the duckett family. The original Amber Alert post – Amber Alert Leesburg Trenton Duckett: 3,921 [...]
