Oh, Lord, my wife keeps sending me all this bloggery goodness to post. From Jacksonville.com: Top 5 ‘Weird Florida’ Attractions Their list: 1. Gibsonton, FL (been through there many times) 2. Spook Hill: Lake Wales, FL 3. Garden of Eden: Bristol, FL 4. The Wizard of Central Florida: Sanford, FL (been to Sanford many times, [...]

My wife sent me an article about the Scratch Ankle Festival in Milton. She wanted to know why the heck did they call it that. Here ya’ go, honey: Scratch Ankle got its name from local legend. Local history indicates Milton was once nicknamed based on one of its most irritating features: the brambles and [...]

As a marketing professional, I can tell you that when someone wants to use your brand for something like an elementary school, that’s a good thing. But, leave it to the lawyers to screw up a good thing: World Golf Village, a registered trademark, will no longer be included in the name of the St. [...]

Those of us that live in Florida are accustomed to to vigorous debate about sex, drugs, gambling, etc. And now, some of our kids are accustomed to it, too… From the Orlando Slant-inel:   Thursday was Take Your Child to Work Day, so some of the reporters in the House press gallery brought their kids [...]

Original article here: Everybody who works at the fair has a story, they say, and every scar tells one. Dan Weaver starts his story like this: “I should be dead.” Weaver was working an old cable-run Ferris wheel on Aug. 25, 1978, at 11:05 p.m., across the street from a Catholic church. About 12 kids [...]

You can take the girl out of the trailer, but you can’t take the trailer out of the girl…   Former ‘Idol’ star arrested By Alexandra Zayas Published April 29, 2007 TAMPA – Former American Idol contestant Jessica Sierra was arrested early Sunday morning at the Hyde Park Cafe for allegedly throwing a cocktail glass [...]

Update: Family says Boyette’s Grove owner is still alive By TIMES STAFF Published April 28, 2007http://www.sptimes.com/2007/04/28/Hernando/Family_says_Boyette_s.shtml ‘SPRING LAKE’ Jim Oleson, the owner of the iconic Boyett’s Grove and Citrus Attraction on Spring Lake Highway, is alive, but his family said little else about his condition on Friday. Oleson, 58, was shot once in the chest [...]

From Yahoo! News:   GREENSBORO, N.C. – It took one glance for Sandra Rowells to recognize the man she said broke into her home, offered her $500 to hide him and fled wearing some of her clothing. Rowells, 70, said police asked her if Jahmell Kareem, 33, of Winston-Salem was the right suspect. “Yeah, ’cause [...]

My wife forwarded this article to me because she got a kick out of it: Walt Disney would be horrified at gay marriages in his parks Yep, WDW is marketing ceremonies for the gay-lesbian crowd. Yep, the same company that used to refuse to acknowledge/recognize the annual Gay-Day event. I used to work at Disney, [...]

My wife sent me this article from the St. Pete Times. Boyett’s Grove is a small roadside attraction in Hernando County, a few miles outside of Brooksville. It’s a working citrus grove that sells their own produce, as well as a small zoo and souvenir store (mostly just stuff only a tourist would buy – [...]