I see this year’s graduates at my Alma Mater are doing their level-best to keep parents on their toes. Dr. Jack Mehoff on Sex Education Now, off to watch Varsity Blues. The strip club scene just came on. Hot for teacher, ya know.

Looks like Santa treated his helpers to a little vacation time in Florida this year. Naturally, they chose Brooksville, FL, home of Roger’s Christmas House. This photo was taken across the street at the Hawkins House, where my mother has a small gift shop (called The Paper Porch) with an awesome selection of Vera Bradley [...]

I made the trip down to Brooksville this weekend to see the family and eat red meat with bloggers. Colleen and her husband, Jim, served up some damn tender steak and tasty corn on the cob, complemented by the Fabs‘ potato salad and my contribution, Sonny’s baked beans, for which I broke into Sonny’s and [...]

Up and at ‘em pretty early this morning. The day job is cool about letting me come in early when I need to leave early. After all, whether I sit on my ass with nothing to do from 7 to 3:30 or 8 to 4:30 isn’t really a big deal. I’m taking the family to [...]

My mother owns a gift shop in Brooksville and I just want to help her search engine rankings with this post. She’s the only retailer authorized to sell Vera Bradley in Brooksville, and I believe one of two authorized to sell Vera Bradley in Hernando County. The name of the shop is The Paper Porch. [...]

Got back from another whirlwind trip to Brooksville to visit my father, who has been in the hospital for several weeks recovering from two separate surgeries, the last one gone bad. He’s doing better now, thankfully, and they released him this evening. Five days ago they told us he’d be there for two to four [...]

Just following up on my posts from last week regarding the condition of the owner of Boyett’s Grove, shot during a brazen daytime robbery by a couple of nimrods. Here’s a bit from the St. Pete Times: Jim Oleson remains in critical condition a week after he was shot during an armed robbery at Boyett’s [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

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 – [...]