At first, I was tempted to make this an “Only in FLA” post, but those have tended to take on a humorous, can-you-believe-this-shit tone lately. Nothing humorous about this story, reported by the Orlando Sentinel, of a nursing home patient found with an infected breathing tube and MAGGOTS IN HIS EYES! I’ve spent (not enough) [...]

My father gave us a health scare this past summer. Or, to be more accurate, his doctors and hospital staff screwed up and gave us a scare. He wound up spending the better part of 6 weeks in the hospital. I blogged a bit about my frustrations with the situation back, in June, when I [...]

Sprained my ankle Saturday evening. That’s what I get for walking and chewing gum at the same time. Except, I wasn’t chewing gum. First day with the new feet. If you enjoyed this post, then make sure you subscribe to my RSS Feed.

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 [...]

Whaddya think? Florida-y, like my wife says? I just need to know that I hit the right balance of Florida flavor without crossing over into gay-ness. Not that there’s anything wrong with that. And, even if I did cross over into gay-ness, I’m man enough to pull it off. So… there… I don’t know if [...]