So, I get home from work last week, ready to discipline my oldest GIFTED student for deciding she wasn’t going to do math homework anymore. In an attempt to divert my attention, she started saying “You need to hear what [insert little sister's name] did at school.” I was not to be swayed. Discipline was [...]

The folks at Izea are getting the word out to Florida bloggers and advertisers about an event later this month at the Orlando History Center. The History Center is going to try to set the record for most people Yo-Yo-ing simultaneously. I was always a Duncan man, myself. The event is towards the end of [...]

Well, we’re going to Dismal Disney World in mid-December for Mickey’s Very Merry Christmas. We do this trip almost every year – we get there in the afternoon, check in at the hotel, then hit the park at sunset. Rides, parades, hot chocolate, cocoa, then Dad gets a sore back carrying children who have passed [...]

My guess is these two will be the Belles of the Ball at the 33rd Street lock-up: Two men wearing Superman pajamas were taken into custody today after they robbed three 7-Eleven convenience stores at gunpoint, according to police. Here’s where they went wrong: An officer said he noticed the pajama-wearing men robbing the 7-Eleven [...]

If you’re coming to Florida on vacation, you’re most likely going to wind up in Orlando at some point. Such is the draw of the Mouse. If so, you may want to check out some of the hotel guides and the Orlando city guide I’ve linked to. What I like about the guide is that [...]

So, I played in the World Blogger Championship of Online Poker yesterday. If you’re interested in poker, you can check out my posts about it over at my poker blog. If not, just know that I played against 1,337 of my closest friends, lasted 6.5 hrs and about 500 hands (it takes about 24 hrs to play 500 hands in real life), and finished 16th because I was stupid.

Police Get Missile Launcher During Gun-Shoe Exchange Somehow, I don’t feel safer with the Orlando Police Department keeping their “no questions asked” policy intact. There’s an exception to every rule, guys. Yes, when you get a man-portable, shoulder-fired guided missile system being turned in for a pair of child sneakers, that would qualify as one [...]

I had an opportunity to spend my Saturday terrorizing drivers on I-95 and I-4 as I drove from Jax to Orlando and back. An hour and forty-five minutes. A new record, thankyouverymuch… I was part of a focus group for PayPerPost. They paid me and in exchange I agreed not to talk about the new [...]

Have you ever been to Orlando and said, “Hey, what this place needs is another theme park?”   J.K Rowling, who became the world’s first billion dollar author on the back of Harry Potter’s success, has given the go-ahead for the creation of a Florida theme park dedicated to the schoolboy wizard.”The plans I have [...]

If you live in Orlando or will be traveling to Orlando, the Pirate Dinner Show is one of several dinner shows available for night-time entertainment once you’re finished with the parks. I’ve been to a couple of the dinner shows, and they’re always great fun. The food is plentiful, and the sets and performances are [...]