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 [...]

God, is it wrong that I love slapping together these “Only in FLA” stories? Here’s a beauty that could have been any of a dozen guys I grew up with over in Brooksville. I’m not surprised it happened, I’m just surprised the guy lives in a city. When I saw his photo my heart leapt, [...]

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 [...]

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. [...]

It made the news in Miami when a cow got loose and started running through the streets. Some idiot security guard got in it’s way and it charged. Duh. Used to happen all the time in Brooksville. I lived in a neighborhood that bordered a large ranch just north of town, and a black bull [...]

From the St. Pete Times: ‘Woman’s goat attacked’ BROOKSVILLE – It’s not clear whether a neighbor’s dog is responsible for tearing off the ear of a woman’s goat earlier this week… more Somewhere in there is a Jeff Foxworthy joke. 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 [...]

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 [...]