We're all Alabama fans for the next few weeks

I am an unabashed fan of the Gators of the University of Florida. I am a proud attendee of 6 entire weeks during the summer of 1985. I firmly believe every young man should spend a year in Gainesville. Good times, good times… Now, I live in Huntsville, AL. When people ask how I like [...]

The obligatory Tebow girlfriend (not) post

It is obligatory these days when writing about Tim Tebow that one include a photo of him with his Heisman Trophy wife. I admit it. I am one jealous, fat, middle-aged man. So, anyway, congratulations to Tim Tebow of THE University of Florida. For a sophmore on a 3-loss team to win the Heisman, it’s [...]

Only in FLA: Hemingway look-a-like contest

Papa Lives! ** A Floridian took home the grand prize at the Hemingway Days Hemingway Look-A-Like Contest over the weekend. The event was held at Sloppy Joe’s in Key West, a Key West institution famous for the fact that I was once thrown out bodily into Duval Street by six bouncers. Also, Ernest Hemingway used [...]

It's tough being loved and in demand

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 [...]