7 Reasons Florida is Better Than Georgia

So, I had my Georgia post nearly done, so I’m posting it before I post my NC post – sue me! Anyhoo, the Florida-Georgia rivalry extends well beyond the football field, and despite the classless display by those dastardly Bulldogs in Jacksonville, whupping up on our beloved Gators then rubbing it in their faces like [...]

7 Reasons Florida is Better Than New Hampshire

So, I’m thinking of starting a series of posts about why Florida is the best place in all of America. Today, I’ll start with a plce I know well from having spent a couple of formative years living there, New Hampshire. Without further ado, 7 Reasons Why Florida is Better Than New Hampshire: In Florida, [...]

Coming to Florida and need to rent a car?

Hey, for those of you traveling to Florida on vacation or business and need a Miami car rental, or an Orlando, Tampa, Jacksonville, or Pensacola car rental (we’re including Pensacola for political correctness, even though we know it’s really South Alabama out there), the folks that brought you Maui car rental and Hawaii car rental [...]

Only in FLA: Don't tell the hubby when you win the lottery

So, this woman is separated form her husband for five years. Then she wins the lottery. What does she do? Files for divorce. Of course. I’d do the same. Except, I wouldn’t be separated for five years. When I went through my divorce, I’d filed 2 days after we separated. I mean, why wait? Of [...]

Really? Penny Hardaway?

“Hello? 1996?” “This is the Miami Heat calling. Could you send us a guy that pissed off our star center, acted like a primadonna when he didn’t have the skills to back it up, got a championship coach fired, and now hasn’t played competitive basketball in YEARS?” As my brothers and I used to say [...]

City folk are so funny

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 [...]

Only in FLA: Too big for her britches

We start ‘em young down here in FLA: MIAMI (Reuters) – An 11-year-old girl was charged with drunken driving after leading police on a chase at speeds of up to 100 mph that ended when she flipped the car… …The young driver, who lived nearby in Perdido Key, Florida,… I don’t envy her parents as [...]

Florida middle-schoolers are world record holders

I just want to know – was this on the FCAT? I’m just saying… Guinness confirms Florida pupils broke reading record The Associated Press TALLAHASSEE, Fla. – It’s official, 186,054 Florida middle school pupils are world record readers. Guinness World Records confirmed Tuesday that they set a new record for “Most People Reading Aloud Simultaneously [...]

Only in F-L-A: Bandit Tales

Miami police apprehend bank robber who fled in cab but… The Band-Aid Bandit Lives On!!! Viva el Bandito!!! Visit my other blogs: My Weight-Loss Blog & My Poker Blog