Seeing blog posts and tweets from various and sundry bloggers that seem to have gathered for a trip to Sea World – Orlando brought back memories of my time working there one summer in college. Normally, I was assigned to the Fantasy Theatre, working the Under the Sea show as an usher, or Dr. Lovecraft’s [...]

Digging through AAA’s website, I’m finding more discounts for Florida attractions. Yesterday, I posted about a couple discounts for Universal Studios and Islands of Adventure. Here is a couple more for Universal: 1-Day, 1-Park with 2nd Day & 2nd Park Free* (Florida Resident Special Offer) “2 Days for the Price of 1!” Now through August [...]

In less than 24 hours I will be leaving FLA for the arctic north that is Huntsville, AL. Everything north of the Florida state line is “up north” to me. So, I’ll be missing and not missing a bunch of things. Of course, friends and family top that list, Florida bloggers included. The coolest thing [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

Mr. Fab posted yesterday that I’m a blogging madman. Nope, just retarded. Why do I speak of myself in this manner? About two months ago I created this domain name and assigned it to this blog, which used to be called Florida Yard Dog, and was a free blogspot blog. A lot of people don’t [...]