Didn't plan on missing that anniversary deadline. Of course I didn't plan to be still sitting here at the Type and Gripe factory after 40 years either. My mom is still waiting for me to get out and find a real job, or at least something respectable. ...more

October 28, 2009

The hottest thing on the griddle at the Las Palmas restaurant these days isn't the food. It's the image of Our Lady of Guadalupe that a cook says she saw in the griddle. ...more

May 1, 2009

Trevor Immelman, the defending Masters champion, will be at Innisbrook Resort to compete in the Transitions Championship. ...more

March 17, 2009

A gunman who killed 10 people in the worst mass shooting in Alabama history had a list of employers "who had done him wrong," including the nearby sausage plant he quit days before the spree and the metal factory where he shot himself, authorities said Wednesday. ...more

March 11, 2009

Jazen Jimenez sat on the ground praying that his Sebring teammates would let him off the hook. ...more

January 28, 2009

Poor Museum Coverage As one of a couple of thousand people who witnessed the grand opening of the new Tampa Bay History Center, I was surprised at the lack of coverage from the local media, both print and broadcast, particularly since it was a momentous occasion in Tampa history in its own right. ...more

January 26, 2009

The text message Pasco defensive end Zack Faza received in 2007 was self-defeating. ...more

December 4, 2008

Schwarzkopf Elementary kindergartners were impressed when firefighter Gary Guy donned his full uniform and helmet, but the ladders on the retired 1973 firetruck he brought with him drew the most "wows." Guy was one of the guest speakers and surrogate teachers who flooded Hillsborough County schools today, taking part in a homegrown tradition to open new vistas for students. ...more

November 19, 2008

LUTZ Schwarzkopf Elementary kindergartners were impressed when firefighter Gary Guy donned his full uniform and helmet, but the ladders on the 1973 fire truck he brought with him drew the most "wows." ...more

November 19, 2008

The carnage had ended just a few minutes before South Carolina coach Steve Spurrier stepped to a microphone outside the visiting locker room at Ben Hill Griffin Stadium. ...more

November 16, 2008