Archive for July, 2008

My guardian hummer

Thursday, July 31st, 2008

This has been one of those weeks when I have way too much to do and not enough hours in the day to do it all. Besides the obvious work stuff, there are about a dozen great books scattered around my house to be read, shedding bunnies to be brushed ...

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Problems at park leagues go beyond one ‘firing’

Wednesday, July 30th, 2008

This is just another example of what happens when adults involved with a children’s game don’t play nicely.For weeks, I’ve been questioning why the city of Tallahassee forced a volunteer baseball league president out at Messer Park. A blog I posted Monday made my questions public. That afternoon, documents were ...

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If the National Enquirer says it, it must be so. Wait, huh?

Monday, July 28th, 2008

I just spent 10 minutes of my life, 10 minutes I will never get back, mind you, trying to explain to a customer why I don’t consider the National Enquirer a reputable news source.Today’s caller wanted to know why the unconfirmed story about John Edwards visiting his purported love child and ...

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Why the city ‘fired’ volunteer Mary Moody

Monday, July 28th, 2008

Mary Moody works for a local law firm and volunteers her time to help with the league where her grandchildren play baseball. She is a tireless worker, who – and she will admit this – rubs a lot of people the wrong way.How?She speaks her mind. A lot. She challenges ...

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Hypermiler Amanda gets to work stress-free

Sunday, July 27th, 2008

En route to my parents' house a few weeks ago, we ran across the following sign stuck to the front of a gas pump: "This pump is very slow! Move to another or meditate." If that pump could talk, it might say it was hypermiling, a new trend that uses ...

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Summer readin’, had me a blast

Friday, July 25th, 2008

In the days when summers meant being free of the shackles of school and work, I would spend my mornings at swim team practice, followed by lazing in the library and then I’d return to the public pool after lunch (unless we had a swim meet that night, because we ...

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Political endorsements and why we still do them

Thursday, July 24th, 2008

Well, the political-endorsement process has begun at the Tallahassee Democrat. We met with incumbent Sheriff Larry Campbell and challenger Tommy Mills earlier this week. We’re meeting with the three candidates for an at-large Leon County Board of Commissioners seat today.Our process here is different from that of any other place ...

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Observations at the gun range

Wednesday, July 23rd, 2008

After years of hemming and hawing, the boyfriend and I (or I guess I should say the boyfriend since I was out of town and couldn't purchase my own) bought our very own firearms - a pistol and a rifle. I was excited because the last time I went ...

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When it’s too hot to do anything else

Wednesday, July 23rd, 2008

I love the beach. I really love spending time outdoors drinking cold beers. But at the end of a long, hot day, I want to take a cold shower and soak up some serious A/C in front of the TV. (I already did my reading at the beach, mind you.) ...

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With respect, DCF worker Straus, you are a hero

Wednesday, July 23rd, 2008

In Fort Myers today, thousands of people will gather to mourn Officer Andrew Widman, who was shot to death while intervening in a domestic dispute.Widman was 30, and the father of three children. Police say he saved the life of the killer’s girlfriend.We know heroes when we see them.Widman is ...

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