Archive for July, 2008
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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- September 10, 2008 -- The cleanest I’ve been
- July 12, 2008 -- My Beautiful City
- June 26, 2008 -- "Baby Borrowers" was fun but overly dramatic
- August 18, 2008 -- Calendar Girl’s hurricane tips
- July 28, 2008 -- If the National Enquirer says it, it must be so. Wait, huh?
- November 24, 2008 -- FSU’s Myron Rolle is worth the hype
- November 18, 2008 -- Welcome to the (almost) wedding blog
- June 20, 2008 -- No one met me in St. Louis
- March 22, 2008 -- Why there are so many cranks on these pages
- December 16, 2008 -- Working with high-schoolers a commitment worth making
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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- August 23, 2008 -- All the suburban crime news the D&C has no space for
- July 17, 2008 -- Business is IHOP-in’!
- June 23, 2008 -- Death of a funnyman: Goodbye, George Carlin
- June 17, 2008 -- Real death is dead in America’s fearful society
- May 28, 2008 -- His pain was my gain
- December 29, 2008 -- Resolving to find the silver lining
- April 23, 2008 -- My very first making out cruise
- April 5, 2008 -- What could happen if Zero Tolerance works
- November 11, 2008 -- I just needed some time to clear my head
- May 12, 2008 -- A new and improved baby kangaroo
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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- July 23, 2008 -- With respect, DCF worker Straus, you are a hero
- April 5, 2008 -- Alabama’s Community College System (A lesson to learn)
- March 11, 2008 -- Please don’t talk to me in the restroom
- April 2, 2008 -- Happy Birthday - Here’s to love, life and laughter!
- August 11, 2008 -- All banged up again
- May 23, 2008 -- He’s going for the glory; I’m going to watch flames shoot out his arse
- July 30, 2008 -- Problems at park leagues go beyond one ‘firing’
- August 22, 2008 -- With Fay en route, here’s our coverage plan
- March 29, 2008 -- Another day, another round of sniping at the city
- August 30, 2008 -- Re-Post: Without Hope, Change is Impossible
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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- September 10, 2008 -- Placing current presidential ‘history making’ in perspective
- September 18, 2008 -- Someone’s in the kitchen with Lyssa
- November 21, 2008 -- MTV account executive offers insight into Generation P
- April 3, 2008 -- 40 years later, it’s time to heed MLK Jr.’s message
- March 24, 2008 -- City Happenings: Betsy Phillips Photography at Image City
- March 25, 2008 -- Criminals who will never be caught or punished
- November 17, 2008 -- Things more important than FSU football game
- November 28, 2008 -- Yes, I had no tofurkey
- September 22, 2008 -- Here’s an easy way to help a kid learn
- October 13, 2008 -- Another ’screed’ from the local ‘nitwit’
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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- March 18, 2008 -- It’s never just a foot massage
- March 7, 2008 -- Traveling Pet Peeve #1
- May 5, 2008 -- Honored to be a maid
- July 7, 2008 -- Hurricane Bertha a reminder of the need for planning
- April 9, 2008 -- How this blog can get you a job (and maybe whiter teeth, too)
- March 18, 2008 -- Correction: 50 in 2007
- July 31, 2008 -- My guardian hummer
- August 23, 2008 -- All the suburban crime news the D&C has no space for
- April 3, 2008 -- Today’s Headlines: Slow news day?
- October 30, 2008 -- Going to the chapel and I’m gonna get married
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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- October 7, 2008 -- All’s quiet on FSU-bashing front
- March 5, 2008 -- Kettlebells get your heart pounding
- August 4, 2008 -- Grand jury report proves need for opening records in Hoffman case
- March 28, 2008 -- Community Volunteer Response Team: helping people cope after a homicide
- March 17, 2008 -- More about trolls
- March 3, 2008 -- Moving dilemma #237: A purging desire
- August 24, 2008 -- Get out of town, Fay, and don’t come back
- October 2, 2008 -- I’m one of those undecided voters you’ve heard about
- May 10, 2008 -- Looking for love at the end of a week like this
- May 29, 2008 -- Do you really need an occasion for cupcakes?
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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- October 22, 2008 -- Can you imagine?
- August 28, 2008 -- Discuss: "We use language that respects everyone"
- November 17, 2008 -- Things more important than FSU football game
- March 28, 2008 -- Reality TV for one, or “Front Window”
- July 9, 2008 -- Voting seems to work for MLB when ballot-box stuffing isn’t cheating
- April 30, 2008 -- Vague descriptions won’t help solve crimes
- November 3, 2008 -- Tallahassee gets the Republican snub
- July 7, 2008 -- I discovered Columbus isn’t so bad
- September 10, 2008 -- Placing current presidential ‘history making’ in perspective
- November 29, 2008 -- Would you rather an FSU win or BC loss today?
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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- June 26, 2008 -- "Baby Borrowers" was fun but overly dramatic
- April 10, 2008 -- Suburban and Rural Drug Abuse Not Reported Locally
- October 30, 2008 -- And the winner is …
- March 17, 2008 -- Trading bass for barking
- August 28, 2008 -- Discuss: "We use language that respects everyone"
- November 22, 2008 -- He loves me? He loves me not! HE LOVES ME!!!
- October 18, 2008 -- A night on Dog Island
- March 12, 2008 -- Film showing is a shameful slap at open-government law
- July 7, 2008 -- I discovered Columbus isn’t so bad
- March 14, 2008 -- Lawmakers looking at cuts in services for poor pregnant women
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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- May 20, 2008 -- Sounds like a good weekend to me
- October 31, 2008 -- Hate and fear mongering are not very patriotic
- September 17, 2008 -- Relax, blogs and forums are just people talking
- March 18, 2008 -- Five years after Iraq invasion, the cheering has ended
- March 25, 2008 -- YouTube and Pedophiles: Parents, be careful what you post
- June 12, 2008 -- A new, less negative definition of family sans marriage
- April 14, 2008 -- Beaten in the Palace Saloon 5K
- May 13, 2008 -- Keeping prosecutors in dark on Hoffman case needs careful review
- November 14, 2008 -- Your community needs you during tough times
- February 26, 2008 -- Bad names and good dogs
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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- October 1, 2008 -- It takes more than two
- April 14, 2008 -- Still haunted by high school after all these years
- August 22, 2008 -- Fake Plastic Things
- December 4, 2008 -- I kissed a girl: My Amendment 2 rant
- October 24, 2008 -- Follow the money to understand inside politics
- September 11, 2008 -- Strangers are stranger
- April 29, 2008 -- The marriage pact
- December 8, 2008 -- What’s next: focusing on journalism
- September 12, 2008 -- If FSU football were like math, we’d still be dancing in the streets
- April 19, 2008 -- CBS 48 Hours Mystery — the mystery of missing black victims