“The police surrounded the St. Paul house where they were meeting even though they had no warrant, told them that anyone who exited the house would be arrested, and then — even though they finally, after several hours, obtained a warrant only for the house next door — basically broke into the house, pointed weapons [...]
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Instead of sitting around staring at the internet I think I’m going to go have some drinks, go see a movie, and go eat some grilled meats. See you on Tuesday when we’ll be kicking off Eating Tampa’s 2008 Best of Tampa search. Happy Labor Day! The slow food movement is about family farms and locally produced food, not, as many Tampa restaurants seem to think, taking 90 minutes to serve your meal. This weekend a slew of slow food aficionados will be gathering in San Francisco (presumably wearing locally grown, edible flowers in their hair). “About 50,000 visitors are expected to [...] A Guide to All Things Tacky Fabulous in Orlando finds these heel flippers for all the scuba hotties absurd beach fashionistas out there. Uh. Paul Anka. Smells like teen spirit. Deeply, deeply wrong. (H/T gneri) The Green Wahine is a local tiki carver. Her work is teh awesome. (H/T Rhonda K) Inkwatu has a great review of Wilson’s Bookworld in St. Petersburg. I wish I was there now. This is a follow-up to his post about Haslam’s. Expect some future posts about Lighthouse Books and other St. Pete indie bookstores. Chris Elliot and Gerard Mulligan appear on Letterman to share their Tips for Green Living. If you’re not quite ready for a composting toilet how about a toilet that bakes your waste – from ass to ashes so to speak. For Floridians who love all appliances barbecue, this will be a special treat. “The EcoJohn Sr. is a waterless, incinerating toilet certified for safety by Underwriters Laboratories, which, for classification purposes, called [...] Wow. I must admit to being surprised at the response to the post about some crappy service at Splitsville (Splitsville, You Suck) but it seems like the attention might have helped sway Splitsville policy. From Monkey Love, the original author of the post, comes this update - “I just talked to Mr. Knox VIA TELEPHONE and he [...] University of Tampa student paper The Minaret offers its restaurant suggestions for those who recently arrived in Tampa. Hmmm, the suggestions have vanished and only a 404 page remains. Link fixed. (Thanks, LR, for pointing out the broken link) (Thanks avera, for pointing out the fixed link!) In July I wrote about House Democrats from Florida that changed their minds on the FISA bill, and pointed to records of donations from telecommunications companies. While taking money from an industry, and then changing your opinion about legislation affecting that industry, is not evidence of a crime, it tends to make you look a [...] The Official Unofficial Seminole Heights Blog recently asked about local neighborhood associations “What does it take to get more to volunteer and make a difference? … Can we organize and unite to be a more productive group?” While SH was writing specifically about Seminole Heights neighborhood associations, this morning an idea occurred to me about a [...] If you’re looking for the best books about Florida start with the Florida Book Awards Site. Here are the winners of 2007. The 2008 winners will be announced next March. Interested in Florida authors? Check out the Florida Authors Wiki. “This is a group project started by the Readers’ Advisory Committee at the Southwest County Regional Library of the Palm Beach County Library System in Boca Raton, Florida. “Our goals are to be as inclusive and as accessible as possible. To that end, we are defining “Florida [...] Lucy Jones at My Florida History stumbles across a great find. “The 1962 Tiburon Roadster, designed by Henry Covington in St. Petersburg, Florida. According to the exhibit sign, this roadster (and its convertible version) are the only cars designed, built, marketed, and sold in the Tampa / St. Petersburg area.” That is one fancy car. I’m a tremendous Brian Eno fan. Not only has he been one of the most creative musical minds of the twentieth century, but his work with the Long Now Foundation transformed the way I think about history and the future, and I’m still trying to work his concept of “the big here” into how I [...] Are you a wannabe gardener? If you think this year is finally the time to get that backyard vegetable garden started, Brian Ries has some tips on how to begin. “Fall season usually starts the third week in September,” explains Cindy Peacock, a horticulturalist with the Pinellas County Extension service, “but you need to prepare the [...] Good news for firefighters. “After pushing for a combined 10 percent pay raise, the city council voted unanimously to give the firefighters’ union a 5 percent salary raise and 4 percent cost of living increase. The city, on the other hand, has argued not to exceed a 6.5 percent raise. Firefighters say the raise will [...] Between 2003 and 2006 Giblets, Fafnir, and the Medium Lobster produced the web’s most unrelentingly funny blog – Fafblog, the whole world’s only source for fafblog. In 2006 the posts suddenly ended. There was never any concluding post, just a world that was a little less funnier. Even after the long silence I would go back [...] It looks like most of the action last week was over at Greening Tampa. There were also a few bits of comedy and whatnot over at Screening Tampa. Alex Pickett at Creative Loafing picks up on the T. Boone Pickens story. Greening Tampa was an early critic of the Pickens Plan, see here, and here. Pickett points to this post at Alternet for an overview of the criticisms being leveled against Pickens. I’ve been inspired by the magazine Wine Spectator to offer awards proclaiming the best restaurants in Florida (or anywhere in the world) for only $250. Apparently, WS recently found itself pranked by someone who didn’t appreciate their generous awarding policy. “This year, nearly 4,500 restaurants spent $250 each to apply or reapply for the Wine Spectator [...] In the depressed housing market every little edge helps. Have you considered buying your buyers some solar panels for their home? Some realtors in Arizona are giving it a try. The free solar panels are part of a promotion by the Scottsdale-based homebuilder, Shea Trilogy, which partnered with BP Solar to offer free solar panels with [...] Organic drunkenness leads to less of a hangover! Well, at least to this not-so-scientific research. “Hence the experiment: imbibe organic drinks, then try their non-organic alternatives, to see which results in a lesser hangover the following morning.” Snag Films is a great site, along the lines of Hulu, but focusing on documentaries. Among the abundance offered is this documentary gem – What Would Jesus Buy? I’ve been a fan of the Reverend Billy for years, and this doc will explain why. Here’s a link to the Florida page at the Guerrilla Gardening community forum. What is guerrilla gardening, you ask? It’s people turning neglected public spaces into gardens, food or flower. The guerrilla garden site is based in London, but I first heard about it happening in LA (here’s an article in the Sun-Sentinel about LA guerrilla [...] Excellent meditation on the current state of journalism and news organizations by Billy Townsend at Lakeland Local. Recommended. “It’s not newspapers that face a very real death very soon – it’s institutional journalism, the centralized daily coverage of city hall and crime and whose daughter is singing at Carnegie Hall and whose Little League team is [...] PRESS RELEASE FROM HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY SUPERVISOR OF ELECTIONS BUDDY JOHNSON FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Elections Office Upcoming Community Outreach – August 21, 2008 – August 24, 2008 HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY: Buddy Johnson, Hillsborough County Supervisor of Elections, and staff will travel into the community to register new voters, update voter records and [...] Copyright is grossly and widely abused. I just saw an example of copyright abuse, i.e. copyfraud, at ABC Action News.com. ABC takes the public information listed below and then claims copyright to it. A claim which does not exist. Falsely claiming copyright is technically a crime under the Copyright Act, but I’m not sure if a [...] |
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