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SansomWatch - Walks Like a Duck
SansomWatch - Walks Like a Duck
Written by dave in Sunday, December 7th 2008   
Alex Leary's stories on Florida Speaker of the House Ray Sansom are a welcome reminder of the role of journalists in our community. Newspapers have been imploding over the last few years, and the future looks none too bright. Sometimes, when I read a paper that's full of syndicated content, commercials, fact-free op-eds, sloppy writing, poor thinking, and nothing in the way of news, the loss of the newspaper doesn't seem so important. But then, [+]
Interview with Jeb
Interview with Jeb
Written by dave in Sunday, November 30th 2008   
So, trying to put the nicest spin I can on this, I hope Republican stalwarts pay attention to what Jeb has to say. Here are some of the points I hope they pay attention to. "I think we need to change the tone of the conversation as it relates to immigration." "We have to actually be proposing solutions to what appear to be intractable problems as it relates to education, health care, infrastructure." Good! Excellent! Nothing would make [+]
New Florida State Reps
New Florida State Reps
Written by dave in Monday, November 24th 2008   
The online St. Pete Times, Tampabay.com, has a list of the freshmen reps in the Florida House. I mention this so I can mention my most recent brilliant idea (the ideas are easy, it's the execution that takes more time, talent, and money than I have) - Florida political playing cards. Initially I thought of creating a set of cards for Tampa and Hillsborough County politicians and heavy-hitters, but then figured I might as well expand it [+]
Tampa Unchained
Tampa Unchained
Written by dave in Sunday, November 23rd 2008   
Ahhh, the shopping season has arrived. Spending your money at local businesses is a great way to help out the local economy. From the Tampa Independent Business Alliance - "Because locally owned independent businesses generate over three times the economic activity for their hometowns as national chains, if everyone shunned the chains, it would mean up to $19 million dollars added to the Hillsborough County economy on an average day! In these tough economic times, doesn't [+]
Shouldn’t the Banks Mow These Lawns?
Shouldn’t the Banks Mow These Lawns?
Written by dave in Monday, November 17th 2008   
There are a few abandoned houses in my neighborhood with overgrown lawns. In September we had a house down the street with a yard full of bags of garbage. (See here, and here). It was eventually cleaned up, but it prompted some thoughts on how to deal with neighborhood situations where it's difficult to find the responsible party. My solution was AHA Committees (for Ad Hoc Action Committees). It turns out these committees are real [+]
Caleb At Interior Motives Gallery
Caleb At Interior Motives Gallery
Written by dave in Sunday, November 16th 2008   
Caleb at Calebism had an art show on Friday. He generously posted .jpgs of his show for those of us who didn't make it. I'm a huge fan of bold, colorful paintings, which perfectly describes Caleb's style. These are some great paintings, check 'em out. Even better, buy one! [+]
The Pink Army Invades Tampa
The Pink Army Invades Tampa
Written by dave in Tuesday, September 23rd 2008   
My friend M(mmm) took these snaps of the invading pink army recently while biking around Tampa. I did some googling and discovered it's a whole damn movement. [+]
Jonathan Levine Gallery
Jonathan Levine Gallery
Written by dave in Monday, September 8th 2008   
I'm a sucker for pop surrealism art. Since I can't afford the real thing I download art I like into a folder and let it run as my screensaver. The Jonathan Levine Gallery webpage is a great resource for this kind of art. Check out these tentacle lamp/chandeliers by Adam Wallcavage. I'd be deliriously happy if I had these hanging from my ceilings.   [+]
Cassette RIP
Cassette RIP
Written by dave in Thursday, July 31st 2008   
KS sends along this NYT obit for cassette tapes. "While the cassette was dumped long ago by the music industry, it has lived on among publishers of audio books. Many people prefer cassettes because they make it easy to pick up in the same place where the listener left off, or to rewind in case a certain sentence is missed. For Hachette, however, demand had slowed so much that it released its last book on cassette [+]
50 Beautiful and Creative Feminine Illustrations
50 Beautiful and Creative Feminine Illustrations
Written by dave in Tuesday, July 29th 2008   
Tremendous collection from Smashing Magazine of links to women (and some male) artists. The initial post is supposed to be artists providing an image of a girl and a second image of a woman. (As someone who believes these words have two very different meanings and should not be used interchangeably, I thought this was a brilliant exercise). Not everyone followed the rules of the challenge (artists!) but the results are wonderful. Even more awesome is [+]

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