Good morning, Carrollwood!

10 years ago

As I write this -- 10:36 a.m. on Tuesday, April 22nd, 2014 -- it's 72º F (22º C) in Carrollwood,…

“Spring Cleaning” post #5: Fireworks and sensitive body parts

10 years ago

Here's another post for my Spring Cleaning series, the set of articles that I'm taking out of my Drafts folder,…

“Spring Cleaning” post #4: Get on your bicycle!

10 years ago

And now, another post in the Spring Cleaning series, in which I take a lot of blog posts that have been…

“Spring Cleaning” post #3: Weber Cooks, the saddest cooking show

10 years ago

Let's continue with Spring Cleaning, a series of posts that have been sitting for far too long in my Drafts…

Happy Easter!

10 years ago

In honour of this holiday, I present to you fantasy artists Boris Vallejo's depiction of a risen (and ripped) Christ,…

Air Canada didn’t know how to treat Itzhak Perlman; do they know how to treat your gate-checked baggage? (Hint: No.)

10 years ago

It hasn't been even a month since Air Canada had to apologize to world-famous (and disabled) violinist Itzhak Perlman for…

“Spring Cleaning” post #2: Which beer is most likely to land you in the emergency room?

10 years ago

Here's another story that I've been meaning to point to: Budweiser is most popular beer among injured ER patients, pilot…

“Spring Cleaning” post #1: Burgers. Burgers everywhere.

10 years ago

I keep a backlog of things that I plan to blog about eventually, and it's been getting massive. With the…

Scenes from the new home

10 years ago

Click the photo to see it at full size. It’s a new city, and the locations and climate are unfamiliar,…

Lies, damned lies, and Reuters’ graph of Florida firearm deaths before and after “Stand Your Ground”

10 years ago

Here's a graph that Reuters recently published on gun deaths in Florida before and after the enactment of the "Stand…