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Stranger than Fiction

A six-word story that’s right up there with Hemingway’s

Two signs on a road: “Warning: low flying owls” and “Lost chihuahua”

There’s a famous six-word story attributed to Ernest Hemingway that goes as follows:

For sale: baby shoes, never worn.

The six-word story told by the two signs above has a little more dark humor.

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Slice of Life

Have a great Saturday night!

Meme: Every venue got the: sketchy bartender (pic of heavily tattooed, tired- looking, aging punk pulling beer taps), sketchy ATM (private ATM covered with grafitti). sketchy toilet (dirty toilet in grafitti-strewn stall), Jeff (sound guy asleep at the board).
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I’m having a quiet Saturday night, which I’ve earned after so many Saturday night at places like the one pictured above!

(BTW, speaking from experience, the right “Jeff” can do wonders for a band’s sound.)

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Stranger than Fiction

It REALLY sounds like a Philip K. Dick book title

Photo of grocery store aisle sign that reads “Can Fish / Microwave / Soup” in a tweet by @phil_lol_ogist that reads “Arguably Philip K. Dick’s worst novel”.
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Here’s the source tweet.

(Need context? Dick’s best-known novel is Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?, published in 1968 and made popular by the film based on it: 1982’s Blade Runner.)

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Florida of the Day

I think someone’s trying to get Tucker Carlson’s attention…

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It’s true; Tucker did go on a rant about that:

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Florida

I’m not so sure about this new Power Ranger

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Florida Tampa Bay

The current weather in Tampa

Look at this weather being all springy and cute like it didn’t just try to kill us last week.

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It Happened to Me Tampa Bay

Spaddy’s is open!

Spaddy’s Coffee in Seminole Heights, as seen from the parking lot on Nebraska Avenue. Tap to view at full size.

Seminole Heights’ seal, which depicts a two-headed alligatorHooray! It looks like Spaddy’s, my regular coffee place, made it through the hurricane. The only damage seems to be a lack of bread for their fantastic Cuban toast with cheese, which should be coming back later this week.

Spaddy’s Coffee in Seminole Heights, as seen from the table at the back by the old rusted VW vanagon. Tap to view at full size.