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It Happened to Me Tampa Bay

“Can I get a COVID vaccine here?” “Sir, this is a car wash. But to answer your question: Yes.”

Car wash with a banner that says “COVID shots here”
Photo taken at by Yours Truly on Sligh just east of I-275 on December 31, 2021 at about 3 p.m..

There’s probably a demographic that needs their car details and could use a COVID vaccine booster, but I’m not so sure about getting shots at this car wash that’s just a short walk from our place.

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It Happened to Me

Tonight’s plan

Ned Flanders outdoors clutching his bible and looking upwards: “Me tonight while everyone out being hoes and doing drugs”

I don’t know what plans you reprobates have for this evening, but these are mine (more or less).

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How to be a Grown-Up

How to quit being a wimp and DRESS MANLY like the GOOD OLD DAYS

Poster: How to quit being a wimp and DRESS MANLY like the GOOD OLD DAYS
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Just a reminder that what qualifies a “manly” has changed over human history and isn’t likely to stop changing anytime soon.

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Words to Live By

Inspirational poster of the day

Triumphant raccoon saying “There is no trash CANNOT; there is only trash CAN!”

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Florida of the Day Stranger than Fiction Tampa Bay

Just a goat at night glowing in purple light. Nothing to see here.

Photo credit: Katy Sierra Tap to see the goatiness at full size.

Seminole Heights’ seal, which depicts a two-headed alligatorThe combination of many purple-hued street lights (which are the result of a manufacturing defect) and someone’s runaway pet goat have given my neighborhood, Seminole Heights, a Final Destination or The Omen kind of feel.

Fortunately, I am prepared for this eventuality:

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It Happened to Me Tampa Bay

Scenes from this morning’s bike ride

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Seminole Heights’ seal, which depicts a two-headed alligatorI like to start most days with a 10-kilometer bike ride around my neighborhood, Seminole Heights. It’s also how I do the groceries; unless it’s raining or I need to get a lot of stuff or something large, I do most of my grocery shopping on the bike.

It was a pretty morning, so I took a couple of photos. The photo above was from the start of my ride and features our yard. The one below is of Lake Roberta, which is a great cycle track — the street that surrounds it is a quarter-mile circle.

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Stranger than Fiction

Hilarity ensues when people use “colon” when they meant “cologne”

While “colon” and “cologne” are both known for their aromas, they are indeed two very different things: