16
November
2008
There seems to be some sort of cosmic law that requires that at all times, one of Tampa Bay’s three major league teams must be the most laughably inept in it’s sport. It would ...

31
October
2008
Soon, the 18-year-old woman who was raped and beaten in April at the Bloomingdale Regional Public Library is expected to leave the rehabilitation center where she ...

21
October
2008
Well, he is free on $250 bail, but Walsh Ian Nichols, who likes to dress up like Batman and hang around clubs in Ybor City was arrested last week.  He was charged with ...

13
October
2008
You have to wonder if the Tampa Tribune is going for some sort of world’s record in poor decision making. After the week they had, how else would you explain the puff piece ...

25
August
2008
I know the only thing worse than hearing a fan whine about how the officials are cheating against their favorite team is hearing a fan whine about how the officials are cheating against their FIRST ...
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19
August
2008
Oh boy! In another one of those kooky quirks of scheduling, Tampa played host to both the Women of Faith Infinite Grace conference and the ...
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11
August
2008
Back in the early ’80s, civic leaders branded Tampa “America’s Next Great City”. Since then, we’ve been on a quest to gather as many sports franchises, high profile events, aquariums and ...
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1
August
2008
Kind of on the spur of the moment, I attended the much-hyped Criss Angel event at Clearwater Beach last night. The illusionist was scheduled to “escape” from the condemned Spyglass Inn live ...
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21
July
2008
The Red Bull Flugtag was presented here on Saturday, for the first time in Tampa Bay, and I attended with a group of friends along with another 110,000 people or so. ...
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30
June
2008
It’s June 30th and the Tampa Bay Rays are in first place, starting a three game series tonight against the second place Boston Red Sox, after which they could be anywhere from 3 ...
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26
June
2008
Barry Melrose is now officially the head coach of the Tampa Bay Lightning, replacing the recently fired John Tortorella, under whom the Lightning won the Stanley Cup in 2004. I don’t like it. Having ...
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18
June
2008
I honestly don’t understand how anybody who lives here can ever be bored unless they’re really going out of their way to make an effort. There is always something going...
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17
June
2008
No doubt many of you have heard about the attack on the young woman returning books to the public library in Bloomingdale. It’s a crime so vicious, ugly and senseless that there are simply ...
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10
June
2008
Made up words beginning with the letter “i” are very popular these days: iPod, iMeem, IHOP. One of the most popular made-up i-words in the whole, wide world is poised to hit ...
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28
May
2008
The Tampa Bay Derby Darlins are at it again. Having captured the inaugural Florida State Championship in February, the Switchblade Sisters, Vicegrip Vixens and Cigar City Mafia have begun their regular season ...
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