"i'm tired of these mother f***ing emus on my motherf***ing yard!"
let me first say that i have dealt with an emu, and i hate them. one almost bit off my 9-year old finger on vacation in australia. it sucked.
that said, i was at a zoo. if there's an emu in my yard, or somewhere that i know it's not going to be properly controlled, i'm staying inside.
not so for a woman in the panhandle, who chose to go outside and attempt to corral it for animal control to pick up and take to a shelter. she escaped with only a cut on the arm, and hopefully bruised pride. because i'm not touching wild animals.
so hooray for egregious emu encounters, and HOORAY FLORIDA!
Monday, October 5, 2009
Thursday, October 1, 2009
citizen's arrest, courtesy of the grammar police.
you had to know i was going to cover this.
the last part of this letter says "i would like to stay anonymous." oh, sweetheart...of course you do.
a few days prior to this, the tampa bay times published an article about obama's initiative to extend the school year. a junior from pasco county responded with a letter to the editor, stating vehement disapproval for the measure. i'm copying it in its entirety for you here.
i could go on about how there's a very good reason why this is as upsetting as it is, or even talk about my belief as to how the fact that i'm not that older, but can understand why this is wrong, is terrible. but i won't. i honestly don't have any snark for this one. it takes care of itself.
hooray florida, indeed.
Editor’s note: On Monday, tbt* published a story describing President Obama’s desire to increase the number of days U.S. children go to school each year. A junior at a Pasco high school e-mailed the following response — with the subject line “why dose nobody ask the students’’ — to tbt*. It is printed here, unedited:
Dear “tbt” editor of which it may concern I’m a student of pasco county a junior to be precise and pleas do not mistake this for a Dear Abby segment I am not a 40 year old women concerned about her felines. I am just appalled as a member of the student body that in ever y in other words the only article I could find of president Obahmas plan to extend the school year, school days, and even rumored around school of making us work weekends that they have not a single students opinion on the subject.
more so that they believe that the school boards “research” should stand as good evidence of the improvement in our “higher achievement”. a very intelligent man once said if you obser ve you have therefor changed the out come (now notice I didn’t abbreviate that phrase as I did the other stated phrases that’s because it’s not exact not as an insult to any of the readers but some would use this against the students to further there pointless war against other country’s grade average).
at any rate not only do I believe it to be unreliable research but I also believe it dose not properly address to how our mind will adjust to the added stress. now personally I don’t ge t what in heavens name these people they put in these articles have to do with the students spending more time in school it’s not like there stuck in the classroom ding the extra work the teachers prepare to compensate for the extra time. are they siting first row in this teenage bomb they’re building.
the plan reducing summer well first why don’t they come clean that they all ready reduced it we’re only on vacation for two months give or take a few days and for years they lied to our faces saying we have three months vaca.
to sum it all up I just wish he public the pollutions the school board the reporters would address us on things that affect US not them now granted there may have been a segment on the news some were that addressed students about it but if there was did you even pay attention. and let me end this by saying the subduction of certain rights in order to maintain the learning enviorment making your usage of the 1 st amendment right lesser then you would have in normal society is the same as removing them at the front step!
(I would like to stay anonymous)
the last part of this letter says "i would like to stay anonymous." oh, sweetheart...of course you do.
a few days prior to this, the tampa bay times published an article about obama's initiative to extend the school year. a junior from pasco county responded with a letter to the editor, stating vehement disapproval for the measure. i'm copying it in its entirety for you here.
i could go on about how there's a very good reason why this is as upsetting as it is, or even talk about my belief as to how the fact that i'm not that older, but can understand why this is wrong, is terrible. but i won't. i honestly don't have any snark for this one. it takes care of itself.
hooray florida, indeed.
Editor’s note: On Monday, tbt* published a story describing President Obama’s desire to increase the number of days U.S. children go to school each year. A junior at a Pasco high school e-mailed the following response — with the subject line “why dose nobody ask the students’’ — to tbt*. It is printed here, unedited:
Dear “tbt” editor of which it may concern I’m a student of pasco county a junior to be precise and pleas do not mistake this for a Dear Abby segment I am not a 40 year old women concerned about her felines. I am just appalled as a member of the student body that in ever y in other words the only article I could find of president Obahmas plan to extend the school year, school days, and even rumored around school of making us work weekends that they have not a single students opinion on the subject.
more so that they believe that the school boards “research” should stand as good evidence of the improvement in our “higher achievement”. a very intelligent man once said if you obser ve you have therefor changed the out come (now notice I didn’t abbreviate that phrase as I did the other stated phrases that’s because it’s not exact not as an insult to any of the readers but some would use this against the students to further there pointless war against other country’s grade average).
at any rate not only do I believe it to be unreliable research but I also believe it dose not properly address to how our mind will adjust to the added stress. now personally I don’t ge t what in heavens name these people they put in these articles have to do with the students spending more time in school it’s not like there stuck in the classroom ding the extra work the teachers prepare to compensate for the extra time. are they siting first row in this teenage bomb they’re building.
the plan reducing summer well first why don’t they come clean that they all ready reduced it we’re only on vacation for two months give or take a few days and for years they lied to our faces saying we have three months vaca.
to sum it all up I just wish he public the pollutions the school board the reporters would address us on things that affect US not them now granted there may have been a segment on the news some were that addressed students about it but if there was did you even pay attention. and let me end this by saying the subduction of certain rights in order to maintain the learning enviorment making your usage of the 1 st amendment right lesser then you would have in normal society is the same as removing them at the front step!
(I would like to stay anonymous)
Thursday, September 24, 2009
a lesson from ryan reynolds
"that's the thing about fire trucks...you need some sort of warning that they're coming...?!?!"
back before ryan reynolds was known for being jacked and extremely sarcastic, he was on a show called "two guys and a girl". after his roommate almost got hit by a fire truck, he said this line to him.
but unfortunately, a st pete man didn't get such a warning, and the results were disastrous. firefighters were dispatched to treat a bleeding man who was listed as "nearby." the firefighters suited up, took off from the station...and hit the man. it would appear that "nearby" was 2-3 feet from the station, in front of the doors.
police spokesman bill proffitt said that the victim may have been lying so close to the doors that he was out of sight of those on the engine. the victim was airlifted to bayfront medical center, where he seems to have made it all the way in and treated safely.
so hooray for fast firefighter follies, and HOORAY FLORIDA!
back before ryan reynolds was known for being jacked and extremely sarcastic, he was on a show called "two guys and a girl". after his roommate almost got hit by a fire truck, he said this line to him.
but unfortunately, a st pete man didn't get such a warning, and the results were disastrous. firefighters were dispatched to treat a bleeding man who was listed as "nearby." the firefighters suited up, took off from the station...and hit the man. it would appear that "nearby" was 2-3 feet from the station, in front of the doors.
police spokesman bill proffitt said that the victim may have been lying so close to the doors that he was out of sight of those on the engine. the victim was airlifted to bayfront medical center, where he seems to have made it all the way in and treated safely.
so hooray for fast firefighter follies, and HOORAY FLORIDA!
Wednesday, September 23, 2009
cougar town, fl.
well, of course it is.
the opening sequence of cougar town, the new show premiering tonight starring courteney cox, zooms in to a map of florida, witha star centering in on the sarasota/venice area.
surprise! florida is the place people think about when older women picking up younger men comes to mind.
co-creator kevin biegel graduated from riverview high school in 1994, and the area stayed in his mind as he was creating the show with co-creator bill lawrence (of "scrubs", "spin city", and my personal favorite, "clone high", fame). he imagines the area in which cougar town is set as being between sarasota and venice.
the rest of the article talks more about biegel's path to success from his time as a student at BC, but the goal here is to point out a simple fact:
when you think of cougars, think of florida.
hooray for classy cougar connections, and HOORAY FLORIDA!
the opening sequence of cougar town, the new show premiering tonight starring courteney cox, zooms in to a map of florida, witha star centering in on the sarasota/venice area.
surprise! florida is the place people think about when older women picking up younger men comes to mind.
co-creator kevin biegel graduated from riverview high school in 1994, and the area stayed in his mind as he was creating the show with co-creator bill lawrence (of "scrubs", "spin city", and my personal favorite, "clone high", fame). he imagines the area in which cougar town is set as being between sarasota and venice.
the rest of the article talks more about biegel's path to success from his time as a student at BC, but the goal here is to point out a simple fact:
when you think of cougars, think of florida.
hooray for classy cougar connections, and HOORAY FLORIDA!
"and that's why you never take someone's soda"
someone might be using it to teach someone a lesson.
sylvia tagle has what i'd like to call an 'interesting' style of teaching. the miami-dade county school district isn't really a believer in it. but i'm not either.
the special needs teacher was charged with abuse for several offenses, including pulling a student's hair. but the most egregious offense, and the one she was found guilty of? spiking a student's soda with hot sauce.
she says that the student took it from her desk while she was working with other students. but the story of the authorities differs slightly, saying that she gave it to an autistic boy to teach a lesson.
tagle will be sentenced october 7th, and has been removed from her job at the bob graham educational center in the interim.
so hooray for discipline served super spicy, and HOORAY FLORIDA!
sylvia tagle has what i'd like to call an 'interesting' style of teaching. the miami-dade county school district isn't really a believer in it. but i'm not either.
the special needs teacher was charged with abuse for several offenses, including pulling a student's hair. but the most egregious offense, and the one she was found guilty of? spiking a student's soda with hot sauce.
she says that the student took it from her desk while she was working with other students. but the story of the authorities differs slightly, saying that she gave it to an autistic boy to teach a lesson.
tagle will be sentenced october 7th, and has been removed from her job at the bob graham educational center in the interim.
so hooray for discipline served super spicy, and HOORAY FLORIDA!
Tuesday, September 22, 2009
wii would like to put you under arrest...
but we do admire your big score!
this is slightly bigger than being caught singing into your hairbrush.
polk county police officers were conducting a drug raid at the home of convicted drug dealer michael difalco, when they discovered a nintendo wii among his belongings. one female officer picked up the remote and commenced wii bowling. when she bowled two consecutive strikes, she raised her arms in triumph.
how do we know this in such great detail? difalco had, among his wares that included flat screen TVs and guns, a wireless security camera attached to his computer. apparently, at least one other officer was involved, but there is little belief that the behavior will affect the case of difalco, who was already convicted when the search was conducted.
so hooray for polemic police playtime, and HOORAY FLORIDA!
this is slightly bigger than being caught singing into your hairbrush.
polk county police officers were conducting a drug raid at the home of convicted drug dealer michael difalco, when they discovered a nintendo wii among his belongings. one female officer picked up the remote and commenced wii bowling. when she bowled two consecutive strikes, she raised her arms in triumph.
how do we know this in such great detail? difalco had, among his wares that included flat screen TVs and guns, a wireless security camera attached to his computer. apparently, at least one other officer was involved, but there is little belief that the behavior will affect the case of difalco, who was already convicted when the search was conducted.
so hooray for polemic police playtime, and HOORAY FLORIDA!
well, they are the #1 threat to america...
but what's a bear resistant trash can?
a small private school in seminole county will unfortunately have to find out, after a lockdown caused by the presence of a loose black bear in the area.
the 200 pound bear wandered onto the campus of pace brantley hall school early tuesday morning, only to be chased up a tree by deputies who arrived to regulate the situation.
after a time, the bear climbed back out of the tree and walked away, as calmly as he had come.
the cause of the bear's visit to campus? an open trash can, which he had been rummaging through for snacks. the school plans on purchasing and utilizing a bear-resistant can, thus closing the bear snack bar for good.
so hooray for topping the threatdown with trash, and HOORAY FLORIDA!
a small private school in seminole county will unfortunately have to find out, after a lockdown caused by the presence of a loose black bear in the area.
the 200 pound bear wandered onto the campus of pace brantley hall school early tuesday morning, only to be chased up a tree by deputies who arrived to regulate the situation.
after a time, the bear climbed back out of the tree and walked away, as calmly as he had come.
the cause of the bear's visit to campus? an open trash can, which he had been rummaging through for snacks. the school plans on purchasing and utilizing a bear-resistant can, thus closing the bear snack bar for good.
so hooray for topping the threatdown with trash, and HOORAY FLORIDA!
Sunday, September 20, 2009
love the naked ambition.
and bare courage of the elderly.
meet 91-year old robert thompson. he's active, a world war II veteran, and a total badass.
thompson's dog alerted him to an intruder at the house early saturday morning. he grabbed his revolver and went out back to assert himself, and assure the attacker that he was not putting up with it.
a few minutes later, thompson was found holding the intruder at gunpoint.
all this was done while he was naked.
as the bandit was booked and sent to palm beach county jail on charges of burglary, thompson informed the police that he didn't know he was naked when he went outside.
so hooray for raw courage in the raw, and HOORAY FLORIDA!
meet 91-year old robert thompson. he's active, a world war II veteran, and a total badass.
thompson's dog alerted him to an intruder at the house early saturday morning. he grabbed his revolver and went out back to assert himself, and assure the attacker that he was not putting up with it.
a few minutes later, thompson was found holding the intruder at gunpoint.
all this was done while he was naked.
as the bandit was booked and sent to palm beach county jail on charges of burglary, thompson informed the police that he didn't know he was naked when he went outside.
so hooray for raw courage in the raw, and HOORAY FLORIDA!
Saturday, September 19, 2009
hazards of the occupation, i suppose...
but how did the cow fall over?
a man milking a cow near the st. lucie/okeechobee line was airlifted to a nearby hospital when the cow he was working on fell over. just before 4am, the man was sent to the hospital but then released soon after.
my favorite quote from the article: "they were in the process of milking cows. that's why he was near a cow."
and i wish i could report on if the cow was injured or not. but regretfully, the article didn't say.
anyway, hooray for bobbling bovine accidents, and HOORAY FLORIDA!
a man milking a cow near the st. lucie/okeechobee line was airlifted to a nearby hospital when the cow he was working on fell over. just before 4am, the man was sent to the hospital but then released soon after.
my favorite quote from the article: "they were in the process of milking cows. that's why he was near a cow."
and i wish i could report on if the cow was injured or not. but regretfully, the article didn't say.
anyway, hooray for bobbling bovine accidents, and HOORAY FLORIDA!
i've been bothered by opposing fans before,
but not to the point where they needed to be sprayed.
jupiter high in florida eventually lost their game to the seminole ridge hawks 23-3, but they gave a rude surprise to their fans- and the rest of the fans in the stadium- friday night when a helicopter overhead sprayed the area for mosquitos.
palm beach county mosquito control was contracted to spray in the area, but locals are having a hard time understanding why they would come spray from the opposite direction, and in an area so clearly lit and occupied by people.
spraying is normally avoided on friday nights, because of football games, but this game was played on a thursday due to rosh hashanah.
mosquito control representative insists that no mistake was made, saying that it was wind or helicopter exhaust was to blame. in either case, the spray has been determined safe for humans, so no permanent damage was done.
so hooray for trying to piss off pesky fans, and HOORAY FLORIDA!
jupiter high in florida eventually lost their game to the seminole ridge hawks 23-3, but they gave a rude surprise to their fans- and the rest of the fans in the stadium- friday night when a helicopter overhead sprayed the area for mosquitos.
palm beach county mosquito control was contracted to spray in the area, but locals are having a hard time understanding why they would come spray from the opposite direction, and in an area so clearly lit and occupied by people.
spraying is normally avoided on friday nights, because of football games, but this game was played on a thursday due to rosh hashanah.
mosquito control representative insists that no mistake was made, saying that it was wind or helicopter exhaust was to blame. in either case, the spray has been determined safe for humans, so no permanent damage was done.
so hooray for trying to piss off pesky fans, and HOORAY FLORIDA!
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