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That one New Year’s Eve when I was totally forbidden fruit

A friend of mine posted a linked to Bored Panda’s article, Maps Reveals Europe’s Most Racist Countries, And You Won’t Like…

9 years ago

“Do you want workplace homicides? Because this is how you get workplace homicides.”

And after they’d killed you, your officemates would treat the vegetables merely as utensils to get to that delicious creamy…

9 years ago

Hurricane Irma report #5: Irma’s authority is not recognized in Fort Kickass!

Part of today’s hurricane prep involves setting up Fort Kickass, where we’ll hole up if things get really bad. In…

9 years ago

Hurricane Irma report #4: Checking in while the sun shines

Here’s a selfie from our yard taken yesterday morning: Yesterday morning. Here’s another from the same place, taken this morning:…

9 years ago

Hurricane Irma report #3: Would you believe Irma already has musical tributes?

As of noon on Thursday, September 7th, I can already find three musical tributes to Hurricane Irma on Youtube. The…

9 years ago

Hurricane Irma report #2: Do you have the recommended items on FEMA’s emergency supply list?

The latest edition (2014) of the FEMA Emergency Supply List recommends the following items for a basic emergency supply kit:…

9 years ago

Hurricane Irma report #1: “You run from water. You hide from wind.”

Here’s the NOAA’s estimation of the “earliest reasonable arrival time” of tropical-storm-force winds created by Hurricane Irma. Click the graphic…

9 years ago

Sold!

Actually, I didn’t buy it, but who doesn’t want a sequined throw pillow with their initial on it?

9 years ago

Chance Macdonald, the hockey player who assaulted a girl, and Allan Letourneau, the judge who didn’t want it to affect Chance’s chances at success

The next time some know-nothing tells you that there’s no such thing as rape culture (such as this former pro…

9 years ago

Josh Frank on Tampa’s future without I-275 at Café con Tampa

Every Friday morning at 8:00 a.m., some of Tampa Bay’s most engaged citizens come to the main room in Oxford Exchange’s Commerce…

9 years ago