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Florida It Happened to Me The Current Situation

Palm trees and a puffy vest

Joey de Villa in a swetaer, wool blazer, and puffy vest, smiling in his front yeard, with palm trees behind him.

My friends in my old home town, Toronto, won’t find Tampa’s current temperatures cold, but by local standards, it’s downright frigid.

The past couple of mornings have started at a temperature that Torontonians would consider balmy this time of year: 4°C (39°F). With Tampa’s humidity typically in the 90% range, it feels more like 0°C (32°F). I pulled out the olive drab puffy vest that my Dad gave to me as a Christmas gift ages ago — he had a thing for giving me warm clothing — and snapped the photo above to let my Mom know how I’m doing.

Map of northern and central Florida, showing temperatures in cities from Gainesville in the north and as far south as Lakeland and Melbourne.
I added the temperatures in REAL units, as opposed to Herr Doktor von Fahrenheit’s old-timey measure for phlogiston in the ether.

It looks like it’s going to get a little colder this weekend, which is going to be a challenge for the sizable portion of the local population that’s perpetually in shorts and flip-flops.

But at least it isn’t snowing in Tampa…

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Stranger than Fiction

“You had me at ‘grenade’” / “Show me the MAC-10!”

Clearly, I missed out by not watching the director’s cut of Jerry Maguire!

But seriously — when films go abroad, especially to Asia and Africa, they’re promoted with hand-painted signage made by people who haven’t seen them, and often are following the most cursory description of the plot and a couple of photos.

The roots of “Show me the money!” are still visible in the translation from film to poster…

…but I have no idea what’s going on with dismembered Rod Tidwell (Cuba Gooding Jr.’s character). I think the machete-wielding guy to Rod’s left is supposed to be Frank Cushman’s dad (played by Beau Bridges), and that his holding Rod’s severed arm, which in turn is holding a grenade, is an action-film allegory for what actually happens in the movie.

Want to see more movie posters like this? Deadly Prey Gallery is an Instagram account that features wild Ghanian interpretations of American films.

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Sunday picdump for January 19, 2025

It’s Sunday, which means it’s time for another “picdump!” Here are 118 memes, pictures, and cartoons floating around the internet that I found interesting or relevant this week. Share and enjoy!

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Sunday picdump for January 12, 2025

It’s Sunday, which means it’s time for another “picdump!” Here are 113 memes, pictures, and cartoons floating around the internet that I found interesting or relevant this week. Share and enjoy!

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Sunday picdump for January 4, 2025

It’s the first Sunday of 2025, so it’s time for the first “picdump” of 2025! This is where I post the memes, pictures, and cartoons floating around the internet that I found interesting or relevant this week. Share and enjoy!

 

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New Year’s Eve mini-picdump

It’s New year’s Eve, and in celebration, here’s a mini-picdump of NYE-themed memes! If you go out to celebrate tonight (Anitra and I are), do it safely!

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Sunday picdump for December 29, 2024

Since it’s Sunday, it’s time for me to post the memes, pictures, and cartoons floating around the internet that I found interesting or relevant this week. Share and enjoy!