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Tampa Travel Diary 2: One Year Ago Today vs. Now (or, Where I’m Staying)

One year ago today, I ended up in a room that looked pretty much like this:

The whole story – one that I shouldn’t be alive to tell – is documented in the article titled My Hospital Week.

Today, one year later, I’m visiting this place:

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Definitely much better than a room in the ICU.

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A pity I have to return to colder climes on Sunday.

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Tampa Travel Diary, Part 1: “Satan, You Can’t Have My Children!”

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I saw this book on a stand near the meat department at Publix (a grocery chain).

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Caveat Emptor

for sale in my hood

John Philip Green lives in my neighbourhood (the High Park area of Accordion City) and he noticed a couple of things about the listing for the house pictured above:

House Needs Major Renovations…House Is Not Heated. There Is No Water In The House. Great potential!…Pls Do Not Bring Children – It Is Not Safe.

It’s 4 bedrooms, 2 baths, asking $599,900. Let the bidding war commence!

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Arrest Scene or Fashion Ad?

stylish palestinian arrested

My friend Lisa Goldman shared this picture on her Facebook feed (click on it to see the original at full size). It may look like a Diesel Jeans or Benneton ad, but it’s actually a Palestinian woman being arrested at Jericho checkpoint by two female Israeli border guards.

Without commenting on the woman’s innocence or guilt, I’d simply like to say that I hope I look I look this stylin’ when it’s my turned to get hauled away.

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Rage Against the Marching Band

Here’s a song I never expected a marching band to cover: Rage Against the Machine’s Killing in the Name, as performed by George Mason University’s Green Machine.

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You Can Tell Monopoly is an Old Game…

monopoly is an old game

Greg Knauss’ catchy tweet from earlier this week has become a popular graphic.

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Iowa Nice

Here’s a great response to the trashing that the state of Iowa has been taking in the media during the recent Republican caucus: proud Iowan Scott Siepker’s very short and funny video, titled Iowa Nice, in which he explains that there’s more to the state than the “flyover country” image it’s saddled with.

The video above is the explicit version (yup, there’s some swearing); the video below has the cuss words bleeped out.