After spotting an enormous flock of American White Ibis feeding on a lawn in the city, I swung around the block and slowly edged up to get some pictures......here
Sunday, March 28, 2010
Ibis
After spotting an enormous flock of American White Ibis feeding on a lawn in the city, I swung around the block and slowly edged up to get some pictures......here
Mary Francis Robinson
In the heat of a West Tampa spring, a long-limbed girl of 16 glided around the Jefferson High asphalt track. Such grace and elan in her stride, she churned fast around the curve of her best event, the 220-yard dash.......here
Saturday, March 27, 2010
Let Strawberries Rot?
Hundreds of flats of perfectly good strawberries grown in the Tampa Bay area will rot in the field, but farmers say they have to cut their losses......here“They’re too cheap, I can’t afford to pick them.
They are just going to rot in the field.”.......Buddy Sewell
Tampa Bay Buccaneers Might Free Their Fans
And Blackout GamesThe would be music to the ears of those held behind bars. Now it's perhaps the message those wily Glazers will send to Tampa Bay Buccaneers fans this fall.
You're all free to go do something else besides watch the Bucs on television.......here
Friday, March 26, 2010
Florida Unemployment Hits Record High, Worse In Tampa Bay
Florida’s unemployment rate is the highest it’s ever been. The Agency for Workforce Innovation’s chief economist Rebecca Rust announced today the state’s unemployment rate was 12.2 percent in February......here
“The status quo is not working for Floridians.”.......U.S. Representative Kendrick Meek
Tampa Dracula Wants to Be Prez
Jonathan "The Impaler" Sharkey To Enter 2012 RaceHe can already make young girls swoon like Edward Cullen, and Tampa vampire Jonathan "The Impaler" Sharkey is hoping voters will swoon to the ballot box for him in 2012........here
Tampa Hispanic Advocate Honored
Matilda Martinez Garcia Received the award in Washington last week from FBI Director Robert S. Mueller III. Each FBI field office nominates a candidate to be recognized for outstanding contributions to their communities.......here
What Stogie Had For Lunch
Stir-Fry ChickenFried Rice And Plátanos
$5.99.......At Rosa's On MLK In Drew Park
How Much Was Your Last Value Meal? Eat Local!
Fugitive Monkey of Tampa Bay
Thursday, March 25, 2010
Wednesday, March 24, 2010
How To Ban Books In Hillsborough County Schools
When I taught high school, I hung in my classroom a rather large piece of white cardboard that stated: Celebrate Freedom – Read a Banned Book. Underneath that caption, I listed 20 titles and authors, explaining to students that these were books banned somewhere in America today.......here
Tuesday, March 23, 2010
What Stogie Had For Dinner
Palomilla SteakRice And Yuca
$7.65.....At Las Margarita's Restaurant, 4031 West Hillsborough Avenue, Tampa
Eat Local!
Monday, March 22, 2010
Rep. Alan Grayson’s “Medicare You Can Buy Into Act”
The Public Option Act
A measure that would allow people under sixty-five to buy into Medicare. The bill has attracted fifty co-sponsors......here
A measure that would allow people under sixty-five to buy into Medicare. The bill has attracted fifty co-sponsors......here
What Stogie Had For Lunch
PicadilloMoro And Green Beans
$5.99......At Rosa's On MLK In Drew Park
How Much Was Your Last Value Meal? Eat Local!
Saturday, March 20, 2010
Lakeland Film "Endure" Opens at Tampa Festival
Written and directed by Lakeland's Joe O'Brien, and produced by NFocus Pictures' Jim Carleton and Rob Tritton, the thriller was shot in Lakeland and Bartow in just 16 days last spring and looks more expensive than its $1.2 million budget.......here
The 30th Annual Tampa-Hillsborough County Storytelling Festival
Attention School Media Specialists, Teachers, Youth Leaders, and Parents. Hillsborough County is gearing up for its Thirtieth Annual Storytelling Festival! The culminating festival will be held April 24th, 2010, from 9 am—4 pm. This year the festival will be returning to its traditional Tampa home, Hillsborough High School.......here
Friday, March 19, 2010
The Stogie Is 7 Years Old
Born March 19, 2003 From The Courage Of Dr. Howard Dean.Doesn't Anyone Care About The Iraq War Anymore? What About Obama's War?
Iraq Fatalities: 4385 And Counting
Afghanistan Fatalities: 1024 And Counting
Think Of It As Like Mayberry
Films with ‘nontraditional family values’ excluded from Republican tax credit......here
“That’s when I grew up — the ’60s. That’s what life was like. I want Florida to be known for making those kinds of movies: Disney movies for kids and all that stuff.
Like it used to be, you know?”......
Rep. Stephen Precourt, R-Orlando
Thursday, March 18, 2010
Wednesday, March 17, 2010
What Stogie Had For Dinner
Baked Chopped SteakMashed Potatoes, Green Beans And A Salad
$7.99.......At 3 Coins Diner In Seminole Heights
Eat Local!
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