Over a breakfast of Post Honey Bunches of Oats I was noticing on the box that they were promoting the cereal's Web site, onespoonful.com. Somehow, since I was enjoying the cereal, I wanted to immediately visit the site. Well, I might have had the immediate desire but I had to finish my cereal first. ...more

February 14, 2009

Airplanes approaching St. Petersburg-Clearwater International Airport at night can now fly over Old Tampa Bay instead of residential neighborhoods north of the airport. ...more

February 3, 2009

This is in reference to Dick Ford's Jan. 13 letter "Democratic Recession." Like most Republicans he feels Democrats are always to blame for all of the ills of our country. Republicans insist the 2001 economic down turn was in progress and inherited by Bush from the Clinton administration. Even though Obama will inherit the current recession (maybe depression) from Bush, I'm sure you Republicans will find a way to blame it on the Democrats. ...more

January 18, 2009

In church on Sunday, before the service started, I observed a young girl between 10 and 12 years old walking up and down the aisle, greeting people with the aplomb of a 40 year old. ...more

December 31, 2008

Football coaching legend Bill Parcells once said he learned more from a loss than he ever had from a win, but Sebring volleyball coach Venessa Sinness likely felt the opposite way on Tuesday night. ...more

October 16, 2008

Dear Mr. HandyPerson, I have a Silver King vacuum with no attachments. The only thing I have been able to find out is that it was made before 1987. The machine works well, but I need the hose and some attachments. Could you tell me where I might find a hose that would fit? ...more

September 25, 2008

Fulfilling plans set two years ago when it entered the American Le Mans Series, Acura Motorsports announced that will move to LMP1 in the 2009 American Le Mans Series. De Ferran Motorsports and Patrón Highcroft Racing each will field prototypes in the Series' highest classification starting with the Mobil 1 Twelve Hours of Sebring in March. ...more

September 2, 2008

ST. PETERSBURG A year after the city banned panhandlers from downtown, City Councilman Herb Polson is wondering if they haven't moved west to the Tyrone Mall area. ...more

August 5, 2008

When my children are grown and looking back over their childhoods, I hope they'll forgive me for my Shakespeare phase. ...more

August 5, 2008

I itch. As I write this, I am trying mightily to keep from removing my fingers from the keyboard and raking them across the ugly, raised red patch on my shin. Or the one ringing my wrist. Or the one spread across my forearm. Or the one slightly north of my pinkie toe. Or the one shaped like a chain of Caribbean islands two inches from my belly button. ...more

July 27, 2008