Posts tagged “Florida”
Rematch!
Notes on the upcoming game
UT?
Hmmm … My buddy Bob just called me on his cell phone from Sarejevo, Bosnia. He’s over there – I’m not kidding! – brokering an arms deal with Kuwait for his company, which sells various types of ammunitions. Bob says he has an extra ticket to the Florida – Tennessee game in Gainesville on Saturday
Vote!
Florida / FSU is currently losing to Texas / Texas A & M in the Tostitos? Great Rivalry Challenge Sweepstakes! Go now and root for ours as the better rivalry!
Key West
The Hemingway Days Festival is held every year in Key West, Florida. This web site has all sorts of information about the celebration, as well as links to the Short Story competition and the Hemingway Look-a-Like Society.
Home and Museum
The Ernest Hemingway Home and Museum in Key West, FL is a registered national historic landmark. This site has details concerning hours and admission prices, as well as a wealth of information about the museum.
Miami
I am standing at an AT&T Public Phone 2000i in the Miami International Airport. I’ve got several hours to kill here and I thought I’d check my eMail. Unfortunately, although I love the redesign at Hotmail.com, I can’t figure out how to retrieve my POP mail. It’s very frustrating. I doubt I have any interesting
Gators
About 1.5 million alligators live in Florida, and 287 attacks against humans have been recorded in the past 52 years. A full-grown horse was attacked by an alligator and dragged into a pond in Titusville; and a two year old girl is Florida’s 2nd gator fatality this year.
Submerging Vehicle
How to Survive Due to increased public interest, the Florida Department of Highway Safety and Motor Vehicles offers an instructional video for motorists on how to survive a submerging vehicle. You will need RealPlayer Video to view.
Watch for Tarpon!
Surfing in New Smyrna can be dangerous.
New Words
The Pseudodictionary is full of words (and phrases) that aren’t really words but should be. In the early 80s we used to call these sniglets, a term coined by, I think, Rich Hall of HBO’s Not Necessarily the News. I first found the Psuedodictionary several months ago when there were only a handful of words