The Joneses play at Phillippi Mansion Park in Sarasota, Florida. I’ve always loved this song, and this is a fine, unadorned version of it.

If you live in or near the Fair Lanes Acres mobile home community in Bradenton, Florida, or you like to attend local classic car shows, you’ve probably spotted Sherwood Moore tooling around in his 1923 Model T Ford. He likes to drive it, not just show it off, and loves to give people rides.
Children, [...]

…says a Washington Post article. In the article, an auto industry analyst is quoted, who says, “There are better-value alternatives to the ForTwo, which starts at $11,900.” No sheet, shylock. The ForTwo would be a nice little contraption for buzzing to the grocery store or to the beach or for other local trips, but there [...]

BRADENTON, FLORIDA: The Bradenton Village of the Arts — villageofthearts.com — opened its long-awaited community welcome center on January 8, 2010. “The Village now has a meeting place… it has a heart, geographically,” said Kevin Webb, president of the Artists Guild of Manatee.

The Welcome Center has information about all Village galleries and other businesses, including [...]

On the last Thursday of every month, liberals gather at Shakespeare’s English Pub and… drink. Liberally. There may be a similar group near you — find out at http://livingliberally.org/drinking/ — and if there isn’t, you can start one. Video courtesy of http://www.internetvideopromotion.com ~~
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Let’s all blame Obama for everything bad that has ever happened to any American, anywhere in the world.
Now that we’ve got that out of the way, can we please pull together and try to solve this country’s problems?
Thank you,
- Robin

A sadly amusing article from National Journal that begins, “Hello! Thank you for calling Air Health Care, the airline that works like the health care system. My name is Cynthia. How can I give you travel care today?”
As one who has had a number of similar experiences with our health care non-system, I can [...]

First, my Sarasota version of the original lyrics:
Well we’re living here in Cougar Town
And they’re closing all the art galleries down
Out in Bradenton they’re killing time
Filling out forms
Standing in line….

I am not a tenured economics professor or a Wall Street executive. I’m a common working stiff, laid off and trying to battle my way back to a decent income through self-employment. I’m in better shape than most other laid-off working people I know because my wife and I both have valuable skills and (barely) [...]

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