That’s it! This man is nuts. There is totally no way I’m going to vote for Rev. Wright as our next president. Of course, I still might very well vote for Barack Obama, even thought it seems that no, he really can’t bowl very well. Face it: Barack Obama has some nutsy friends. [...]

An old joke: The stockbroker takes a prospective client down to the marina and points out a row of gleaming high-end boats. “Those are the brokers’ yachts,” he says. The prospective client asks, “And where are the customers’ yachts.”
Now Bear Stearns is being “rescued” by a taxpayer-backed forced merger with JPMorgan Chase. Bear Stearns [...]

I was reading an article in the New York Times (free registration required to read) this morning about how the housing market is crashing not just in the U.S. but all over the world. And I was thinking, “Well, that makes the U.S. look a little less dumb in comparison to everyone else.” But [...]

This video totally goes against the “shorter is better” rule of online video. It’s somewhat over an hour long. But it’s also the only full-length record of the 2nd Annual Village of the Arts Poetry Slam, held at The Village Bookshop in honor of National Poetry Month. I don’t think many people are going [...]

Islanders stand against tall bridge — Sarasota Herald-Tribune

Island residents back high-rise AMI Bridge — Bradenton Herald
That’s right, folks. Somebody got it wrong, didn’t they?
In this case, I’d say the Bradenton Herald is the one that got the story right. Their piece included hard numbers from the Florida DOT survey about Anna Maria Island bridge preferences, [...]