December 2008
14 posts
Resolving to find the silver lining
OK, it’s that time, when the pessimism of the last year gets overwhelmed by hopes for the New Year. Maybe that’s why Christmas precedes the turning of the calendar: It, too, offers hope.I’ll tell you my resolutions for the New Year, but you have to tell me yours, too: 1. Work harder and more effectively. 2. Play, watch and live more baseball. 3. Do more to help others. 4. Learn to shoot straighter...
FSU over Wisconsin by 10 in bowl game
OK, so it’s the holidays and FSU is playing football again. All is perfect, right? Florida State, 8-4, is favored by the odds makers to beat Wisconsin, 7-5, by 5 or 6 points in the Champs Sports Bowl in Orlando Saturday. I think it will be more like 10. Kickoff is officially scheduled for 4:30 p.m. Wisconsin has a losing conference record and I place a lot of value on how you play against the...
My Christmas gift to you: baccala sald
I’m off work today, primarily cooking – though I might find some time to go to the shooting range and/or get some bait wet. If not today, one day this week. A family tradition, handed down through several generations, is serving several kinds of fish for Christmas Eve dinner. I love sharing traditions and learning about other families’ specialties, so I thought I would share one of ours. The...
Thinking about the meaning of Christmas
I’m finding it amusing in an odd kind of way that the same people who spent 11 months of the year firing off e-mails opposed to anyone who would spend money on the poor or needy are now spamming me on the “true” meaning of Christmas.
I’m not asking for agreement that even in times of economic crisis we have to protect resources to ensure healthy and ready-to-learn children from all demographic and...
Be gone 2008
I for one won’t be looking back on 2008 with any kind of fondness. I’m eager for this bear of a year to be gone and over with.
You bet I’m expecting 2009 to be different and better. What choice do I have? Hope springs eternal, and is so much more fun than pessimism.
I’m counting on there being magic in the simple turning of a calendar page. In fact, I’m thinking of having a calendar-burning party...
Economy, accountability and social well being...
Our team got together yesterday to talk about our future, the vision for how and what we will cover in the next year. Not that you care about the logistics, perhaps, but several of the editors brought in food; the concept was a family-style conversation. The food was good. The conversation was better. We do something like this each year; small groups brainstorm everything from structure to content...
Can Florida legislators get to the BIG game from...
I know Florida legislators have a lot of their minds. We are facing a $2 billion budget shortfall (and counting), the prospect of state jobs cuts and dipping way too deep into reserves and special funds, such as the Lawton Chiles Endowment. Sen. President Jeff Atwater and House Speaker Ray Samson yesterday called a special session of the Legislature for Jan. 5 to 16 to deal with our problems. I’m...
How to save newspapers: buy one
Jeremiah Foxwell admits he enjoys being lazy on Sundays, just kicking back and reading his newspaper. But that’s not necessarily why he started a new group on Facebook.com called “I commit to buy at least one newspaper a week.”
“I started this group the exact second after I listened to my girlfriend, Emily Badger, who is a journalist, rant and rave about real-estate mogul Sam Zell,” Foxwell said...
Time to focus on future of journalism
Twenty-nine years ago this week, I started working full-time in a bureau office at a daily newspaper for the first time. I banged the keys on a heavy manual typewriter to type on newsprint that was fed into a machine transmitted over telephone lines.
It was revolutionary: No longer would anyone have to drive our copy the 30 miles to our main office.
Five years later, I joined an experimental...
Shots from FSU-UF game
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Getting viral: Gabordiblog now on tumblr.com
What’s Gabordiblog and why am I posting photos on a site other than Tallahassee.com? I’m glad I asked. Well, I couldn’t wait to see if you asked or this might have been a very short blog. I’d the executive editor of the Tallahassee Democrat and Tallahassee.com, the newspaper and news site for Florida’s capital city. A do a regular blog on news issues and media as a...
