April 2009
9 posts
Is this an FSU student protest or study hall?
This generation is so lame.
I mean really.
FSU students are going to march on the Capitol this morning and stage a “read in.”
With respect, students, that’s not a protest. That’s more like an outdoor study hall.
Back in the 1970s, we took over the administration building at my college for, well, I don’t remember the reason. The why is not important. Besides, it was a long time ago. But I’ll tell...
FL Legislature needs to rethink its rethinking
Don’t let anybody fool you. What is happening in over the budget in the state Legislature is not simply about bringing revenues and expenses into balance. Our lawmakers and political leaders are rethinking government, retooling it and re-engineering. I’m not sure exactly what that means – except that perhaps it means that raising taxes on the cancer-causing cigarettes that place a burden on...
Holocaust Remembrance: Learning to civilize man
You can see the photographs from the month-long Holocaust Remembrance project on Tallahassee.com/holocaust, and I hope you will. But that is not enough.
Watch the videos of the survivors, listen to their words and read more about their history on the site, too. It is all so very powerful.
But that is not enough, either.
Get in your car, drive around town to the places pinpointed on our interactive...
Extreme thanks to EMHE's Kazis family of...
It was something watching Tallahassee on national TV during “Extreme Makeover: Home Edition” Sunday night. Dozens of my Facebook friends posted their emotions during the show, all speaking pretty much as one in being proud of this community and in awe of the courage of the Kadzis family.
In this one case, our community came together to support this family. What an incredible story of strength and...
Monster Truck Show tix winner announced
Our ticket-winning Tweeter is a hero.
ReignOfTheTec: I want the monster truck tickets so that me and my heroic friends can block flying debris from women and children.
I’ve just Tweeted a direct message to him to let him know of the win. Anyway, I think he is a male based on his photo.
These were the finalists, as selected by the judges (me and Julia Thompson):
Second Place: You would get the...
Note to Google: It takes money to create our...
Earlier this week, the American Society of Newspaper Editors became paperless. Members voted to change its name to the American Society of News Editors.
That’s the same move the Florida Society of Newspaper Editors made earlier this year.
I’m a member of both groups and on the board of FSNE.
I support the change, and voted in favor during the FSNE roll call, but am not in love with...
Tweet dreams of Monster Truck Show
Someone said what I’m about to do is a shameless promotion of my blog.
And her point was what?
Some of you have been reading this blog since it started in September 2006. You already know I don’t mind bribing you if that’s what it takes to expand our digital networking. My motto, as you well know, is whatever it takes.
OK, let’s get down to business. I have FOUR tickets to the Monster Truck Show...
Let's out think violence, Tallahassee
If you were out of town last week, you missed a lot.
The Legislature continues to look at ways to cut the budget, including how to cut state workers’ pay. It rained and rained and rained some more, causing Fay-like floods in isolated areas of the region.
And we were hit with another outbreak of violence. This one resulted in one man being shot to death and six others wounded when people started...
Latest on finding my grandfather
About 9:30 last night, a message popped into my Facebook inbox telling me when and how my grandfather died.
“He was walking along Landis Avenue, and a car hit him. The man in the car was arrested, and he told police that a light from another car blinded his vision momentarily, and he heard a noise, and stopped, and went back and saw your grandfather on the street. He was rushed to the hospital,...