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Author: MC

Bennett, bikini babes, and the bourgeois brain

I could care less what Mike Bennett, the man, views or watches — whether it’s actual or perceived porn or not — (care to say which of these is pornographic: PETA’s attention-grabbing hijinks on a West Palm Beach city street; Desperate Housewives; Siesta Beach during Spring Break; or The L Word.) Hey, whatever floats the […]

Gecko love for Moms

I reported a while back that Gecko’s Grill & Pub had opened on Hillview, near the hospital. I was driving by there earlier today and saw a sign in their window that says, basically, that Moms eat for free on Mother’s Day, May 9. (Hey, does that apply to “cat Moms”???)

Face-off with Facebook

A little over a year ago, I set up a Facebook page at the urging of a friend. We’re both creative types and he thought a Facebook page might help me spread the word about my book, Sideways in Sarasota. I’ve had a love/hate, mostly hate!, relationship with Facebook ever since. I’ve enjoyed the occasional […]

Sarasota County Commission hopefuls are thinking smart

Uber-reporter/newsman Stan Zimmerman commented on yesterday’s blog that in fact, another Sarasota County Commission hopeful — Nora Patterson –(Republican) had also foregone the pay-for-placement-on-the-ballot route and qualified to be on the ballot already by obtaining official petitions from registered Sarasota County voters.

Sarasota County Commission Hopeful Mimics Meek’s Mighty Moves

I was impressed when Florida Democrat Kendrick Meek became the first U.S. Senate candidate to qualify for the Florida ballot by petition. Instead of dropping ten large to buy his way onto the ballot, Meek got his name in the running the old fashioned way — by collecting over 140,000 signatures, which wasn’t exactly an […]

April Moon — full but furtive

I could not capture tonight’s moon — the Pink Moon — very well at all. It’s beautiful, though, and this is the best I could do. I walked Einstein … not Boomer. Einstein was full of full-moon madness.

Screech Owl at MC’s Place

He’s been sitting outside all day long … at least I think he’s a Screech Owl. He’s really cute. But the Mockingbirds are having a fit.