Reality Readers Help Provide 1,135 Meals for the Hungry!
Thank you all so much — to everyone who contributed to this year’s MC “Reality Readers” fundraising drive to help All Faiths Food Bank continue to fight hunger in our community and provide meals for people in need. During November, Reality Readers donated $715 for this year’s drive — which means they provided the equivalent […]
Great Scott the Scalawag — let’s get to work … right after I blow a few mill on a party for myself
So Rick Scott “can’t wait to get to work” — his words on the night he was elected Governor in Florida. Remember his campaign promises — reduce spending, balance the budget, create 700,000 jobs? But one of his first priorities is planning his inauguration celebration — and getting special interest groups to pony up $25,000 […]
Later, Gators!
Glad my pick for today’s big Florida game won … as a matter of fact three out of four of my picks played out as I’d predicted in my Thursday TICKET column — ‘Noles Trounce the Gators! Must be all that hanging around with bookies back in the day in the North End of Boston.
Turkey Day tidbits add up
I hope everyone’s out (or in) enjoying the long holiday weekend! I feel very blessed to have a roof over my head (it’s raining out) and just finished eating a simple snack of a yummy delicious apple and a piece of wheat bread, and gave my cats an afternoon tidbit of turkey. I know I’m […]
Free/very low cost pet care — for those in financial need — offered by Clark Road Animal Clinic
The Clark Road Animal Clinic let me know that the doctors and clinic team are offering an incredible opportunity for people who love their pets but who might be struggling to care for them during these tough economic times — free vaccinations and routine health care for dogs and cats on December 11!
‘Noles take the Gators in MC’s football fantasy predictions
In my “After Hours” column appearing in today’s Sarasota Herald Tribune TICKET section, I lay down m predictions for today’s football wins, tell you where you can get out of the house and catch the games on a big screen, and then … weigh in with a prediction on Saturday’s big game between FSU and […]
Things to be thankful for ….
This little bird — I think it’s a house wren perhaps — has been hanging in my yard for about two months now. It’s probably a female, but I call it my “old guy.” He flies very tentatively and I believe he cannot see out of his left eye — see how red and inflamed […]
MC on the radio today — 515 Talk Sarasota w/Sherman Baldwin
Sherman Baldwin, the Sarasota Republican party’s right-wing-ish wing man, has invited me to be on his show later today — 5:15 this afternoon.
Siesta steals the scene last weekend
Last Thursday, my “After Hours” column in Sarasota Herald Tribune’s TICKET section chatted up the goings on for the upcoming weekend … my take? Siesta was stealin’ the scene. You can read the column here if you like: http://www.heraldtribune.com/article/20101118/COLUMNIST/11181004?p=all&tc=pgall
Local officials take to the stage next week to help the homeless in our community
Wednesday, November 24th, from 11:45 am to 1 pm, the Sarasota Ministerial Association presents a free event for the public – a pre-Thanksgiving Day lunch that benefits the homeless in our community, and includes live theatre put on by local public officials. The event takes place at First Baptist Church, 1670 Main Street in Sarasota.