Black and white and red all over
I know — it’s supposed to be “read” all over as in that old childhood joke — What’s black and white and read all over? A newspaper! But if you read this blog, you’ll have the context for why I’m writing it as red, not read. I’ve been thinking a lot about the comments I […]
Cute cats chez Coolidge
Day of atonement
Lesson 101 on building and maintaining and building and maintaining — and building and maintaining — a successful blog? A blog that has relevance and holds the interest of its loyal, longtime, and new, potentially regular readers?
Welcome, Sarasota’s New Police Chief
Sarasota has a new Chief of Police and I couldn’t be happier. I’m so glad the powers that be came to their senses and hired Mikel Hollaway, who has been serving as Interim Chief since May.
Hell in a straight jacket
I don’t believe in hell — except the ones we humans make on earth — but if I did, I’d say Terry Jones is going straight there … in a straight jacket. Whether he’s canceled his lunatic plan to burn the Koran or not, the guy’s deranged and the only thing that scares me more […]
Sarasota’s Economic Development — Playing Poker with Taxpayers Dollars
I just read a fascinating article in the September issue of BIZ941 Magazine. The piece is by Johannes Werner — titled Incentive Poker: Sarasota’s aggressive game of creating jobs is hurting neighboring counties. Here’s an outtake: It seems we’ve swung from one extreme to the other — from bullying a small manufacturer to shower it […]
Doug Holders says stay-at-home moms aren’t part of “workforce” … oh, no he dit’nt!
I already didn’t like Doug Holder — current State Representative District 70 — too much for his stance, voting, and wishy-washy statements on oil drilling off the coast of Florida, but now I like the guy even less. Holder is a holdover from the Mad Men era — apparently, the guy doesn’t have a clue […]
In Sarasota Local Matters Matter
Are you all aware of a local community radio show called Local Matters? It runs on Thursday evenings from 6-7 pm, WSLR 96.5 LPFM, with live broadcasting on the Internet, as well.
MC … Sarasota Smoothie Queen
If you read my July Cappuccino Chez MC column, you might recall that I’m slowly transitioning from outsourcing my meals to insourcing them. Meaning — yup, that’s right, I’ve got to feed myself at home! My desire to transition is based on a lot of ideals — I don’t want to waste my time in […]
Encore! Encore! MC Coolidge to speak to Encore of Sarasota, Inc.
Encore of Sarasota, Inc., has kindly booked me for my first fall season speaking event on Thursday, September 9th. I’ll be talking about facing aging with guts, gratitude, and grace …. yikes … guess I better figure out how to do all of that since usually, I just facing aging with a Grinch-like grumpiness.