Water fountains are
water cycles in miniature:
inflow equals outflow,
minus evaporation. [...]
With the hopelessly socially-networked Talk to Me traveller in mind (you know the type, those who check in online before unpacking their carry-on, hey…that sounds a lot like me) my plan for for the pre-feast days leading up to the big sit-down [...]
The AIF and Florida Chamber's "stagnant lakes and estuaries"
"After losing on the legal front, a powerful coalition of agriculture and business interests, wastewater utilities, water managers and tax watchdogs is mounting a lobbying assault on" [...]
Friday, November 22, 1963. I was in the sixth grade in Toledo, Ohio. I had to skip Phys Ed because I was just getting over bronchitis, so I was in a study hall when a classmate came up from the locker room in the school basement to [...]
What is it about fall --
Now that Leader Reid has gotten the 60 votes to start the lengthy health care debate in the Senate, it is imperative, in my opinion, that the Obama Administration reload and double up their leadership on the other major pending issues--war strength levels, jobs and the economy, financial reform and energy. I realize the [...]

Here's what I did this afternoon:
More details at Soul of Miami and Sex and the Beach.
It was a good party - met Mustang Bobby and saw the Miami Beach 411 crowd — always the life of the party. Plus I met the [...]
Thank the Chamber and AIF
The Saint Petersburg Times editorial board: "No employer can be happy with Florida's nearly 12-fold increase in unemployment compensation taxes next year. It will hit nearly 500,000 of them at a" [...]

Jonathan Simon writes that California's protesters should Strike Against Prisons not Education.
(Note: Jon wrote this before the latest round of protests.)
[...]Advocates of a 'plain meaning' approach to constitutional interpretation may have to conclude that Texas accidentally banned all marriage, as described in this McClatchy report, Texas' gay marriage ban may have banned all marriages
Barbara Ann Radnofsky, a Houston' [...]
We have a good friend who can be seen all over Pensacola this time of year, embarrassing herself by waving crimson flags and shouting, "Rolltide, Rolltide." Check out any sports bar that may be showing Alabama football. You'll be forgiven if you mistake her for a' [...] US News rankings are biased in ways that hurt the U. Miami Law; here's one I would guess is biased in our favor: 2010 Super Lawyers U.S. Law School Rankings by Super Lawyers magazine. They say we are #20 [...]
Jonathan Simon writes that California's protesters should Strike Against Prisons not Education.
(Note: Jon wrote this before the latest round of protests.)
[...]Pictures of the Week
From: Newsweek Gives Cover Girl Palin A Dressing Down(photo: Brian Adams)
From: 100% of Your [...]
North Miami Mayor Kevin Burns, candidate for U.S. Senate, will join us today on No Days Off Radio. Listen, chat, and call in.
http://www.blogtalkradio.com/no-days-off-radio
Call-in number – (347) 539-5919
Michael Shaw (BAGnewsNotes) will be on with “Pictures of the Week” which will be posted on this site soon.
Thanks,
Susan

John McCain doesn’t even have an opponent in the 2010 U.S. Senate primary, but a new poll shows the race would be tied if he did. Conservative polling firm Rasmussen asked likely Republican voters whether they would vote for McCain or J.D. Hayworth, a former Arizona [...]
Had a very good time at the OII, had an especially fun seminar with some of the students.
Now I'm back, wading through huge stacks of things that piled up while I was away. No bloggy substance till I make a dent in the piles.
[...]
RPOF "in a fix"
Aaron Deslatte: "For decades, Floridians have essentially" [...]

@import url(http://skreemr.com/styles/embed.css); Joy Division - Dead Souls Found at skreemr.comRepublican political opportunism. That, in a nutshell, is the Sunshine State’s worst and not so well hidden tax burden.
Two stories that broke in recent days help highlight the shameful mess that the Florida GOP has made of both the state’s economy, and its tax code.
Some will object to such finger [...]
Florida is full of water bodies with “catchy” names –
Alan Boyd Fans might have a little something to worry about. Well he’s not really so little:
Allow me for those of you that are not familiar with Sen Al Lawson Jr.
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