The Trap is Set

January 10, 2012

We have baby rats. Or, as I like to call them when Rebecca is around, “baby mice.”

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America’s Wang: Homeless Man Decapitated in Food Fight Identified

January 6, 2012

Yup, the dude who got his head cut off with a machete for tipping over the grill at a hobo camp in Sarasota County has a name. Also – yup, a homeless dude got his head cut off with a machete for tipping over the grill at a hobo camp. The Herald-Tribune has the story.

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Grooveshark is Now Being Sued by All the Major Labels

January 6, 2012

Which online music streaming and/or discovery services do you use? I tend to play around with all of them, but I’ve found myself returning to Grooveshark fairly often, if only because it seems like there’s more obscure music, and fewer ads. (Plus, you don’t need to download anything–I’m looking at you, Spotify.) But it seems [...]

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Lowry Park Zoo’s First Baby of the New Year Is …

January 5, 2012

… this so-ugly-it’s-cute Malayan tapir! Wanna snuggle it to pieces, or at least name it, as it apparently does not yet sport a moniker. WTSP has the story.

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Lost World Discovered Under Antarctica

January 4, 2012

“The researchers … were amazed to find so many never before seen species in such large numbers.” Dear humans, You think you know me? You don’t know me. Signed, The World    

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LAWBI #35: Ten Reasons 2011 Shook My Faith in Law Enforcement

December 29, 2011

I still believe the vast majority of police officers act in service of the public. That won’t ever change, and what you won’t read in this list are the countless saved lives, prevented acts of violence, apprehended assholes, reassured neighbors and inspired kids for which great cops are responsible. Fortunately, there are far too many [...]

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LAWBI #34: My So-Called Afterlife

December 9, 2011

Earlier this week, Tampa TV station WTSP ran a story about a Virginia woman who began receiving emails from her mother — two years after her mother lost a protracted battle with scleroderma. The departed lady’s Yahoo account had been hacked, and her poor family has been tormented by spam originating from it ever since. [...]

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The Creative Loafing Music Issue is Out …

December 1, 2011

… and it contains a somewhat entertaining piece on soundmen facilitated by a certain handsome stranger. Check out all the features here. I thought the idea of focusing on stuff other than bands was and is a great one, and the CL crew pulled it off nicely.

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Why I Killed Ravis Harnell

November 30, 2011

As some of you know, over the past couple of years I’ve self-published several digital works of horror fiction under the pseudonym Ravis Harnell. (Some of you may even remember that Ravis first came to life back in the mid-’90s as a music critic and columnist–some of my first published pieces carried that byline.) Up [...]

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LAWBI #33: The High Price of Convenience

November 29, 2011

Some would say our culture is one of efficiency, that we are constantly streamlining the difficulties, making life easier for ourselves and others. Which is, of course, bullshit. Our culture is one of convenience, and there’s a hell of a difference. While the outcome of striving for efficiency isn’t always positive — as a species, [...]

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