Hurricane, Schmurricane…

Jun 4, 2010
The NOAA is predicting that 2010 will see an “above normal” level of hurricane activity with conditions that resemble some “very active” seasons from years past. Upon hearing this news, the a...

We Won’t Get Cooled Again!

Jan 22, 2010
With apologies to Pete Townsend and The Who… Whew – is everybody still with us?! Boy, has it been a rough couple of weeks around this place … I don’t know about you, but that cold was just abo...

Holy Mother of Cold!!!

Jan 8, 2010
Hey, Old Man Winter?  Ummm … we need to talk. Look – I understand that being all cold and bone chilling and overall just depressing is kind of your thing, but here’s the thing – some of us li...

‘Tis Not the Season for Swimming

Nov 13, 2009
Folks, I don’t want to sound like a buzz kill here, but nonetheless I feel the distinct need to clear something up.  Specifically – it’s November here in Florida. You know the month – smack d...

Aloe is a Stupid Man’s Best Friend

Aug 7, 2009
Yeah, yeah – you can probably see where this one’s going before I even get started… So as you can probably discern from the lovingly flattering photo, yours truly got burned recently, and not so...

It’s a Jungle Out There…

Jul 31, 2009
I’ve written about this a time or two before, but we’re going to go over everything again this week one more time because frankly I’m not quite sure everyone took seriously enough my warnings of...

The Day the Earth Stood Sweating

Jul 17, 2009
Let’s play a game, folks!  It’s just a little something I’ve cooked up in my spare time lately called Things You Never Want to Hear in Florida … in July, and it goes a little something like t...

Things That Go Chomp In the Night

Apr 17, 2009
I woke up with one hell of a bite on my neck the other morning. Using my awesome powers of deductive reasoning, I’m led to believe one of the two following scenarios: a) My wife is actually a vampir...