40 is the New -9

Jan 25, 2019
It got really cold this week! I don’t know if you noticed, but highways in the north were closed due to ice, snow plows were out in full force, and officials were telling people to stay off the ...

Hurricanes Are No Joke

Sep 8, 2017
Well, that’s not entirely true. Here in Florida, we joke about hurricanes pretty much anytime except when one is literally in the process of flooding and/or blowing...

Thunderin’ Thuckatash

Jul 8, 2016
It rains so much here in Florida – sometimes I think about growing myself a nice pair of gills. In fact, we have an entire season that we refer to as “the rainy season” whe...

The Sunburn Kid … Finds a Sidekick?

Jun 13, 2014
I’d forgotten just how bad sunburns hurt the next day. Sunburn is basically our Sun’s way of saying, “Witness what my mere presence some 92 million miles away can inflict upon your fleshy mortal...

Death of an Air Conditioner

Jul 22, 2011
The idea of driving around without air conditioning even at two o’clock in the morning for a quick trip to the store is an unfathomable fate that I wouldn’t dare wish upon my worst of enemies…...