February 2012
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Feb 22nd
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Feb 20th
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The #SaveUSF storm
Any publicity is good publicity, right? The USF budget story has blown up over the past few days, as every local media outlet runs with the story. Below is the most recent coverage, objective and not.  Opinion:  A textbook lesson in bad leadership by Former Tampa Mayor Pam Iorio ”Every student at USF should thank Alexander for providing a valuable life lesson on how not to lead. We often...
Feb 16th
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Feb 15th
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Word of the Day: Draconian
President Genshaft’s word, not mine. The proposed Senate budget cuts to the State University System would slash $400 million from the entire system, but burden USF alone with about 20 percent of that slash — cutting the USF budget from $178 million to $74 million, a 58 percent dip. But that’s not all, after absorbing the costs of Polytechnic (without actually getting the school)...
Feb 14th
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Another year, another cut.
The University of South Florida is going to have its state-alotted funds cut. Again. Yet the cut this time around caught my eye. Is it because the slash from $178 million to $74 million is more than 50 percent? Or is it because it’s a disproportionate from how much UF and FSU must cost — a respective 26 and 22 percent? No. Though those two facts are pretty heavy. It’s because a...
Feb 13th
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Feb 13th
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Happy Early Valentine's Day ;) →
Feb 11th
Feb 10th
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Feb 9th
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Feb 7th
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Feb 5th
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A man, his motorcycle, and his dying girlfriend. →
Wanna cry? Read this. 
Feb 4th
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Feb 2nd
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January 2012
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The Florida Primary Fitness Game!
Remember that New Year’s Resolution you made about getting healthy and fit … that you’re not keeping? Yeah, me too. So instead of getting wasted on a drinking game for todays’ Florida Primary (and all those liquid calories!), try out a work-out game! It’s played the same way, except instead of shots you do exercises that correspond with the key word, phrase or moment. Do a push...
Jan 31st
I haven't done some shameless self-promotion in a...
So here’s some of my latest shtuff! These are in no particular order. Exploring the C-SPAN Campaign Bus, The Debate at USF: An Exercise in Free Speech, Winning Florida Important to Candidates, Social Media and Politics: A Good Mix, Swing State Savvy, New Morsani College of Medicine, USF Health opens new family-center Diabetes center, Searching for Sharks, Bonding on the Low Ropes Course,...
Jan 30th
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Jan 26th
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How long would it take Mitt Romney to earn what... →
It takes Mitt Romney less than a day to make what I make in a year — before taxes. Wow!
Jan 25th
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Jan 25th
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“I want to thank all of our candidates, and our host, of course, here at the...”
– Brian Williams, NBC Anchor and Best Journalist Ever. 
Jan 24th
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Jan 24th
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Jan 23rd
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Jan 22nd
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Jan 20th
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Jan 18th
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Jan 18th
Oh the things we say ...
WARNING. LANGUAGE (but it’s really not that bad). It all started with a video spin off of a twitter account: Shit Girls Say. It was HILARIOUS. That sparked the creativity of others and now there are plenty of other variants. Here’s a list of some of my favorites. Of course, the original Shit Girls Says Shit Black Girls Say Shit Girls Say to Gay Guys Shit White Girls Say to Black...
Jan 12th
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Jan 12th
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Jan 11th
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Jan 8th
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“Any time a man leaves the house in a wig and a pair of cha cha heels, he’s...”
– Ru Paul (not to be confused with Ron Paul)
Jan 8th
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Jan 6th
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Hey! I made it on Stuff Journalists Like! →
Ok, so it’s just a copy-paste of a tweet I sent them, but it’s still pretty exciting ^-^. How to stay fit when you’ve got an untraditional job like journalism!
Jan 5th
“We’re married 40 years, I have no choice.”
– - Barry Gold, husband of Penny Gold. Penny started collecting Converse shoes 20 years ago and has since spent about $15,000 on 733 pairs of shoes.  I love the husband’s response. Central Florida News 13 tried to put it off as him not minding, but he realizes he has no choice or control over...
Jan 5th
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Jan 5th
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Jan 5th
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Jan 4th
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In cold light of dawn, publisher sees reality of... →
If you didn’t know what the Epoch was, you do now. From the story: Two months of dawn interactions with people layered in sweatshirts and wool caps in a gravel parking lot on N Tampa Street have caused some kind of realignment. They all have stories. He has heard those stories since starting Tampa Epoch, a monthly homeless newspaper, after the city imposed its panhandling ban. Every...
Jan 4th
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The Iowa Caucuses Drinking Game →
No plans tonight? Don’t worry I found something for you to do … 
Jan 3rd
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Jan 1st
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DON'T DRIVE DRUNK.
From 6pm-6am on New Year’s Eve/Day AAA will take your drunk self and your car home for FREE, member or not: 800-222-4357 Drinking and driving is so not cool!
Jan 1st
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December 2011
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Once the new year starts, so do some new laws →
None listed are Florida-specific, but you can see the full list over at the National Conference of State Legislatures website.  For Florida, there is a new reporting requirement for physicians and dentists who dispense controlled substances for treatment of nonmalignant pain (Florida HB 7095), most likely an effort to curb Florida’s pill abuse. Speaking of pain killer abuse, The Tampa Bay...
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Dec 28th
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Dec 28th
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Twitter users shamed for whiny Christmas tweets... →
Merry Christmas, here are some ungrateful brats. 
Dec 28th
“My friend, there is no end when it comes to Trapped in the Closet.”
– R. Kelly to Rolling Stone on his hip-hop opera, in which he recently added 32 chapters to the original 22. (via Perez Hilton) MERRY CHRISTMAS EVERYONE!
Dec 24th