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Have you visited a Ford lately? Did you know Florida has two cities in the running to become the permanent home of the Mustang Museum? We’re talking cars, not horses or airplanes. I spoke to Chris Hoverman, chairman of the… READ MORE
Image courtesy of Wallpaper Flare. — One a day: Few foods surpass the simple virtues of the apple. For instance, the shape is sculpted to fit the human hand. It is not round but oval, with a top that is… READ MORE
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The power of pennies: Squirreled away inside Aunt Wendy’s recent gift of chocolate chip cookies was a container of pennies. I think everyone must have a container of pennies sitting around the house. Mine is in the kitchen, next to… READ MORE
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It’s a question of quality: The Hap-Hap-Happy News at the top of Friday’s Daily News left me with a lump in my throat. “Economist: Emerald Coast to grow for next 15 years.” I managed not to throw up as I… READ MORE
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We were talking about memorable commercials when I began quoting all the jingles I could remember. Problem was, they were all from the ’60s and ’70s. In 1965, for instance, when the Ford Mustang first appeared, there was a radio… READ MORE
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When I walk into my living room these days, I no longer see the Big Empty. I see a proper home. I own the same cat-ripped furniture, the same TV from the Permian, the same Salvation Army coffee table. But… READ MORE
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Odds and ends from here and there: Universal Bingo is sponsoring S.O.C.K.S. (Save Our Cats and Kittens), a no-kill kitty shelter, on Feb. 22 at 7 p.m. Universal is next to Kinfolks on Racetrack Road. Get this: It’s 8 o’clock… READ MORE
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JAKARTA, Indonesia (AP) – Thousands of Muslims ransacked churches, banks, shops and cars Thursday after a Chinese Christian trader reportedly insulted Islam by complaining about loud evening prayers, police and witnesses said. I have never understood why people kill for… READ MORE
This is the author's first computer, an IBM PS-1, along with an Okidata dot-matrix printer and, inexplicably, a Caffeine-Free Diet Coke. Image courtesy of Del Stone Jr.
Lately I have been shopping for a new computer, which is like saying, “Lately I have been trying to answer the question: If God is omnipotent, could he create a rock he couldn’t lift?” All computer questions are paradoxes. Paradox!… READ MORE
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When I was 12 years old I got hit on the head with a rock. Explains a lot, doesn’t it? My pal Mark and I were playing “fighter pilot.” We climbed aboard our Spyder bikes, worked up a head of… READ MORE