tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-184951332024-03-05T18:50:59.138-05:00The sock in the dryerHave you ever pulled everything out of your clothes dryer, folded it all, then found a leftover sock? It happens to me all the time and invariably leads to a big hunt.
I thought that obsessive hunt for the sock was a pretty good analogy for all the peculiar little things that embroil me from time to time.
Anyway, I thought the blog medium would be a good way to keep track of all these "missing socks!"Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger1839125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18495133.post-85193497899033912122012-05-06T11:32:00.001-04:002012-05-06T11:32:57.520-04:00Sundays are good for revival, right?!Ok, it's been over a year since my last post. I made a new year's resolution to revive the Long neglected blog, but that didn't happen. I can list a bunch of reasons why, but ye socks would just roll your eyes.
Anyway, getting ready to attend the next NGS convention and figured this would be a good point to get the Sock in the Dryer rolling again.
My last posts concentrated on the efforts to build an online archive for the town of Pine Castle (just south of Orlando, Florida). That effort continued despite the lack of posts! You can check out what I've done by visiting the archives index page:
http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~oldpinecastle/index.html
You'll see a bunch of new census info, including the recently-released 1940 federal enumeration.
I'm working on military records now, particularly focusing on World War I as the centennial is just around the corner.
I'm also trying to figure out how to create a podcast library for all the oral history interviews we have been collecting over the last year. Haven't figured that out yet, and would welcome any input, tutoring, etc.Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18495133.post-91172035506671604762011-04-11T13:08:00.002-04:002011-04-11T13:13:34.958-04:001921 Pine Castle DirectoryIn the ongoing effort to transcribe all the Pine Castle records on file in this little corner of heaven, I am pleased to report the completion of the 1921 directory:<br><br /><br><br /><a href="http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~oldpinecastle/Directories/1921.html">CLICK HERE</a> to access the new page.<br><br /><br><br />Note, this was actually excerpted from the much larger directory compiled for Orlando.<br><br /><br><br />It is not perfectly alphabetical. Apparently, the original compiler(s) didn't have access to one of those handy-dandy "SORT" tabs that we have on our modern spreadsheets!<br><br /><br>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18495133.post-54500376780617931082011-04-10T20:32:00.003-04:002011-04-11T08:36:43.083-04:00Pine Castle voter registration index, 1919-21Picking up on the Pine Castle records transcription project, I have posted an index to the local voter registration book covering the period from 1919 to 1921.<br /><br />This is an important time frame, because it was the first time that women were allowed to register to vote in federal elections.<br /><br />To check out the index, click on this link:<br /><br /><a href="http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~oldpinecastle/Voters/1919-1922.html">1919-21 Pine Castle Voter Registration Index</a><br><br /><br>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18495133.post-19116022829847390782011-04-09T17:15:00.003-04:002011-04-09T17:22:50.994-04:00Pine Castle history hikeThanks to intrepid local historian and hiking enthusiast Steve Rajtar for combining those passions as he led this morning's tour of historic Pine Castle!<br /><br />If not for the frustrating inability of the new iPad2 to accommodate Flash, yours truly would post some of the great shots snapped with said new toy.<br /><br />In their absence, ye socks shall be left to your own imaginations!Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18495133.post-83027840579856501812011-04-08T19:24:00.004-04:002011-04-08T19:33:53.654-04:002 more articles postedKeeping up with the posting of articles from the 1974 edition of the Pine Castle Pioneer Days magazine. First one is on the Council Oak, which will serve as the iconic image of the 2012 festival. (Plays well into the theme of "roots."). Second one is on the Holden Heights area.<br /><br />Like most of the articles in the magazine, neither of these gives the author. I can only assume they were penned by the late Ruth Barber Linton . . .<br /><br />The growing index of the 1974 articles may be found here:<br /><br /><a href="http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~oldpinecastle/pdmags/index.html">Pioneer Days Magazine Articles</a>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18495133.post-68897016352799211512011-04-07T15:06:00.005-04:002011-04-07T15:09:29.626-04:00New magazine article postedPicking up on the Pine Castle digirecords project in this little corner of heaven, I have posted an article about the Conway neighborhood written by Mrs. Eulene Mizell Smith that was originally published in the 1974 edition of the Pioneer Days magazine: <br><br /><a href="http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~oldpinecastle/pdmags/1974-early-conway.html">http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~oldpinecastle/pdmags/1974-early-conway.html</a> <br><br />More to come, as time permits!Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18495133.post-72694541903083077922011-04-06T20:31:00.003-04:002011-04-06T20:39:17.950-04:00Pioneer Days Annual Board MeetingThe executive committee of Pine Castle Pioneer Days, Inc., held it's annual meeting in Orlando this afternoon.<br /><br />Mostly, this involved the typical year-end "housekeeping," like reviewing/amending bylaws.<br /><br />But, we also voted in a slate of new board members to help direct the 2012 festival. The new members will be formally installed later this month.<br /><br />In the mean time, we are still looking for folks who are interested in serving (or chairing) one of the several committees who help to make this important community event happen.Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18495133.post-65621746386589979102011-04-05T12:27:00.002-04:002011-04-05T12:29:50.683-04:00Marriage records addedSlowly going thru all the Pine Castle records as part of the project mentioned in yesterday's post. Slowly. I did get the Marriage Records portion up and running. Still need to do some additions, corrections, etc. But, the bulk of the material is there, if ye socks are interested in checking it out: <a href="http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~oldpinecastle/marriages/index.html">http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~oldpinecastle/marriages/index.html</a>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18495133.post-37119834514303876862011-04-04T14:51:00.003-04:002011-04-04T14:58:18.972-04:00New digirecords projectNo doubt inspired by the latest techno gadget in this little corner of heaven, yours truly has embarked on a project that has been "in the works" for longer than anyone cares to remember.<br /><br />That is, I plan to digitize all the old records I have on file related to the ancestral stomping grounds in Pine Castle.<br /><br />Just getting started, so bear with me.<br /><br />So far, all I've completed is page one from the 1935 state census enumeration: <br /><a href="http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~oldpinecastle/census/1935/pg001.html">click here to travel back in time</a><br /><br />More to come later, so stay tuned!Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18495133.post-40804294899478161712011-04-03T18:53:00.006-04:002011-04-03T19:05:43.624-04:00The Land of Painted CavesThat's the title of the latest offering by Jean M. Auel, one of my favorite writers.<br /><br />Ye socks who may not recognize her name may be peripherally aware of the series of books she began some three decades ago with <I>The Clan of the Cave Bear</I>.<br /><br />I had planned to buy the book last week when I first heard it was hitting the major book outlets, but held off til the latest gadget arrived from our friends at Apple.<br /><br />After downloading it late last night from iBooks, I'm pleased to report that I've made it thru 8 chapters already. Some of these were done lakeside from the comfort of a folding chair I posted beneath a cypress tree full of jays and mockingbirds. The occasional breeze actually made it a little chilly in the shade, but I wasn't complaining . . . especially since the heat and humidity of the Florida summer is just around the corner.<br /><br />Hoping ye socks are enjoying an equally blissful weekend!Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18495133.post-6524561264096619452011-04-02T18:41:00.000-04:002011-04-03T18:52:30.511-04:00New ToyYours truly is pleased to report the arrival of a new gadget in this little corner of heaven: an iPad 2.<br /><br />The plan is to get acquainted with Apple's latest attempt to improve the quality of life for the masses.<br /><br />Said plan got a little off track today when it was determined that a new wireless router would be needed in the humble abode.<br /><br />Would ye socks believe it if I told you that entering the phrase "wireless router" in a google search, that the top result is a link to WalMart?<br /><br />Seriously.<br /><br />I'm sure that revelation may spark conspiracy theories. So be it. The bottom line, though, was that the dastardly box store did in fact have the most competitive prices and convinced me to make the rare trek to the nearest gateway to Dante's inferno.<br /><br />Long story longer, I got everything up and running with a minimum of foul language and am actually tossing this post in the dryer via aforementioned iPad2.<br /><br />But, I'm sure ye socks were able to tell the difference without me pointing out the obvious. . .Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18495133.post-62984817155619132252011-04-01T18:31:00.000-04:002011-04-03T18:40:53.096-04:00Missing any socks?Apologies to ye socks who were accustomed to daily posts in the dryer over the last few years.<br /><br />Several pressing things in this neck o' the woods kept yours truly from keeping up with regular blog entries.<br /><br />Mostly, any spare time that I might otherwise have been able to devote to improvement of the blogosphere was consumed by the massive planning and staging of the 2011 Pine Castle Pioneer Days festival.<br /><br />For more info on that, check out the event site at http://www.pinecastlepioneerdays.org or join or Facebook group. (LOTS of great new photos are posted on the latter.)<br /><br />At any rate, I took another month to recover from Pioneer Days before making the commitment to getting back to The Sock in the Dryer.Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18495133.post-42104648789135906892010-11-04T12:07:00.002-04:002010-11-28T12:10:16.877-05:00Updated ahnentafelFor ye socks who keep up with such things, yours truly has updated ye olde ahnentafel (ancestor table) to reflect some recently-discovered info. Primarily on the Selman family. It includes new links to the Kennon, Worsham, and Munford families of Colonial Virginia.<br /><br />Here's a link to the latest:<br /><br /><a href="http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~oldpinecastle/ahnentafel.html">http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~oldpinecastle/ahnentafel.html</a><br /><br />Cheers.Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18495133.post-81788615797193386432010-11-03T14:29:00.000-04:002010-11-24T15:03:10.397-05:00Have you read any of these books?I'm sure a large number of ye socks will be relieved by today's item of a non-political nature! It was forwarded to me as a sort of slam-post:<br /><br />The BBC believes most people will have read only 6 of the 100 books listed here. Instructions: Bold those books you’ve read in their entirety, italicize the ones you started but didn’t finish or read an excerpt. Post your results on your blog or FB page and tag a few other bibliophiles.<br /><br /><strong>1 Pride and Prejudice - Jane Austen<br />2 The Lord of the Rings - JRR Tolkien<br />3 Jane Eyre - Charlotte Bronte</strong><br /><em>4 Harry Potter series - JK Rowling<br /></em><strong>5 To Kill a Mockingbird - Harper Lee<br />6 The Bible<br />7 Wuthering Heights - Emily Bronte<br />8 Nineteen Eighty Four - George Orwell<br /></strong>9 His Dark Materials - Philip Pullman<br /><strong>10 Great Expectations - Charles Dickens<br />11 Little Women - Louisa M Alcott</strong><br />12 Tess of the D’Urbervilles - Thomas Hardy<br /><strong>13 Catch 22 - Joseph Heller</strong><br /><em>14 Complete Works of Shakespeare</em><br />15 Rebecca - Daphne Du Maurier<br /><strong>16 The Hobbit - JRR Tolkien<br /></strong>17 Birdsong - Sebastian Faulk<br /><strong>18 Catcher in the Rye - JD Salinger<br />19 The Time Traveler’s Wife - Audrey Niffenegger</strong><br />20 Middlemarch - George Eliot<br /><strong>21 Gone With The Wind - Margaret Mitchell<br />22 The Great Gatsby - F Scott Fitzgerald</strong><br /><em>24 War and Peace - Leo Tolstoy<br />25 The Hitch Hiker’s Guide to the Galaxy - Douglas Adams</em><br /><strong>26 Brideshead Revisited - Evelyn Waugh</strong><br />27 Crime and Punishment - Fyodor Dostoyevsky<br /><strong>28 Grapes of Wrath - John Steinbeck<br />29 Alice in Wonderland - Lewis Carroll</strong><br />30 The Wind in the Willows - Kenneth Grahame<br />31 Anna Karenina - Leo Tolstoy<br /><strong>32 David Copperfield - Charles Dickens<br />33 Chronicles of Narnia - CS Lewis<br />34 Emma -Jane Austen<br />35 Persuasion - Jane Austen<br />36 The Lion, The Witch and the Wardrobe - CS Lewis<br />37 The Kite Runner - Khaled Hosseini</strong><br />38 Captain Corelli’s Mandolin - Louis De Bernieres<br /><strong>39 Memoirs of a Geisha - Arthur Golden<br />40 Winnie the Pooh - A.A. Milne<br />41 Animal Farm - George Orwell<br />42 The Da Vinci Code - Dan Brown</strong><br />43 One Hundred Years of Solitude - Gabriel Garcia Marquez<br /><strong>44 A Prayer for Owen Meaney - John Irving</strong><br />45 The Woman in White - Wilkie Collins<br />46 Anne of Green Gables - LM Montgomery<br />47 Far From The Madding Crowd - Thomas Hardy<br />48 The Handmaid’s Tale - Margaret Atwood<br /><strong>49 Lord of the Flies - William Golding</strong><br />50 Atonement - Ian McEwan<br />51 Life of Pi - Yann Martel<br /><em>52 Dune - Frank Herbert</em><br />53 Cold Comfort Farm - Stella Gibbons<br />54 Sense and Sensibility - Jane Austen<br />55 A Suitable Boy - Vikram Seth<br />56 The Shadow of the Wind - Carlos Ruiz Zafon<br /><strong>57 A Tale Of Two Cities - Charles Dickens<br /></strong>58 Brave New World - Aldous Huxley<br />59 The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-time - Mark Haddon<br />60 Love In The Time Of Cholera - Gabriel Garcia Marquez<br /><strong>61 Of Mice and Men - John Steinbeck</strong><br />62 Lolita - Vladimir Nabokov<br />63 The Secret History - Donna Tartt<br /><strong>64 The Lovely Bones - Alice Sebold</strong><br /><strong>65 Count of Monte Cristo - Alexandre Dumas</strong><br /><strong>66 On The Road - Jack Kerouac</strong><br />67 Jude the Obscure - Thomas Hardy<br /><strong>68 Bridget Jones’s Diary - Helen Fielding<br /></strong>69 Midnight’s Children - Salman Rushdie<br /><strong>70 Moby Dick - Herman Melville<br />71 Oliver Twist - Charles Dickens<br />72 Dracula - Bram Stoker</strong><br />73 The Secret Garden - Frances Hodgson Burnett<br />74 Notes From A Small Island - Bill Bryson<br /><strong>75 Ulysses - James Joyce</strong><br /><em>76 The Inferno - Dante<br /></em>77 Swallows and Amazons - Arthur Ransome<br />78 Germinal - Emile Zola<br /><em>79 Vanity Fair - William Makepeace Thackeray</em><br /><strong>80 Possession - AS Byatt<br />81 A Christmas Carol - Charles Dickens</strong><br />82 Cloud Atlas - David Mitchell<br /><strong>83 The Color Purple - Alice Walker<br />84 The Remains of the Day - Kazuo Ishiguro</strong><br />85 Madame Bovary - Gustave Flaubert<br />86 A Fine Balance - Rohinton Mistry<br /><strong>87 Charlotte’s Web - E.B. White<br />88 The Five People You Meet In Heaven - Mitch Albon<br />89 Adventures of Sherlock Holmes - Sir Arthur Conan Doyle</strong><br />90 The Faraway Tree Collection - Enid Blyton<br />91 Heart of Darkness - Joseph Conrad<br />92 The Little Prince - Antoine De Saint-Exupery<br />93 The Wasp Factory - Iain Banks<br /><strong>94 Watership Down - Richard Adams<br /></strong>95 A Confederacy of Dunces - John Kennedy Toole<br />96 A Town Like Alice - Nevil Shute<br /><strong>97 The Three Musketeers - Alexandre Dumas<br />98 Hamlet - William Shakespeare<br />99 Charlie and the Chocolate Factory - Roald Dahl<br />100 Les Miserables - Victor Hugo</strong>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18495133.post-80968087491071163882010-11-02T05:53:00.002-04:002010-11-02T05:54:07.359-04:00It's finally Election Day!Now, get out there and fire your Congressman! (Especially if you live in Florida's 8th District!)Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18495133.post-21931579693715339262010-11-01T05:45:00.000-04:002010-11-02T05:53:13.967-04:00Election Eve ballot recapU.S. Senator - Marco Rubio<br /><br />U.S. Representative - Dan Webster<br /><br />Governor - Rick Scott<br /><br />Florida Attorney General - Pam Bondi<br /><br />Florida CFO - Jeff Atwater<br /><br />Florida Commissioner of Agriculture - Adam Putnam<br /><br />Florida House District #36 - Greg Reynolds<br /><br /><br /><br />State Supreme Court:<br /><br />YES to retain Canady & Polston<br /><br />NO to Labarga & Perry<br /><br /><br /><br />5th District Court of Appeal:<br />YES to retain Cohen, Jacobus, Monaco & Torpy.<br /><br />NO to Griffin<br /><br /><br /><br />Orange County Mayor - Teresa Jacobs<br /><br /><br /><br />Soil & Water Conservation Supervisors:<br /><br />Group 2 - Montanez OR Rodriguez (leaning toward the latter)<br />Group 4 - J.P. Quinones<br /><br />State Constitutional Amendments:<br />1 - YES<br />2 - YES<br />4 - NO NO NO NO . . . a million times NO!<br />5 - NO<br />6 - NO<br />8 - YES<br /><br />Non-binding Referendum - YES<br /><br />Orange County School District millage increase - NOUnknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18495133.post-43059360099054804012010-10-31T05:44:00.000-04:002010-11-02T05:45:21.634-04:00Happy Hallowe'en!<a href="http://blogs.smarter.com/blogs/guests/happy%20halloween.jpg"><img style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 1024px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 766px" alt="" src="http://blogs.smarter.com/blogs/guests/happy%20halloween.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><div></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18495133.post-25354471683673878442010-10-30T05:36:00.000-04:002010-11-02T05:43:45.071-04:00Rick Scott for Governor<a href="http://wonkroom.thinkprogress.org/wp-content/uploads/2009/03/rickscott.gif"><img style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 180px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 225px" alt="" src="http://wonkroom.thinkprogress.org/wp-content/uploads/2009/03/rickscott.gif" border="0" /></a> Now, before all ye Alex Stink . . . er Sink . . . fans get all upset with me, let me assure you this was the toughest pick to make this election cycle. That's why it's the last one I'm featuring in a post in the dryer.<br /><br />Mostly, because there was so much mud slinging.<br /><br />By both candidates, admittedly.<br /><br />At the end of the day, though, more mud sticks to Sink.<br /><br />The most effective ad of the season were the ones showing old tape of Stink . . . I mean Sink . . . endorsing the ObamaNation's economic policies and stealth scare plans.<br /><br />In light of her record as a typical Tallahassee politician who is constantly trying to find scapegoats for her own missteps and failures, I have to go with the anti-politician. It's just that type of year . . .<br /><br />I hope ye socks will join me in voting for Rick Scott for Governor of Florida.Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18495133.post-83951636995337100932010-10-29T05:27:00.000-04:002010-11-02T05:33:03.891-04:00Silent Auction Nov 4th - List of items up for bid<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgLXWzKeTBoApy0g0A_xylF1-NB0-dVB83pK6Mtf1K4gHIinW3oHUgRIvaTUkLF4mq6HH5M0fFX-KZx55lG9trcz9swe3hTI5w5ezwStrqwXXN5obs33VzV7_xJBBFki4j1C121Rw/s1600/silentauction.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5534882765829392722" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 247px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 320px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgLXWzKeTBoApy0g0A_xylF1-NB0-dVB83pK6Mtf1K4gHIinW3oHUgRIvaTUkLF4mq6HH5M0fFX-KZx55lG9trcz9swe3hTI5w5ezwStrqwXXN5obs33VzV7_xJBBFki4j1C121Rw/s320/silentauction.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjIfptT5PHNx48HqGLWmSP_6WglxB_4yXfeC54pERLDn8UCCJOT2y1IUsbRFAGQEisgqD_PnLiVXnGqLhzFifs9vNUhl6YMrZz8jxuWgBrZ-MkIg_lyEfCAOE0GkRIfW4nMlwRjLQ/s1600/silentauction.jpg"></a><br /><br /><div></div></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18495133.post-38531889758760943482010-10-28T05:20:00.000-04:002010-11-02T05:24:52.621-04:00Go Magic!<a href="http://orlandosportscentral.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/02/orlando-magic.jpg"><img style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 388px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 362px" alt="" src="http://orlandosportscentral.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/02/orlando-magic.jpg" border="0" /></a>I know, I know. The rest of ye socks are focusing on the World Series and your favorite college football team.<br /><br />In this little corner of heaven, today marks the beginning of the NBA regular season.<br /><br />And, for the Orlando Magic that includes kicking things off in style at their new arena downtown.<br /><br />Yours truly will be there in spirit, but still prefers the comfort and convenience of ye olde couch.<br /><br />Go Magic!Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18495133.post-39841588286750356902010-10-27T17:16:00.000-04:002010-11-02T05:20:08.160-04:00WRECKED!Yours truly got into a doozy of a car accident this afternoon, at the corner of Wallace and Hansel for ye socks familiar with the roadways in this little corner of heaven.<br /><br />The good news is both drivers walked away from it.<br /><br />The bad news is ye olde Blazer may be totaled.<br /><br />Anyway, I discovered the true value of good insurance. State Farm is treating me well (and responding quickly). They've already got the wreckage towed and put me in a nice rental.<br /><br />Now, we just have to sit back and wait to see what the adjuster says . . .Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18495133.post-41605477350293827382010-10-26T06:52:00.000-04:002010-11-01T07:00:42.683-04:00This year's easiest decision<a href="http://www.theusanewz.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/marco_rubio.jpg"><img style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 300px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 304px" alt="" src="http://www.theusanewz.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/marco_rubio.jpg" border="0" /></a> Yours truly has been a fan of Marco Rubio for quite some time, since he was Florida's Speaker of the House.<br /><br />Since that time, he has matured into a political force of national stature and is running to become our state's next United States Senator.<br /><br />As has been noted (ad nauseum?) in this and other outlets, he was thumping our illustrious governor in the Republican primary.<br /><br />Charlie Crist wouldn't take the hint, so is now running as an "independent." In truth, anyone who has lived in this little corner of heaven for any length of time knows that he is nothing more than an "opportunist." His record of flitting about from one elective office to another is the stuff of legend. He has no clear vision, except to continue drawing a government salary.<br /><br />Kendrick Meek, the Democrat in the race, stands by his liberal convictions. I actually respect him for that. They just don't resonate in 2010.<br /><br />I encourage all of ye socks who are registered to vote in Florida to join me in supporting Marco Rubio for U.S. Senate.Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18495133.post-83409196395400618672010-10-25T06:37:00.000-04:002010-11-01T06:49:36.227-04:00Dan Webster for Congress<a href="http://www.postonpolitics.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/08/headshot2.jpg"><img style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 209px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 275px" alt="" src="http://www.postonpolitics.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/08/headshot2.jpg" border="0" /></a>In 2008, a lot of folks rode the coattails of "hope and change" into high public office.<br /><br />In the years since, they've demonstrated why they shouldn't be there.<br /><br />No one exemplifies this more than the incumbent in Florida's 8th Congressional District.<br /><br />Alan Grayson is nothing more than a purveyor of "fear and loathing," who deals in polemics and hyperbole rather than thoughtful solutions to our country's many problems.<br /><br />In no way does he truly represent the people of Central Florida.<br /><br />Dan Webster, on the other hand, offers a record of leadership in the state legislature. He is thoughtful and urbane. And he knows how to work with people of all political stripes to craft meaningful legislation and get it enacted.<br /><br />Grayson cannot run on his record. Instead he has spent the last few months attempting to paint Webster as a member of the Taliban and misdirecting blame for the area's expensive toll roads. Sadly, we've grown used to this sort of outrageous behavior from our Congressman in this little corner of heaven. <br /><br />Hopefully, most voters will be able to see beyond all of Grayson's red herrings and elect the better man.<br /><br />The better man is Dan Webster. And I encourage you to vote for him if you live in Florida's 8th Congressional District.Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18495133.post-48750820174690665692010-10-24T08:54:00.000-04:002010-10-31T20:57:20.988-04:00It just dawned on me . . .Yours truly sprang out of bed this morning with unusual vigor, none of the funk that has typified Sundays around this little corner of heaven recently.<br /><br />At first, I couldn't figure out exactly why.<br /><br />Then, I remembered that this was a bye-week for my beloved Gators.<br /><br />It's so much easier to get going when you don't have a loss hanging over your head!<br /><br />Now, I just need to fear the old blue and orange mantra, "There's always next week!"Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18495133.post-57428510478185302422010-10-23T08:50:00.000-04:002010-10-31T20:53:44.073-04:00Happy Birthday, Uncle Bill!<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhXsqMJhLdiU9A6WAfmOcg_wGUtLqtyJg1S1ZDuGd_WH4_eu2wdZy4A31mgBpIVrxrQ0GQcggSV8HAVlDEzdbmB-F4-Oa3ty3fCQEKOubkjJvhwdXQ6LahIUDnCBN3zuujW7bakPg/s1600/HBUB.bmp"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5534377823778004834" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhXsqMJhLdiU9A6WAfmOcg_wGUtLqtyJg1S1ZDuGd_WH4_eu2wdZy4A31mgBpIVrxrQ0GQcggSV8HAVlDEzdbmB-F4-Oa3ty3fCQEKOubkjJvhwdXQ6LahIUDnCBN3zuujW7bakPg/s320/HBUB.bmp" border="0" /></a>But, should a man of your advanced years be consuming so much Starbuck's coffee?!?!Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0