The site for ranting and reporting by John Masters
OK, I know that about this time every year I write something about Autumn being my favorite time of year. I know, Tampa, FL is not the place to be thinking about Autumn. I think we get our Autumn here in January, the time of year when these nasty live oaks dump a big portion of their leaves. Still, there is a rhythm that comes with the seasons no matter where one lives, and I love this time of year for the sense of “settling-in.”
Read moreThis is an amazing film of Scuba Diving in a Newly-Flooded Meadow.Hiking trails, picnic tables, benches and signs all under water in this very relaxing video filmed in Austria.
Read moreHere’s a video of some kids doing some amazing bicycle tricks. I was never able to ride my bike like, and I think I’m glad I didn’t try to learn. Along with the amazing tricks, there are some pretty rough looking falls.
Read moreI am glad I was not on the road for most of Sunday, and even then, we stayed on surface streets and around the neighborhood. Three crashes (I-75, I-4 and I-275) all had major accidents within a two hour window Sunday afternoon that involved over 100 vehicles, and sent 14 people to the hospital. Fortunately, no one seemed to have life-threatening injuries.
Read moreRachael Maddow reports on a survey that says that more than one in three conservatives in New Jersey believe that Obama is the anti-christ. She discusses with Republican operative and former religious right co-founder Frank Schaeffer how we respond to the idiocy. Schaeffer rightly notes that there is a sub-culture within the ultra-conservative evangelical right that is taught from birth to reject fact as a matter of “faith.” These are people who believe the world is only about six billion years old, that humans lived with dinosaurs, and that John F. Kennedy was the anti-christ. He refers to them as a “fifth column of insanity.”
Read moreAl Franken Draws The United States Of America at the SD 29 and Dodge County DFL Joint Fundraiser on April 28, 2007 in Rochester, Minnesota. This is very cool If you have’nt seen this yet.
Read moreDale Mabry was closed at Bay to Bay all day yesterday and most of today, there was a bank robbery and shootout, a pack of cocaine was found in a fire station washer, and then they ran over someone they were going to help.
Read moreAs if ‘Amazing Grace’ were not a lovely enough song, Jo Ann Smith takes a simple backdrop and a lot of talent and makes the song soar higher still.
Read moreIt appears some deputies from Lakeland PD and Polk County Sherriffs Office decided it would be fun to play a little Wii Bowling on the big screen while serving a search warrant at an alleged drug house. I guess it wouldn’t be too big a deal but for the fact that they apparently spent NINE (9) HOURS playing around.The problem comes from the fact that in their very thorough, NINE (9) HOUR, search of the house they missed the security cameras that were recording.
Read moreA friend sent me an email with a set of photographs of some do-it-yourself projects that remind of some things I’ve done, and some things I’ve seen some others do. They come from a site (thereifixedit.com) dedicated to the Rube Goldberg DIY’ers of the world. I’ve put a few of the photos from the email in the post, but had a great time scrolling my way through the site.
Read moreDon’t ask me to explain why, but I just love this song, most especially this particular rendition. The song is “Highland Cathedral” and is a popular bagpipe tune written by German musicians Ulrich Roever and Michael Korb. This recording is from a Military Tattoo Bremen in 2008, and is conducted by Captain Lutz Bammler (German Navy Band “North Sea”).
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