A bit of chatter lately surrounds Tampa International Airport’s international flare – or lack thereof, maybe. Mitch Perry provides a good post about the status of international flights at TIA and the relatively turbulent discussion that opened the dialogue again. There are certainly some unresolved questions after all the flap: Are there [...]
My life has changed dramatically (and traumatically) in the past twelve months. Has anyone ever told you: “wow, you look like you just lost your best friend?” I’ve looked as if I just lost my best friend for 11 months. I did. His name was Randy. He profoundly changed my [...]
In the education post both Carol and I start with this Gallup poll that shows a very high satisfaction rate (77%) with how schools are educating children. Parents generally think their child is getting a good education. But those other kids? The poll shows that only 46% are satisfied with education in the country. What accounts [...]
Recently a woman I was dating dragged me to torturous evening event in town. The scene was a hot dark room where someone ordered me to put my body into strange positions....
It's an action, comment, or attitude. It's something we just can't accept. It's a "deal breaker." Chris Craig looks into deal breakers today in Religion in the City
The Tampa Apple store closed Aug. 24 for renovations and will reopen Sept. 17.
A week or so ago I found myself at Infusion, a quiet little tea shop café off I-4 in Orlando. As I sat and read, I overheard a couple of guys sitting behind me talking about the rising number of deaths in the world. They caught my attention when one of the men exclaimed, "Can you believe it? First Ed McMahon and then the Taco bell dog; who's next?" Now my first response was to....
At Jannus Landing (St. Pete) Sat 08/08 Best of The Bay/Summer Jam 2009 - Featuring: Javon Black, Cristol, Tom G and Hardwhite At New World Brewery (Ybor/Tampa) Wed 08/12 Jacuzzi Boys, Davila and Others At Ford Amph (Tampa) Sat 08/08 Kenny Chesney, Miranda Lambert and Lady Antebellum Sun 08/09 Coldplay, Elbow and Kitty Daisy & Lewis Tue 08/11 Rockstar Energy Meyham Festival - Featuring: Slayer and Manson With: Bullet For My Valentine, Killswitch Engage, Trivium, Behemoth, Whitechapel, God Forbid, All That Remains, Mushroom Head, The Black Dahlia Murder, Cannibal Corpse & Job For a Cowboy Wed 08/12 Dave Matthews Band Fri 08/14 Def Leppard, Poison and Cheap Trick
In the social service world, one of the greatest challenges is finding the energy to delineate which clients are in true need of help and which ones are simply sponges of the social service wheel. Take a look inside to find one of Craig's inspirations that helps him in his work...
Step into the world of animation at Animation’s MOSI’s latest exhibit which opens this Friday, July 10. According the to MOSI web site you will “explore animation from concept to finished product — from storyboarding, character design, and drawing techniques to movement, timing, filming, and sound. Larger-than-life graphics of popular Cartoon Network characters provide a colorful backdrop to the exhibit, which also explores the history of animation and features a screening room and a cartoon museum.” It’s a great time to take the kids (or a significant other) and see this latest exhibit and to watch a movie in the IMAX dome theatre.
The Hold Steady, a self-proclaimed bar band from Minneapolis emerging as one the country's beacons of modern rock and roll, has a special affinity for Ybor City, or at least the the way the words sound in songs. So last night's show at The Ritz in Tampa was a sort of homecoming. Your humble scribe was there.
Am I making a promise I can't keep? Keep reading to find out and see what I'm talking about.
James MacMeekin had something to say about Billy Townsend's Graph of Doom posts. Unfortunately, the MI4 editor mis-posted the response and we're publishing it much later than intended. Let's just say the two men don't seem to see eye-to-eye on the economy, history, and well, read on....
I've cross posted a piece I did for Lakeland Local. Now, before you skip it because it's "Lakeland" and you're all about Tampa, Orlando, or Winter Haven, rest assured it touches on the failure of your newspapers to keep their audience. Only the names would change if I wrote it about the Sentinel, Tribune, or News Chief. As a matter of fact, I do mention the Winter haven paper. I promised to count the locally written stories in the same manner as I did for the Ledger. However, I found a mere four local bylines in today's News Chief. That's what you get for your quarter. On to what I wrote about the paper of record for Polk County...and by example...your paper.
Bio: Growing up in Detroit, Tom Hagerty dreamed of watching baseball in sunny Lakeland, Florida. That dream came to fruition in 1998 when he moved to Lakeland. Tom has a passion for the Detroit Tigers, the Lakeland Flying Tigers and all things Detroit. His interests include reading, writing and photography. Tom and his wife have two daughters, four cats, one dog and a guinea pig.