I originally posted article this on the Orlando Sentinel’s Sanford Community blog: Fear and ignorance. If you don’t understand something, it must be evil and sinister. Fear and ignorance. What better place to teach this system than in Seminole County Schools? The problem was clear. Kids only have a limited amount of time to go through the lunch...
Small World Delays: Passengers or Repairs?
A few days ago, I wrote a post based upon an original statement from Miceage.com claiming that the boats on the It’s a Small World ride in Disneyland were bottoming out and getting stuck due to the growing size of the average American visitor. The concept was that the ride, designed for the 1964-1965 World’s Fair, could not accommodate the greater...
Orlando Magic Don’t Live in a Bright House
Orlando Magic fans are up in arms at the start of the NBA season this year. Why? Due to a string of actions, they can’t watch 35 Magic games on the local cable provider – Bright House Networks. Local fans with Dish Network & DirecTV subscriptions aren’t affected, so they’re gloating – at least on game days when it...
It’s a Small World with Big Passengers
It’s a Small Small World., originally uploaded by Chris the Fish. There’s an interesting blurb on Miceage about the Small World ride at Disneyland. It seems our west coast friends plan to shut down the ride for 10 months starting next January for some major refurbishment. Why? The people riding it are just too damn big and the boats keep...
Boobs
I’m constantly amazed of our society’s fear of women’s breasts. Unless you’re a beautiful model suntanning in South Beach, a woman just doesn’t get any respect for her breasts being exposed in public. In keeping with the notion that bare breasts are bad, Universal Studios Orlando humiliated one of its guests, Cheryl Cruz, when she...