Jun 23, 2010

The numbers came out today for the largest decline in the housing market in at least four decades. Sales of single family homes dropped by 32.7%, according to the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development. Part of the blame was cast upon the expiration of a tax credit for home buyers.  Demand for home loans, as one would expect, has dramatically...

Jan 30, 2010

People around Central Florida were anxiously awaiting President Obama’s State of the Union address, mostly hoping to hear word about the future of NASA and the space program. During a campaign stop here before his election, he promised that NASA and space exploration would thrive under his administration.  It turns out, that was pretty much a lie to get...

I’m sitting here trying to watch a show on Bright House Cable. High Def, my ass. It’s so garbled that I can’t really make out anything. The screen keeps getting pixelated, the audio is full of random noise or soundless moments. The show is probably funny, but how the fuck would I know? I suspect that this is due to the way Bright House...

Everyone raves about Morgan’s Burger Bistro in Downtown Sanford. No doubt, the place makes a good burger. They bill it as the best in town. Considering the town is Sanford, though, that’s not an extraordinary claim. Morgan’s is a very small restaurant with roughly half a dozen tables and (apparently) no air conditioning. The tables &...

It seems that local police are training Bright House employees to look for “suspicious” activity and report it to the police, according to this article in the Orlando Sentinel. On the surface, it sounds good. Criminals will now run and hide every time they see a Bright House van enter a neighborhood. We have a new kind of superhero who fights...

Jul 17, 2009

I had to visit Clermont today. That’s something I’ve never said before, because most people never “have” to go to Clermont. It’s not on the way to anywhere else, really. There are normally only two reasons to visit this patch of suburban sprawl. 1: You are training for or participating in a bicycle or triathlon event. 2: You want...