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Teacher injured by falling fish

A teacher in Southwest Florida was injured after being hit by a fish that had fallen from the heavens. Despite being hit on the head by what was later…

Portlandia Begins Tonight

Tonight, welcome to my world: Portlandia. I’ve lived in the real-life analogue of Portlandia for eleven years, and it’s a place of dreams — dreams of sleeping late, of opening a yarn store, of becoming a freegan, of getting rid of your car and becoming a bike commuter who only wears natural fibers while working [...]

The Slightly Creepy, Mostly Cheesy World of Horror Hosting

Growing up in Southwest Florida, we had Dr. Paul Bearer. Other people knew Vampira or Elvira or Svengoolie or Grimsley — all regional TV horror hosts. They would dress up in Halloween-appropriate attire, vamp around a campy set and introduce grade-B horror movies on Saturday afternoons (or whenever your local station showed them). As a [...]

Housing Developments Viewed From Above

The Big Picture takes a look at housing developments in Southwest Florida courtesy of Google Earth. Viewed from above these 26 photos look like art. The planners of these developments certainly made their mark on the landscape. Link – Via J-Walk