Are we happy that Thursday is almost Friday, or frustrated that it isn't Friday? We can learn a lot about ourselves when we examine our perspectives. Or not. Whatever, I'm not a licensed therapist.
Rick Scott and the FDOT sent more than a dozen dump trucks northward to help Washington DC dig out of last weekend's snow. All of them were wrapped with Florida tourism signage, ensuring that the last eight or nine people whose first thought on the subject of Florida isn't "fuck Florida" will be converted in short order.
Try not to have a heart attack and expire of surprise over it, but a new report says black motorists are more likely to be ticketed for not wearing seat belts in Tampa Bay. Or also to get arrested for anything at all or be shot by police, one must assume.
And finally, the American brand most often associated with behind-the-dumpster romance, Waffle House, is now taking Valentine's Day reservations for its Tampa and St. Pete locations. Sometimes they write themselves, folks.
This article appears in Jan 28 – Feb 3, 2016.