If you really wanted to lure me into the woods, you'd stand out there with a cold beer and a sash that just says "Friday."
FRIDAY, SEPT. 30:
Pasco County officials placed county schools on "Alert Campus" status due to the whole creepy lurking clown thing. One can only hope the "good clowns" will swoop in at the last moment to rescue us from certain doom. Oh, wait — there are no "good clowns." Sleep tight.
A suspicious package found at the Lithia headquarters of sinkhole production company Mosaic Friday night is being investigated by the FBI. I could be crazy here, but a multicultural porn film titled Suspicious Package might be exactly what the world needs to bring us all together…
SATURDAY, OCT. 1:
A new nine-stop ferry debuted on Madeira Beach, ostensibly making travel between Mad Beach and Treasure Island restaurants, parks and other shoreline tourist attractions more fun and convenient. Also convenient, but not allowed: Screaming "this is my stop" and just jumping off wherever the hell you'd like.
In case you missed it, Bay News 9 weekended by bringing you the Tampa Bay Business Journal's zip-by-zip datadump from earlier in the week about Bay area beer drinking habits. The long and short of this arguably specious data: The zip codes that include SoHo in Tampa and Old Northeast in St. Pete drink the most beer. Remember: Nobody lies about alcohol consumption ever.
SUNDAY, OCT. 2:
Two people were injured when a speedboat flipped during Clearwater's SuperBoat National Championships, satisfying the crowd.
And finally, the Rays finished their third consecutive losing season on a high note, beating the Rangers 6-4 in 10 innings in an away game. It was reportedly the team's worst season since '07. I'm not saying Tampa Bay doesn't need a professional sports team. I'm just saying maybe the only one we need is the one that plays that weird game from Canada really well.
This article appears in Sep 29 – Oct 7, 2016.
