And so another workweek recedes into the hazy distance of the past, taking with it just a little bit of each of us, as each falling tide inexorably lessens the grains of sand on the shore. Or not. Whatever. Drinks at 5?
WUSF jazz music director and radio-show host Bob Seymour announced that he's retiring after three and a half decades. Get ready for an outpouring of exclamations from people who totally would've listened had they known jazz radio existed in Tampa Bay.
Tampa International Airport unveiled the pretty cool avian look for its forthcoming people-moving train system, along with a contest allowing the public to vote for one of four largely very uncool names for it. What, no write-in candidate? As if "JetStream" could possibly be as awesome as "Trainy McBirdface"…
The latest census records show Hillsborough County's growth second only to the Orlando area in the state. Perhaps one of TIA's train-naming options shoulda been "Crowdy McFullcar."
And finally, we lost one of the greats yesterday when Garry Shandling passed away at the age of 66. At least his unconventional comic genius lives on in The Larry Sanders Show, arguably one of the most unique, influential and well-executed TV concepts in the history of the medium.
This article appears in Mar 24-30, 2016.