How was your weekend? Free of hot air balloon accidents and getting shot outside strip clubs, I trust.
FRIDAY, MARCH 23:
A 17-year-old girl was arrested for making those multiple (6!) bomb threats regarding Hernando County's Central High School. Hope it was worth it. (Spoiler alert: It will turn out not to have been worth it.)
SATURDAY, MARCH 24:
Thousands attended marches in Tampa, St. Pete and other Bay area locations to call for stricter gun laws and safer schools as part of the nationwide March For Our Lives. Marco Rubio's thoughts and prayers were noticeably absent, because he's a shill for the gun lobby.
Two passengers were injured when a hot air balloon hit a power line while landing in Wesley Chapel. Am I the only one who watches America's Most Terrifying Hot Air Balloon Videos? I must be the only one watching America's Most Terrifying Hot Air Balloon Videos.
SUNDAY, MARCH 25:
And finally, a man was shot outside of "gentleman's club" Hush in Tampa late Sunday night. Stop calling it a gentleman's club. There are no gentlemen in a Hillsborough Avenue strip mall strip club on a Sunday night.
This article appears in Mar 22-29, 2018.