Thursday said it was invited to Friday's party and knew exactly where it was, but we ended up just driving around the whole time watching stuff happen to other people.
A bill making it legal to carry concealed weapons without a permit during the first two days of an emergency evacuation is about to hit Rick Scott's desk. Proponents explain the new law would lower the number of handguns left behind for looters to steal, as well as the number of otherwise law-abiding citizens who might face charges for taking their guns with them. And hey, who makes better split-second decisions about keeping their cool than members of a large group fleeing in a sudden, blind panic?
The Bucs' preseason matches were announced. While some specific times have not been set, they'll play the Vikings, Bengals, Browns and Dolphins. Oh my.
A Pasco County middle school student was charged with a cybercrime for accessing his school's computer network to change a teacher's onscreen graphics as a prank. "Shit, kid, our fictional clever charming-inconoclast teen-movie protagonists have been hacking public school mainframes since before you were born… "
And finally, a 31-year-old Dade City man was arrested for getting into a physical fight with a 12-year-old girl, during which he allegedly punched her in the stomach and put her in a chokehold. I know the first rule of Fight Club is you don't talk about Fight Club, and the second rule of Fight Club is you don't talk about Fight Club, but I'm also pretty sure "DON'T SOCK CHILDREN IN THE GUT" is also pretty high up in there somewhere.
This article appears in Apr 9-15, 2015.