Welcome to Thursday, your antidote to Wednesday and primary cause of pre-Friday anxiety.
Ybor City untz-untz-untz nightclub Amphitheatre caught fire last night. The club was closed so no one was hurt; it burned for six hours, and this morning is suspected to have been caused by a welder's torch, and not some DJ's sick, incendiary turntable skills. (Note: DJs used to use turntables.)
And we've got our frontrunner for Florida Man 2016: a 25-year-old dude with a tattoo of America's Wang(tm) on his face was arrested for burglary in West Palm Beach. What. A. Dipshit.
After more than 80 years, Bayshore Boulevard restaurant staple Colonnade closed to make room for redevelopment. Your mom is super-bummed, and hey, here's an idea — take her somewhere new for once, OK? We recommend, well, a lot of places, actually. It's kind of our job.
Gawker filed for a new trial in the Hulk Hogan lawsuit, because derf.
And finally, undisputed titan of country songwriting Merle Haggard passed away, on his birthday, at the age of 79. There will never be another like him.
