By: David Sherman
Article Category: David Sherman
The following is offered as a work of fiction, and therefore should not be construed by any attorneys as a reason to justify their retainers or pad their billable hours. It is a purely hypothetical musing on the current state of what were once lofty ideals, precepts held on high, and on how easily such fragile fictions may be toppled by the seemingly innocuous acts of petty men. Should any one man find too many similarities herein and think himself maligned, that would be his problem. Should he... [Read more...]
By: Scooter Newell
Article Category: Jedi Grind Tricks
I wanted to write something meaningful this month, as this is the first official entry where I’m not graciously thanking the editor for helping local skateboarding by printing this. Or maybe I just did thank the editor… Either way, I was thinking that I wanted to write something profound since we just celebrated “Go Skateboarding Day.” And then it hit me: Why do we need one specific day out of the year to go skateboarding? As skaters, we tend to live a lifestyle instead of following... [Read more...]
By: Paddy McDrinksey
Article Category: Bartender of the Month
Well amn’t I the lucky so-and-so! I’ve just found me muse, which is nice because my others weren’t really working out for me. The St. Pauli girl was easy on the eyes, there’s no denying that, but to be honest, it was all I could do to choke down one of her brews. By comparison, old Sam Adams makes a formidable elixir, but it just doesn’t do for a man to have another man as a muse. Not that I have anything against that kind of thing, but you understand. And the less... [Read more...]
It’s said you can tell a lot about a person by the car they drive. If that’s the case, then surely the woodie owner rides in the most revealing and loquacious of biographers. The woodie is undeniably fetching, yet it exudes the kind of understated and approachable attractiveness you find in the girl next door, the one you’ve had your eye on since first grade. It whispers the sort of comfortable affluence earned by dint of hard work and deep appreciation for days off rather than... [Read more...]
Words and photos by Kate Flack
Article Category: Pet of the Month
One dreary night in a condo in Gainesville, Dr. Larry Wayne Robben’s youngest daughter and her friend were distracted by a painful screeching noise outside their front door. Confused and curious, the young college students opened the door to find an adorable sick kitten begging to enter. The two animal lovers did their best to find the kitten’s mother, but to no avail. Lucky for the little guy, he was taken in, fed and nursed back to health. For no specific reason, the girls called him Edgar. Like... [Read more...]
By: Julia Lasley
Article Category: Opinions
This month’s questions asked locals and non-residents alike “What American freedom is most important to you?”. Do you have an answer? Feel free to leave your comments… Read More →
By: Dan Reiter
Article Category: Dan Reiter
Florida summers are like molasses, thick, hot, dripping… The birds move with a certain languor, the yard is overgrown with wild, exotic grasses, the plumeria and mosquitoes swarm into full bloom, and a bright, lazy mist hangs over everything. It is stifling outside something terrible, your car feels like an oven, the sweat runs into your eyes, the sand burns your feet, the no-see-ums gnaw incessantly at your legs… In a sort of reverse-hibernatory instinct, you want to hide away, tuck... [Read more...]
Safety First In Britain Recently, 118 local government councils conducted formal tests on their cemeteries’ gravestones to see how susceptible they are to toppling over and hurting people, according to an April Daily Telegraph report. And in April, a circus clown performing in Liverpool was ordered not to wear his classic oversized shoes because he could trip and injure someone. Also, BBC producers, wielding a “telephone-book-size” set of safety precautions while making a recent... [Read more...]
Dear Romeo, Everyone has a physical attribute they’re proud of. I myself have turned my most glaring flaw into my biggest asset. Ever since I first entered puberty, I was cursed with abnormally large hips and an enormous posterior out of keeping with my relatively thin legs, thighs and torso. I didn’t have much to brag about in the chest department at all — still don’t — but “baby’s got back,” as they say. From grade school on, I’ve been called... [Read more...]
By: Athena Sasso
Article Category: C.B. Surf Museum
On a beautiful weekend in June, CBSM put on the 8th Annual Waterman’s Challenge surf contest. Holiday Inn was the best break on the beach, according to various scouts, and that made the 84 contestants very happy. Contest director Matt Bellina ran a great event, and many volunteers pitched in to make the event run smoothly. From the first horn to the last trophy — with a Luau in the middle — it was a weekend to remember. Some came to the Waterman’s Challenge to surf with old friends... [Read more...]
