Stuck on the Palmetto, one of South Florida's most popular blogs, (it was named Best Blog by New Times in 2006), has called it quits. Rick, one of the two authors, cites last week's debate over his identity, as reason for his departure. This all stems from a discussion on the Daily Pulp.
Read Rick's final post here. -- Tamara Lush
Concrete Loop has the photos from Dennis Rodman's Rodmania halloween party this past Friday at Gulfstream Park.
We thought Dennis was going to costume up for the occasion! (Sorry. Too easy.) --Frank Houston
This morning I decided to steer my Corn Flakes away from my usual peaches and strawberries and into the direction of my favorite yellow fruit, the banana. Funny, because one of our favorite bloggers, “'Klotz As In Blood,” was also going bananas about a story out of Tasmania.
Indian police forced a thief to gobble down 40 bananas in a few hours, hoping they would force him to excrete a gold necklace he had snatched and swallowed.“He denied swallowing it at all, but an X-ray conducted in a hospital revealed the necklace was very much in his stomach,” Ajay Kumar, a leading city detective, told Reuters.
“Doctors advised us to feed him with bananas as it worked like a natural purgative,” another officer said, trying to keep awake after staying up all night monitoring (the suspect’s) ’s motions.
(The suspect) visited the lavatory three times early today and was also forced to vomit but the necklace has failed to appear.
“We will have to look for other stronger purgatives now,” the yawning police officer added. — news.com.au
If this had happened in Miami, would the perp have been subjected to a throat full of platanos? Read more about this potassium-filled torture and what “'Klotz' As In Blood” suggested they had done about it here. --Raina McLeod
Stuck on the Palmetto took a real estate article in this morning's Herald as an opportunity to call out stupid home buyers who signed adjustable rate mortgages without fully understanding the consequences:
Call me heartless, but I feel the same type of sympathy for these people as I do Spirit Airlines customers who pay $29 for a ticket from here to Jamaica only to find out that they have to stand in endless check-in lines at the airport, pay for checked baggage and pay for a glass of Sprite on the plane.
What do you think? Read the rest of the blog.
Miami Vision Blogarama posted an item this morning in support of using prisoners to fill jobs that would be vacated if illegal immigrants were deported en masse:
Yes, we know these are not revolutionary ideas and that it's been done before (and suspect it disappeared over time because of political correctness and economics) but times have changed. If putting prisoners to work in our fields and roads will reduce the cost of living in Florida, we say go for it.
Wow! When you put it so simply, it does sound like a great idea, doesn't it? I'm sure those issues of economics and political correctness can be cast aside without a thought because, after all, "times have changed."
Unfortunately when you take reality into account, and a state like Colorado which has already tried this approach, the "chain gang" idea is exposed for what it is ... idiotic.
Read The Inmate/Immigrant Dilemma from Southwest Florida's Coastalbeat.com blog pages for a broader look at the issue. -- Tovin Lapan
The first time I ever went to Colombia, I arrived in Bogota close to midnight. Starving, my friend and I ventured a few blocks away from our hotel in the unfamiliar city and quickly found a corner hot dog stand. Before we had time to object, the hot dog man was burying our perros in mayonaise, mustard, onions, pineapple and all other kinds of curious toppings. I hesitated, but that first Colombian meal was delicious. Now, as the blog Category 305 reports, Colombian hot dog guru Edgar Gomez is opening his first U.S. restaurant, La Perrada de Edgar, on Collins Ave.
Read the entire Category 305 blog item here. -- Tovin Lapan
Greener Miami has been contacted by the good people from ABC's Wife Swap reality show. Apparently they need an environmentally conscious family for the program. Has your family had a group hug around a tree lately?
Read the entire blog entry here.
Stuck on the Palmetto posted an item this morning discussing the results of a poll that revealed one third of Miami residents would ignore hurricane evacuation warnings and hunker down at home instead.
Read the full item here.
So, it’s Friday afternoon, and you still don’t have any plans for the weekend.
Never fear! Critical Miami is on top of it. Thank Jehovah for people like them, who always know what’s going on, or people like me would always be watching reruns on Nick-at-Nite.
This weekend, you can hear everything from orchestra music to Japanese metal in South Florida. I’m not sure if that’s a good thing.
Check out their list of eclectic events here. --Lauren Papiernik
In response to the Sun-Sentinel’s new website design, Critical Miami criticized the inefficiency of some publications in making their news more accessible and consistent with recent trends:
The problem with most newspaper websites is that the newspapers are trying to make the internet work their way, rather then adapting themselves to how the internet works.
Blogs have quickly become a primary source for news for many Americans. If so many people rely on the internet for news, how much longer will print journalism last?
To read the rest of the blog, go here. --Lauren Papiernik
Laura Lopez, a mother from West Palm Beach, recently attempted to ban books that she deemed objectionable from public schools.
Thankfully, the Palm Beach County School Board shot down Lopez’s case, in which she claimed that students were being taught lies, such as The Big Bang Theory.
Frank Cerabino from the Palm Beach Post issued a humorous response to this unfortunate debacle, in which he sympathizes with Lopez’s disgust with certain books:
I once forced myself to read a collection of Ann Coulter's political rants, and since then, just the sight of one of her book covers makes me actually stick my tongue out and emit an involuntary gagging sound at the dust jacket photo. I'm not proud of it, but it happens.
Seriously, though. Am I the only person surprised by this woman’s case in support of censorship? I should be relieved that she failed miserably in her attempt, but I’m just baffled. It astonishes me that people can even suggest this sort of thing in the 21st century.
To read the article, go here. --Lauren Papiernik
Mondays suck. They always have, and they always will. Unless your favorite TV show happens to air Monday nights, you probably have nothing to look forward to except the end of a carefree weekend.
Some Cranky Guy has some tips to help us all get through the worst day of the week:
Remember folks, the only difference between Monday and Friday is that Monday you have the entire freaking week ahead of you, and Friday you have….the…eh, well, never mind that.
To read the rest of the blog, go here. --Lauren Papiernik
Tere is almost halfway through her 30 Years in 30 Days countdown, in which she posts a picture of herself from each year of her life every day for 30 days.
Besides reminding us all of questionable fashion trends, the pictures also illustrate the awkwardness of growing up with bad hair.
Today, Tere is 14, and all dressed up for a school dance:
Ah, the pretty was creeping back in (funny, me thinking I'm posing like a model really just comes across as me looking pissed).
To read the rest of the blog, go here. --Lauren Papiernik
Last night, James Burnett posted an insightful blog about hos. Unfortunately, the discussion did not include the overly-used but, in my opinion, still effective phrase “bros before hos.” In response to the debate surrounding a comment TMZ.com made about Beyonce Knowles’ “robo-ho” outfit at the BET Awards, Burnett suggested everyone take a chill pill:
When people become so afraid of offending that they steer clear of jokes, even racy jokes, then we widen the fissures between different cultural and social groups. And that's the last thing we need in this country right now.
It seems to me that Burnett’s got a point. Perhaps we’re all becoming a little too politically correct when we start making a fuss over hos.
To read the rest of the blog, go here. --Lauren Papiernik
