It's not just midway rides hurtling thrill seekers through the air at breakneck speeds, although there are more than 100 of those. ...more

February 4, 2009

The past year in Florida saw deputies Taser an emu, iguanas fall from trees and a Christmas tree used as a weapon. What else would you expect in a state where a longtime congresswoman hung up on President-elect Barack Obama not once, but twice? ...more

December 29, 2008

When a man sounding remarkably like President-elect Barack Obama called a Florida congresswoman Wednesday, she assumed it was a crank call. So Republican Rep. Ileana Ros-Lehtinen hung up. But, the Miami Herald reports, this was no prank. ...more

December 4, 2008

The entertainment summit of the season - Sarah Palin and her impersonator, Tina Fey - earned "Saturday Night Live" its best ratings in 14 years. But if you blinked, you might have missed it. ...more

October 20, 2008

Somehow, we got talking about Santa impersonators we've known in our lifetime. Maybe that's part of aging – reminiscing. Or, maybe it's simply because we came across two old pictures. One is of Lyn at age three taken with someone posing as Santa at Marshall Field's department store in Chicago. That Santa impersonator was really classy and most likely his long white beard was natural. Lyn can even remember the wool coat and matching hat she wore. The photographer caught Santa and Lyn close-up. They were engaged in deep conversation. Well, Santa was talking to Lyn. She says she doesn't recall what he said – although, she apparently wasn't buying it. By the look on her face she was saying to herself, "I don't believe a word of this. Who is this guy anyway?" ...more

December 14, 2007

Still weeks away from Halloween, some residents of Regency Palms apartments had a man in a costume knocking on doors Sunday with his hand out, only it wasn't candy he was craving. ...more

October 12, 2007

PORT RICHEY - Still weeks away from Halloween, some residents of Regency Palms apartments on Sunday had a man in a costume knocking on doors with his hand out, only it wasn't candy he was craving. Clad in a red Bright House Networks polo shirt with a 7-year-old boy in tow, a man went from apartment to apartment at the complex, set between San Miguel Drive and Embassy Boulevard, trying to collect on past-due bills. If they didn't pay up in cash, he told resident, their cable television service would be shut off immediately. ...more

October 11, 2007