"Star Trek" has gone to warp speed at the box office with $31 million in domestic ticket sales after just over a day in theaters. ...more

May 9, 2009

The only bad thing about bonito is their taste. That is, they don't have bad taste, but they taste bad. Charlie the Tuna they definitely are not, even though they are part of the tuna/ mackerel family. ...more

January 4, 2009

Community Association vice president and golf course task force chairman Ed Barnes drove his seven-member group to warp speed, and in 10 days (10 days, my friends is an unheard of blink of the Sun City Center eye), presented the Community Association Board of Directors with a proposal for the golf course evaluation to go forward, a statement of work and some ancillary material. This last item includes studying what it would cost to convert the North Lakes Course to "open space," or "green space," or "a park," and to maintain it as such. ...more

October 8, 2008

Becoming a dissolute ad executive from another era takes persistence and attention to detail. It is not merely a matter of scoring an early '60s Kingsbridge suit by John Taylor Ltd. of Tarrytown ($110 at Cheap Jack's in midtown Manhattan) and a skinny Harry Rothman tie ($45). You can't just vacuum up Lucky Strikes. No, if you want to be a piece of serious collateral damage in the phenomenon that is AMC's "Mad Men," which just won an Emmy for best drama series, you've got to get the lingo down. To know your dolls from your sweethearts, I mean. ...more

October 5, 2008

Are you experiencing disturbing, election-related thoughts? When you close your eyes at night, do the colors of CNN's "magic" electoral map dance in your head like red and blue sugarplums? When you get in your car and hear the same talk-radio personalities saying the same things they said the last time you got in the car, do you wonder what day it is? ...more

September 18, 2008

DOG RACING Derby Lane TODAY'S ENTRIES 1st - Gr. D 550 Yds

May 26, 2008

One putt gave Tadd Fujikawa celebrity status in Hawaii. One week changed his life. And one year later, the 5-foot junior in high school has one tough act to follow in the Sony Open. ...more

January 10, 2008

Redfish, fall and football; it's a hard combination to beat, and the only negative with all of them coming together is that anglers have to fit their redfish excursions around the schedule of their favorite teams; the Bulls/Noles/Gators (and maybe some Canes, too) on Saturday and the Bucs on Sunday. ...more

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