Realtors, builders, brokers and professionals from other real estate-related businesses are invited to a networking pitch session each Wednesday morning from 8:45 to 10:00 a.m. at Big Belly Burgers, 109 W. Bloomingdale Ave., Brandon. ...more

March 2, 2010

A minor state university annually releases a list of words to be banished from the English language; this year they included appropriate picks, such as "tweet, transparent" and "friend" (when used as a verb). I have, however, decided that they missed more than a dozen which are equally in need of deletion; here are just eight of those. ...more

January 23, 2010

The Community Aging and Retirement Services Inc.'s Elfers Center, 4136 Barker Drive, needs volunteers to perform a variety of duties there. ...more

January 2, 2010

Despite chilly temperatures and the threat of rain, there was a huge turnout for the LAMPLighters 20th annual Christmas Silver Coffee on Dec. 4. More than 250 guests enjoyed homemade holiday fare and sparkling decor at the waterfront Culbreath Isles home of Harvey and Cheryl Adams. ...more

December 23, 2009

I read Ted Rall's latest socialist dribble in the paper this morning. ...more

December 12, 2009

McDonald's Corp. will begin selling a variety of breakfast items for $1 early next month, a spokeswoman for the world's largest hamburger chain said Thursday. ...more

December 11, 2009

The city is waiting for a $700 fee before Ed White, the city's building official, can review plans for a 12,800-square-foot outparcel that may house businesses displaced by an incoming Sam's Club. ...more

November 4, 2009

I think the so-called generation gap is widening. Blame it as much on a younger generation that feels that oldsters think the same as they do while coping with a communication technology that is expanding exponentially. ...more

October 31, 2009

Ingredients from your own pantry. ...more

October 26, 2009

In discussing the current hysterical arm-waving about global warming this morning over coffee, The Good Wife (TGW in my writings) had this to offer: "Mother Earth and Father Time own this planet, and they do pretty much what they want to according to their own schedule." ...more

August 19, 2009