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I love it when people are literal in naming of places. Obvious names, like Steep Canyon, are more fun than British aristocratic names, li...

Sorry, I don't have this hat available for you to purchase. That's what I was trying to do in order to play with the Bold City Cyclo...

I have to admit I listen to X102.9 in Jacksonville. The station goes out of its way to claim to be alternative. I like that. I listened to...

If you have a previous owner, then you have problems. Here's one of ours: the dishwasher disconnect. Our inspector ran the dishwasher....

I was doing research on local history, and I figured maybe the library would have some books for me. I was kind of right, maybe. I found a r...

I took the tour of Fort Caroline with my kids' school. It was an interesting tour, but I wondered a bit at some of the history being t...

When I was teaching, I had possibly the best Language Arts (English) high school teacher website ever created: menofalls.com . It's gone...

I saw this ad that I clicked on that was about the Jacksonville Icemen. The website seemed to be mostly about the legacy beginning, leading ...

I'm not going to weigh in on the debate as to whether players for the Jaguars should kneel, stand awkwardly with arms locked, or stay i...

I am from Wisconsin, home of the most coupon-using folks in the country. It's no wonder Kohl's is based in that state. Deals, rew...

Driving along Monument Road in Jacksonville, I had seen the sign a few times. I finally decided to look him up, thinking maybe Pappy Boynto...

For about twelve miles from the St. Johns River to the Atlantic Ocean, a continuous road in Jacksonville changes names about as often is pos...

I have always stopped for others in distress. I have yet to get mugged. On the other hand, I have yet to get paid in a Rolex like one guy I ...

I get weekly offers from ADT, SafeTouch, Xfinity, and more, for security system installation and monitoring. My house came equipped with an ...

This wasn't an obvious answer this morning as we discussed it. Technically, Florida does not look like a pan, so calling one part a pa...

I get the Dolphins, Rays, Buccaneers, Marlins, Hurricanes, and even Seminoles (I thought they were all in Oklahoma, but there are still some...

I don't know enough about the situation to blame anyone, so this is not an article complaining about Jacksonville Armada, only it kind o...

My house did not flood during Hurricane Irma. We were in Evacuation Zone 1, and we got out of the area. However, that's not enough for...

I tried to write to developers and the city about a gas station at Kernan and McCormick in Jacksonville. Nobody responded, including my repr...

I remember when we were looking for possible locations to live, I had a list of worst-case scenarios. One was lack of water, having grown up...

I am sure 2017 will put Florida and Jacksonville back on top when it comes to flood risk and cost, but I thought it was interesting to see t...

I know nobody wants them in their neighborhood. I know there's possibly been some abuse of the law when it comes to them, including some...

I was reading about Moxie Girl, a superhero from right here in Jacksonville, who gets her powers from her afro-puff hair style, and it got...

You've seen them. You might even own one. Giant pickup trucks. They are all over the place in Jacksonville, and I kind of wonder what th...

I'm new to Jacksonville, but I can tell that it suffers from some of the same problems with website design that I've seen in the Mid...

I have no evidence that Ga-ga (or Ga-ga Ball as my kids call it) is actually being played by thousands of kids in Jacksonville. I do know ...

I know there's some saying about red and dead or yellow and fellow, and I'll have to review it before a storm surge sends snakes in...

You've probably seen the top 10 list of cities with the worst drinking water. Like the list that says Floridians are the worst drivers...

Let's be honest: this website isn't all that great. It was easy to create using Blogger, but it has limitations. If you have a s...

We all like quick answers and someone else to analyze data for us. This includes the folks at local news networks, most of whom picked up ...

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