New Jax Witty

I saw a Florida license plate with the phrase “Woman Veteran” written on it, along with a stylized image of a (presumably female) soldier ...

Let's start with blaming Google a bit on this one. Then the hosting companies. Then you. Your connection is probably plenty secure, so...

I wrote about jury duty a bit over six months ago. At the time, I had a previous commitment, so I delayed my patriotic duty for six months...

Sure, I have a few articles out there with 1000 views per month all on their own, so a website averaging 1,000 pageviews per month for...

No one ever told me Xtreme Wings was actually going to a bar for Packers fans. I was just kind of hoping it might be, since the bar is fa...

I was watching a news report of a homicide that included an interview with a guy who said he came to Florida with his family to escape the...

My daughter had some of her friends over today, and one of them scoffed at the Green Bay Packers glasses I gave them. Since I had just see...

When I saw this story, I felt kind of bad for the owners of the house. I wouldn't want vandals messing up my dream home. Of course, I ...

A recent news story presented the story of a memorial that had been set up for a murder victim where he was shot. The memorial was next to...

I saw a news story about a Florida nude gardener, and it got me to wondering. Apparently, gardening or just standing around in the nude is...

I was picking some extra baseball shirts up from my coach today, and I realized that because he also works from home, why not let him come o...

If you thought that EBT card was just for food and Medicaid was just for medical expenses, think again. I believe you can get some cheaper...

I just wanted to get a four month-old pothole filled. I filled out the form on 630city, which is Jacksonville's website for handling s...

I just saw a car dealership commercial wherein the the people say the dealership treats them like family. During the same newscast, there ...

My last name has some similarities to the word Jaguar. In fact, if I went back to teaching in Jacksonville, I might go ahead and call myse...

Like other Packer-Backers who don't live in Wisconsin, I look for a decent bar when the games are on but not on my TV. I'd rather ...

If you are fleeing the devastation of a hurricane elsewhere in the South, welcome to Jacksonville, Florida. New Jax Witty would like to ta...

My yard started turning various shades of yellow, brown, and purple in the past month, and I'm trying to figure out which bug, mold, o...

Holy smokes,folks! The last 30 days on Bing search (I know, I know) has seen a lot of interest in my Baxter Troutman article. I wrote tha...

It's being called it British Invasion JAX (by us). The Royal Navy Fab Five were apprehended at Jacksonville Beach, being very bad boys...

I have a friend who sells Chromebook covers (Craniums) , and he just got a comment from a school district that told him the screen protect...

It's been brought to my attention that the FBI might be monitoring my website, so I should be careful. Getting hits from the FBI would...

Jacksonville has a public library. It's not open as many hours as it should be, but it's not a bad library system. However, it is ...

We're Number One! I'd like to officially take at least some credit for Jacksonville winning the Soar With Reading Jet Blue contes...

I was watching a hearing about a state of Florida law that caps medical marijuana distribution centers at 25. Apparently, one company wan...

I drive past Kernan and McCormick several times per week, but I guess I'm not perceptive enough to spot marijuana plants when I spee...

Here's one for all the millennials out there. Bayley Judah represents who you are, or at least how the rest of us see you. But it'...

I wonder if it's the heat down here, but it seems there are a lot of folks in the area who kill their own family members. That's c...

A Nextdoor post got a lot of heated debate recently, and I decided it was a good idea to weigh in on the issue. The initial post said that...

Florida has the death penalty for murder, capital drug trafficking, armed kidnapping, and some felony crimes when there are death or sexu...

I've written about playing baseball before, including the night after an awesome defensive game I had a few years back. Since an offe...

This one is hard to compute, but I've used the tools on two different websites that came up with similar results: my Milwaukee house h...

The local Jacksonville news channels exploded after the mas shooting at The Landing. Granted, two people were killed, and nearly a dozen m...

I was discussing the school shooting issue with a friend of mine who invented a Chromebook Case that we hoped might also be bullet proof....

I have to wonder why over 25% of applicants for Duval school safety assistants were disqualified. Basically, the job is armed security gua...

Would people from other states actually falsely claim to have a college degree, then get busted, then take a photo with a diploma, then g...

Almost every summer of 2018 political ad is either pro-Trump or anti-Trump. Donald Trump is a lightning rod, but he has nothing to do with...

I'm not totally sure whether or not there's a legitimate film scene in Jacksonville. I tried to find a meetup group, but that didn...

OK, this isn't really a review of energy healing. I'm good, actually. Good enough. It's more about a website I stumbled on w...

I have accounts with several banks, and when you count credit cards, there are even more banks with which I deal. The problem is that thes...

I'd be the first to complain about speed on local roads. I'm also usually fine with targetted speed traps or DUI enforcement areas....

What if you could donate a huge sum of money to your local library just by clicking on a link? When I was sent a link through a neighbor o...

Mostly, I don't like Pitstop Tires' use of Craiglist, making it difficult for me to find legitimate listings by sellers because of s...

Greetings My Dear Sir Lenny Curry,  This letter might be a surprise to you, But I believe that you will be honest to fulfill my final wish...

A local TV news story about contractors who rip people off uses a quote from a local resident in the ad. The man, satisfied with a local roo...

If your child is getting bullied at school, you have the opportunity to transfer that child out of a public school and into a private sch...

Either people who live in The Woods off Atlantic and Hodges really love one another, or else Jacksonville's GIS mapping has a bit of a...

I just read an article discussing the use of nuisance iguanas as food. While it's not really my thing, it seems as if the annoying li...

As an English teacher, I am often disappointed with much of what I read online. When it's some blogger writing about her favorite reci...

First off, I'm not sure if anyone has ever said "intra" when using the word intracoastal. I'd only heard "inter,...

It feels like it's been almost a year that I've been waiting for the Oreo 8.1 update for my Moto G5 Plus. Fact is, I've only ow...

A recent study did NOT put Florida on top of a negative list. That should be cause for celebration. Of the lists I've seen, however, th...

So I'm stuck in a cheap motel in Orlando that smells like someone used the air conditioner as an ashtray, but I'm still hungry. Alm...

As someone who rarely votes, I'm more interested in political ads for entertainment rather than facts or ideas. I feel the Baxter Troutm...

When I parked my car at a long-term parking lot to fly out of JAX last year, the guy running the lot gave me a ride. I said something abou...

If you're looking for a moderately-priced condo in a decent area that's still close enough to the Beaches, downtown, the Town Center...

If you're a local Lincoln owner, keep an eye out for your replacement car offer. You can get yourself a rental so that you're not ...

With a census report that said Jacksonville added over 11,000 new residents in 2017, how long will it take for the city to boast 1,000,000 p...

Republic Wireless is good and cheap. Well, it's cheap, and usually good, just not if your secondary Jacksonville number used to belong t...

The video was embarrassing for the two local women accused of stealing donated clothes from a Salvation  Army donation dumpster, and I'm...

I saw a Nextdoor post from a veteran who said what I've always said (but was a little apprehensive to say too loudly). Memorial Day is o...

Non-stop. Cheap. Convenient. It's not in time for our family vacation to Wisconsin this summer, but Frontier flights 814 and 815 will ...

I suppose I was expecting more out of car dealerships. And these businesses mostly sell Chevys, not Cadillacs, so I have to give them some ...

I understand that there's a market for short-term, high-interest loans. And I know that it's not something anyone wants to have to d...

I totally understand why we'd want to forgive medical debt for veterans and others in need. In Jacksonville, it's all about vets, bu...

I guess you could say I've already owned a hybrid vehicle. Three, in fact, as I ran two Mercedes-Benzes and a Suburban on diesel/vegeta...

I'd heard about the Florida sinkholes before. When my wife first wanted to drag me here several years ago, I told her I didn't want ...

Dr. G said it herself that no one really knew much about medical examiners beyond Quincy. Today, we know other TV shows that make CSI, NCIS,...

Bank of America has this goofy tool that shows monthly spending based on zip code. I am sure it's not terribly accurate, since people u...

Not a Jacksonville Sorority I had visions of Animal House or Revenge of the Nerds dancing in my head when I heard that a car crashed i...

The title says it all. That's what I want, assuming I have the summer I am planning with work. We often talk about going local when it c...

I really enjoy the idea of constant, recurring income. Just the thought that I might write songs now that will someday  help my wife go shop...

Last year, when I was driving back and forth between Kansas City and Jacksonville, everyone was looking for a Nissan Rogue driven by a teach...

It seems that Southern Living Magazine makes a list of top Bloggers to follow. I assume that since most magazines are just blogs with severa...

This is one of those moments when I'm glad I'm not a teacher anymore. If you try to be funny or clever (and you're not careful),...

I know it's a big deal when there's a house on fire, and I can appreciate the desire to move an appropriate amount of resources to t...

When you have a local blog, people want to get free advertising on your site. And the good kind, not an honest review from a paying customer...

A woman interviewed about the large shopping development going in at the 9-B/I-95 interchange said she was excited about not having to trave...

I'm not even sure if there are street signs up yet in Magnolia Grove near my house, but Jacksonville's GIS map has the street name...

I keep seeing planted ads in my Nextdoor email account, and it's annoying. I keep getting Alignable requests from when I lived in Kansas...

To Kill a Mockingbird or NOT To Kill a Mockingbird? That is the question for lots of English teachers across the country, South or North. T...

While I don't appreciate the fact that several Jacksonville entities, including my aldermen, ignored emails from me, I can have some sol...

Maybe this is a local Jax or FL thing. Two examples in less than a year make it more than a coincidence, I think.

I read about the purpose of ponds on Jax's wastewater pages, but I still don't understand completely the pond in my backyard. I reac...

I remember when the major Hollywood movies about fixing schools were big: Stand and Deliver, Lean on Me, Summer School. Oh, and Dangerous Mi...

It's odd there isn't more about this aquatics camp near Orange Park online. The Scout River Base seems to have some reviews of its o...

After 3/4 of a year, we have finally seen squirrels in our Florida back yard. I have wonder why we have not seen any until now and why we ...

After the third airplane flew right over my house today, I figured I'd let the folks over at JAXEX know that I know (or thought I knew...