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I thought I remember seeing that the bus was free last year on New Year's Eve in Jacksonville. This year (2018), that seems to have be...

It was late October last year when I realized I'd missed Sweetest Day. This year, as the calendar turned to mid-October, I knew it wou...

I'm kidding, of course. We're not really giving away $1 million, and neither are the gambling halls. A local gambling establishmen...

More than likely, the kitchen garbage is one of the last upgrades you're thinking about right now. I only had to go there because ours...

If you've shopped for any big-ticket item in Jacksonville (and other places in the US), then you've run across the stores that cla...

Less than a year before I write this post, I was all excited about the possibilities of Frontier Airlines adding direct flights to Jackso...

I was surprised to feel like I had to take notes recently while watching a show about beer. I've seen promotional material while touri...

Technically, I'm not looking for a security system right this minute. Maybe in a bit, once and if I get a job where I'm away from...

Back when I was first setting up Real Wisconsin News, I had this idea to use a photo of my friend in various settings to help promote the...

Andreas Lawen, Fotandi [ CC BY-SA 3.0 ], from Wikimedia Commons I got my weekly library email from the Jacksonville Public Library trying t...

Sometimes, I hate my news feed. I looked up something about retirement several months ago, and I get news about retirement way too often....

I was doing a totally unrelated search of my friend Alex Bartoszewicz when I came across some medical paper some other Polish guy with th...

A local woman was arrested for being behind the wheel of a car in a hit and run accident nearly two years ago. If you break the law, you s...

I haven't checked my Amazon Author ranking in some time. It's actually an interesting, humbling experience. If you've been try...

Like any author, I want my words to get out there. Kindle allows me to sell my books online. The Amazon Author page allows me to post my b...

Being fairly new to the area, I have realized that the sun in Florida is more intense than in Wisconsin where I'm from. It seems so i...

Mayor Curry's wife was talking about all the good stuff her husband has done to keep our families safe. Then she wished me a Merry Chr...

Maybe someone out there is a struggling screenplay writer like me. Maybe you've mailed the scripts or tried the pitches. Maybe you wat...

An angry mom was upset about a school gathering that turned away moms looking to score some free donuts because it was Donuts for Dads. Sh...

The news ran a story about the seventh JSO employee arrested this year. Maybe it was the 7th officer, not just employee. With 2000 police...

I've gotten some attention with this blog, but I need to take it all with a grain of salt. The articles on this website are generally ...

A few years back, I wrote an article about a missing nuclear bomb that was near some places I'd never visited. No big deal. I was sa...

This article may not get very many hits because no one is going to search for something that seems to be a no-brainer. But I was inspired ...

I bet when you park next to a car, especially a nice one, you glance at the interior. I know, you're not casing these cars, but it...

With an upcoming trip in the works to the Episcopal School of Jacksonville, I went onto Maps to check out my route. After being sure of ho...

I wanted to see what other Jacksonville bloggers write about. It's mostly running, momming, and fashion/lifestyle. Real estate, art,...

There's an ad for a local morning news show that ends with the declaration, "We're taking local news to the next level."...

I'm still debating how I feel about this one. A few weeks back, I saw a Porsche Cayenne with my HOA advertising written all over it. K...

As a web designer and small business owner, I'm always interested in ways to promote my brand. As a concerned consumer, I'm worrie...

I got an initial invitation to Alignable from a former student when I was still living in Wisconsin. The idea seemed like a good one and ...

I had all these photos I took of my kids playing basketball for Grace Lutheran here in Jacksonville, but I never posted them to my main b...

I typed the above search phrase into Google and didn't come up with much. I did this for two reasons: our house has a couple of replac...

I was watching a Kirk Douglas interview by Dick Cavett from a few decades ago on the Decades Channel, and Douglas was discussing a Tenness...

I saw on the news tonight that 300-some people have been caught speeding at over 100mph in the past year or two. I wonder how many people re...

I get about one call per month from people looking for a tutor, generally in the Milwaukee area. Most people leave messages and then I pre...

When I was told I needed a new thermostat, the recommendation was for a Honeywell 9000 series unit. And I was perfectly prepared to spend ...

A naughty employee has been accused of stealing $700,000 from the St. Johns Sheriff's Office. And her neighbors didn't notice any ...

I've talked about the fact that the previous owners of my house never had their dishwasher hooked up to drain, meaning it never wor...

I got an intriguing offer today in my email. It was for guest blogging. I think I've gotten similar emails before, but I always assume...

I was looking for a place to buy a specific item, so I searched for that item online. This method has worked in the past in order to get t...

I've seen it on local and national news. People are trying to cast Florida as a laughing stock because we had insanely close elections...

Shawn Hall, according to the news accounts, single-handedly stopped an out-of-control ride at the Duval County Fair. He looks to be a big ...

Maybe you're new to Jacksonville, new to parenting, or new to watching someone else's kids. There are some rules, but I don't ...

Jacksonville doesn't have terrible water , but I don't like the taste of it, or smell of it. Since I have a refrigerator with a wa...

I know it's not the law and it's not going to happen, but it's kind of interesting to note that we just approved voting rights...

I have some work to do before January. I've been using Flickr's free version that promised me 1TB of storage since 2007. I went al...

I get people who ask me all the time about websites for business or churches. That's probably because I work as a church and small bus...

I was watching Rick Scott declare victory as our next senator from Florida, and he said that no one in the press read his Ten Point Plan. ...

If I ever run for mayor of Jacksonville, I have officially found my platform. I've watched the news for over a year since I've mov...

You're going to have to stay with me here. I am not a racial slur kind of guy. Not at all. I grew up going to schools with 80%+ Africa...