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My kids' school created a pamphlet with a QR code that linked to the website, so I figured it could be useful to do the same thing whe...

I've seen several political ads recently that focus on people who have the back of the police officers. I suppose that's a thing, ...

I saw that the Curling Club of Jacksonville members were working out?  on the ice recently, and the news story indicated that an Olympic w...

The last time I wrote an article about JAXEX being accused of being a bad neighbor, my website broke because I tried to embed the flight m...

Jacksonville just made the Top 10 in some list of places to retire. The only problem is that the city isn't really in the Top 1000 for...

My son participated in his first spelling bee this year, making it to the finals of his school and then filling in for the champ at the Du...

UNF sent out an email regarding at least one of the churches that shows up on campus to talk to students. I don't attend UNF, so I do...

I'm all for reviving and renewing Arlington, as long as it's not going to wake up all cranky on us. I have enough experience in ur...

I don't expect a whole lot out of the general public when it comes to grammar. I kind of think that the English language is generally ...

It's my first mayoral race here in Jacksonville, but I assume it will be a fun one. Two candidates who don't like one another. Ann...

I got one of those weeding-out phone interviews recently. (I'm kind of looking for a job.) The interview was a lot like the ones I got...

I was looking up the highest crime area of Arlington when I came across a strange phenomenon on many of the homes near the high-crime apartm...

St. Augustine wants to replace garbage cans with garbage/recycling cans. In theory, I like the idea, since I did the same thing in my kitc...

This contest is currently Closed If you are a parent of a soon-to-be driver or a kid who's looking to get a license, I've got a ...

Sometimes, police officers must have a hard time believing the stories they hear, even if the admission is so ridiculous that it must be t...

I was trying to come up with what I could do to help local government employees to manage not having a paycheck right now. I made it my bu...

I wish I could give you the right advice on this one, but I can't. I saw an ad for Morgan and Morgan wherein John Morgan basically say...

We spent our first day in the Nocatee area of St. Johns / Duval in order to check out the farmers market. While there were only three...

I know, this might seem out of place on a blog about Jacksonville, but there's a chance someone out there knows someone who's look...

The neighbor kids tend to play in our front lawn a little bit. Not a big deal. The other day, however, one of our Christmas decorations w...

Sorry, city leaders. I just didn't know there was a vibrant Skyway automated monorail in town. I kind of thought it was either an idea...

I'd say it's mostly good that I have made it a point to protect my kids from the scary news of mass shootings at schools, murders ...

I'm busy getting some websites off the host so I can make room for more. A couple of the websites were done as actual jobs that never ...

I was looking up someone who edits a local news-ish website and magazine that's mostly a fancy blog with a lot of paid ads that purpor...

We've been asking around in order to find out what our new Christmas traditions might be for our family. Granted, the kids keep growi...

I was watching the news talk about how we want to avoid school security cams from being hacked. The news also mentioned that a website has...

I'm not part of my wife's Jane Austen Meetup group, but I do get to hear about the assignments. I don't tend to read the books...

I recently received my automatic order for my EveryDrop filter , and it seems like a good time to revisit the water situation in Jacksonvi...

I don't know how many police chases there are each year in Jacksonville, but one that recently led to the death of a kidnapping vic...

Truth be told, I am only in the process of getting materials together so that I might apply to teach or otherwise work in the St. Johns sc...

A majority of Americans want some version of Medicare for All. A majority of Americans want some kind of border control. Most Americans do...

A woman was being interviewed about a shooting near her house, and I liked her comments. I am sure it's not going to change anything, ...

The news teaser was that researchers have found that the first Sunday after New Years is a great time to meet someone. For dating, I assum...

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...