( F26 planes, disability access, and touching a Berlin Airlift plane. )

1. Flashmobbing can be indeed organized with a few days notice (like, two) and two hours of practice ( Read more... )

Results for yesterday's oystering trip to the Mosquito Lagoon ( Read more... )

As I've previously mentioned, the ICFA conference is, in theory, a conference where academics and writers involved in the arts of the fantastic mingle and engage in scholarly conversation, readings, and paper presentations. I say "in theory" because my part of this is to hang out at the bar or the pool and discuss, in rather less academic fashion, ( Read more... )

Florida Fish and Wildlife Commission offering cash prizes to those who bring in the most dead pythons. If you are interested, it costs $25 to go hunt pythons in the Everglades, plus a half hour video. Cost of guns and ammunition not included.

On the bright side, this is the dry season in the Everglades.

Yikes. Did I really let over a week go by before posting about this? Yes, yes, I did. In my defense...no, I really don't have anything to say there. Onwards ( Read more... )

Wednesday my parents and I headed off to Tarpon Springs, Florida, at one point one of Florida's major tourist destinations. These days other places have greatly surpassed it in popularity -- in part because, as I discovered to my sorrow, Tarpon Springs might be quite close to the Gulf of Mexico -- on it, even -- but from the marina/sponge dock area ( Read more... )

My brother and I have been idly chatting about going to see this.

Or, now, maybe not.

A sharp reminder of how swiftly things can change, even things that have lasted a thousand years.

(Another very old tree is in the area, which might be worth a visit and some reassurance.)

Edit: The Orlando Sentinel has confirmed that the 3500 year old Senator ( Read more... )

(Those of you who despise Legos can breathe after this post.)

( The best part, Mini LegoLand )

So I spent part of Sunday watching a large pirate on water skies get chased by a plastic whale ( Read more... )