Opinion http://www.tboblogs.com/index.php/opinion/ en Feedback@tbo.com Copyright 2009 2009-08-18T13:47:25+00:00 Dog Daze http://www.tboblogs.com/index.php/opinion/comments/dog-daze/ Florida, since the advent of air conditioning, has been a pretty bearable place to be all year.
The exception is now; those dog days of mid-August when the unrelenting heat has the added flavor of later afternoon storms. It’s taht time of year when we also keep a weather…]]> Otto Graphs - With Steve Otto 2009-08-18T13:47:25+00:00 Bell Shoals Blast Off http://www.tboblogs.com/index.php/opinion/comments/bell-shoals-blast-off/ Reading today’s story about a possible case of swine flu at Bell Shoals Baptist Church, a piece of trivia good only for today. Bell Shoals, along the Alafia River, is the site that Jules Verne used to launch his rocket in “From the Earth to the Moon.’’

]]> Otto Graphs - With Steve Otto 2009-07-20T14:13:28+00:00 Beepball http://www.tboblogs.com/index.php/opinion/comments/beepball/ For the 23rd consecutive year and despite my coaching skills, the Lighthouse for the Blind beat my media all stars today, this time 1-0 at the New York Yankees Community Field.
Also as usual it was Lee Kimbrell of the Llighthouse who scored the only run of…]]> Otto Graphs - With Steve Otto 2009-05-10T00:09:00+00:00 Chili for the Pandemic http://www.tboblogs.com/index.php/opinion/comments/chili-for-the-pandemic/ As promised, here is a chili recipe you can prepare in advance for when you are stuck home with the flu. This one is called “La Venganza del Alamo’’ It was a winner in the International Chili Society championships. Recipe makes enough for about 18 servings.

LA VENGANZA DEL…]]> Otto Graphs - With Steve Otto 2009-04-27T13:24:00+00:00 party time http://www.tboblogs.com/index.php/opinion/comments/party-time/ Just back from the NFL Commissioner’s party at the Tampa Convention Center. I didn’t see the commissioner but the Frau and I entered it turned out there were two lines, depending on the color of your ticket. One line had the kind of people you would have expected to arrive…]]> Otto Graphs - With Steve Otto 2009-01-31T03:14:00+00:00 A Super Week http://www.tboblogs.com/index.php/opinion/comments/a-super-week/ Super Bowl week is underway. It could be worse. Back in 1984 when we hosted our first Super Bowl we were so pumped up down here at the Type and Gripe factory we actually made a grid map out of the area around the stadium and assigned reporters to every…]]> Otto Graphs - With Steve Otto 2009-01-26T22:10:00+00:00 The Mother Of All Sore Losers - In More Ways Than One http://www.tboblogs.com/index.php/opinion/comments/the-mother-of-all-sore-losers-in-more-ways-than-one/ By late Tuesday evening as John McCain was conceding and hundreds of thousands of people were descending upon Chicago’s Grant Park to witness history-in-the-making as Barack Obama assumed the presidency of the Untied States, radio talk show bloviator Rush Limbaugh had to be feeling like a bigger self-made chump than…]]> The Book Of Ruth 2008-11-07T20:49:00+00:00 The Jimmy Buffet Careeer Protection Act http://www.tboblogs.com/index.php/opinion/comments/the-jimmy-buffet-careeer-protection-act/ Some final campaign season scribblings.

Is it a state law, or something that Jimmy Buffet must appear somewhere in the Tampa area on the eve of every presidential election? Look, I like Mr. Parrothead as much as the next guy, but isn’t this shtik getting a bit old?

Can we…]]> The Book Of Ruth 2008-11-04T15:00:00+00:00 Finally pumped up http://www.tboblogs.com/index.php/opinion/comments/finally-pumped-up/ For the first time in months people seem pumped up over this marathon campaign. It’s easy to suggest they are just glad it’s over and there will be no more TV commercials and sleazy pitches, but I think it’s more.
  Maybe it’s because finally we are having…]]> Otto Graphs - With Steve Otto 2008-11-04T14:53:00+00:00 A Twisted Take On “Patriotism” http://www.tboblogs.com/index.php/opinion/comments/a-twisted-take-on-patriotism/ Who knew that when President Bush suggested Americans should go shopping as a gesture of patriotism, Sarah Palin would take it to Imelda Marcos proportions of “Give me liberty or give me Donna Karan!”

Perhaps it is not too late for the John McCain campaign to change its slogan…]]> The Book Of Ruth 2008-10-23T19:34:00+00:00