Proposed license plate: ‘Hispanics discovered Florida’ — OrlandoSentinel.com
Never mind the thousands of Native Americans here, centuries before. I love the idea of the plate to unify and recognize achievement but that vision of history has been repudiated and doesn’t work
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Job market fails new teachers — OrlandoSentinel.com
Budget cuts more than enrollment. Class [...]

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What started as a dumb little post about which song is better became an exercise in web retardedness, on he part of the normal corporate dorks. First the original fluff, then the story.
Kiss Off
Kissing girls always makes guys horny. Well, not all guys and not all girls. But this one is a kiss off between [...]

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The Website Is Down
OMFG. Parts of this are ripped straight from the headlines of my work day. Minus the game (well, there may be others - horde of orcs or something tamer) but anyway
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Jill Sobule: Live Show Demo Recording (Joe’s Pub 07/07/07 and 07/08/07
Free stuff [...]

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Obama Camp Closely Linked With Ethanol - NYTimes.com
Someone, please make corn gas go away.
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Tom Brokaw to Take Over ‘Meet the Press’ for Election Season - NYTimes.com
Smart move to shore up the bastion of NBC news for the time being. The rumor mill would serve to erode the best political [...]

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The Orange Studio is so hip it oozes its orange design/creative honey goodness out by the ton, attracting creative flies many times over. Exhibits and performances [past ones include: Eleethax, Love Not Hate] have started to blossom since Julio bought up the box building and splashed it with apparently everyone’s favorite bit from the Crayola [...]

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Jonathan Martin’s Blog: Huck decries “internet drivel” about Obama - Politico.com
That is the only the GOP is going to have a chance, that is to avoid the “swift boat” thing again. Looks/sounds/smells like the past two prez runs and blows away McCain’s reform platform.
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Michelle Obama’s $148 dress a fashion smash - [...]

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The Orlando Sentinel is Changing! - OrlandoSentinel.com
I like the new look of the Slantinel.
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Café Scientifique / Science Cafe — Orlando | Learn, discuss, eat, drink
Once a month meeting to discuss science stuff, usually lead by an expert in the field. Free, beer involved and like minded geeks. Good times. Oh [...]

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Building a better place to die
Naples used to be the place where you came to die. Made into a retirement hell heaven for the que-tip crowd, it became God’s Waiting room. It had always been a quieter version of the Florida vacation beach scene (i.e. what Daytona would have been with out the frat boys [...]

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Orlando Sentinel - The case for the 16-team superconference by Tim Stephens
Interesting scenario about an economic shakeup for NCAA football. Ignore where the schools are listed (it is an example and the from the comments the suck bag retards that comment couldn’t).
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e.g./i.e.
I didn’t know the difference and now [...]

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