Story of the Day

Oh this is a good one!

A guy in Tampa called 911, not for an emergency, but because he wanted someone to...uhm....talk dirty with. Ah!

He claims that his cell phone ran out of minutes and he was "in the mood", so he called 911--seems logical right?

After calling 911 four times and being hung up on by traumatized 911 operators, police were dispatched to his home and arrested him on charges of making a false 911 call.

I don't EVEN want to know HOW he used his cell phone minutes when he had them!

Read more here

Florida Jams

Story of the Day

An Okeechobee man was convicted earlier this week of murdering his son-in-law after using his weight as a defense.

Edward Ates claimed he was "too fat" to have run up an down a flight of stairs to commit the crime and flee from the crime scene.

How fat was this guy? 288 lbs on a 5' 8" frame...pretty hefty.

Just nearly not as hefty to solidify his argument.

I love Floridiots!

Check out more at Fla. Man Convicted in Fat Defense Trial

PS: Nobody does "too fat" like Eddie Murphy and "The Klumps"!!

Story of the Day

It was announced earlier this week that the largest solar plant in the United States will be in Florida.

Can't say it takes a rocket scientist, or in this case, alternative energy scientist, to put a solar plant in the Sunshine State.

In order to bring attention to this important project, President Obama visited Arcadia today.

It's nice to hear some good, drama-free news coming out of Florida today.

This solar plant is sure to create more jobs all the while helping out the environment!

Read all about it here

Florida Jams

Story of the Day

There's nothing cute and furry about today's story (no matter how hilarious those darn raccoons were in "The Great Outdoors").

A 74 year old woman in Lakeland was attacked by a gang of five raccoons.

Yikes!

It all started when the woman tried get the raccoons to leave her front door.

The raccoons jumped on her, causing the poor old lady to fall down.

Once on the ground, the raccoons continued to attack, causing serious injuries and bite marks all over her little old body.

The sheriff's department is currently looking for those pesky guys.

Find more here, where you can see amateur video of a pack of raccoons that may be the attackers!

Florida Flicks

"Cocoon" (1985) is a wonderful science fiction movie directed by Ron Howard, with a "who's who" of mature actors from the 80s like Don Ameche, Wilford Brimley, and Jessica Tandy.

The movie was filmed in St. Petersburg. There's even a scene in the movie when Hume Cronin's character dances around in a strip mall that has a green Publix bench.

Love Publix!

If you haven't seen the movies, I have two words for you: Brian Dennehy. He brought "sexy back" ALONG time ago.