Sarasota Speaks

In honor of the 10th Annual National Black HIV/Aids Awareness Day on February 7, the Pinellas County Health Department worked with area partnerships to organize several community events over the weekend.On Saturday the Front Porch Community Development Association in St.

Former US Secretary of State under the Bush Administration, Condoleezza Rice, spoke at the Van Wezel Performing Arts Center in Sarasota this morning. She addressed several contemporary issues including the economy, terrorism and ongoing wars.

Here are three Darwin Day events I know of here in Florida. If you know of others, provide information and links in the comments, please.– Darwin Day at the Miami Science Museum Feb. 13, 11 a.m. to 6 p.m.– Broward College North Campus, Feb. 13.– University of Miami, Feb. 12, 5-7 p.m., Learning Center 160. [...]

Thomas Jefferson loved to share his thoughts and ideas, so he wrote long letters to friends and colleagues, and kept a series of diaries that now invite us to visit his brilliant world, even though he is long gone. Each time I read an entry from his diaries, I feel him standing over me, reciting [...]

Did you ever hit that "send" button and then think, oh crap, oh no, please tell me I didn't just send that?  Did you ever do that three times in a ROW?I'm sparing the details, both because what's left of my ego can't handle to have this incident immortalized and because the details are boring.  Let's just say that I sent several versions of something that had teeny tiny mistakes in it. Mistakes that were sent to someone very important.  Mistakes that I would think "What the hell is wrong with that girl?" if I was on the receiving end.  Mistakes that would never exist period if I hadn't been trying to work while still sick and while 2 other people were in my office asking me questions. Mistakes---okay you get it.

Shaw points us to this 2004 review of Alter's translation of the Pentateuch by John Updike. A snip:

Checked the polls on Voices. Roe vs Wade Decision % Yes, I support this decision. 71 No, I oppose this decision. 14 I am undecided 14 Military Tribunals % I

Phosphate Mining - Not in my backyard Time: 12:00 pm - 1:30 pm Date: 02/10/2010 Speaker: Glenn Compton, Chairman ManaSota-88 Location: SCDP Headquarters, 7358

John Murtha died from complications of gallbladder surgery. Rep. John Murtha (D-Pa.), 77, a Vietnam veteran who staunchly supported military spending and became a master of pork-barrel politics, died today at Virginia Hospital Center.

Okay, I gave in and actually watched a CNBC webstrip of an interview with two Indianapolis Colts, John Gill and Daniel Travanti Muir. When Gill was shown a photograph of Fed Chairman Ben Bernanke, Gill was hesitant at first, then said, “I wanna say Ben Bernanke?”When the interviewer then asked Mr. Muir, the big man [...]

I shouldn't hurt so much after this weekend's work, especially because my darling wife did more of the work than I did.We worked in the attic all weekend, with the goal of rerouting the air conditioning return ducts so that they work more effectively. At the end of the house that is farthest from the air handler, the pressure is quite low. The electric company ran some tests and said that low output pressure is partly due to lousy return pressure. The returns leak like a sieve, because the tape that holds the joints together is falling apart, and also because the return "ducts" in the walls are just the space between the studs - there is no actual tube or ductwork. It's merely a vertical shaft formed by wood studs sandwiched between sheets of drywall.

Forms for the 2010 United States Census will be delivered in March. It’s important to return your form because being counted means more federal funds for projects and services in your area, and also counts towards Congressional representation.

After some rejiggering, the county's server is working again, and the full video of the Forum can be seen here:http://scg.co.sarasota.fl.us/videos/recessiontorecovery.asx

Is this painting too hot for Sarasota?

More than 1,700 people filled Sarasota’s Van Wezel Performing Arts Center this morning (Monday, 08 February 10) to hear Dr. Condoleezza Rice speak about various foreign-policy issues she feels should be important to us in Sarasota. Early on, she related her personal respect for traitor Alexander Hamilton, saying, “Thomas Jefferson is overrated as a founding [...]

What's the week got in store?

Last Post by: Matt Bruce on Feb 08 2010

School property tax extension will be debated at CONA meeting Monday, Feb. 8 at 7:00 at Sarasota Garden Club CONTACT NAME: Bill Earl, PHONE: (941) 377-3999

Sure you know the score by now but I saw it all from the 20 yard line.