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OK Damian, I have it working now. I also use Go Daddy, and Justin's "all in one" code also caused my server to crash, so it looks like a Go Daddy thing. I love Go Daddy though, the service is great, and this is no reason to switch (believe it or not, I also host over at Network Solutions) As for the fix: First, I did not put the rewrite code i […]
Man, thanks for the great review and info. I love that it could be argued that this movie is targeted at social workers and teachers who practice LaME. On a side-note: I hope to have that indexing turned around in 36 hours at the latest. Lots going on tomorrow. Moving furniture for wood floor dude Grandma hired for us (Christmas gift). […]
Thanks..I always wanted that comment follow-up plugin but always forget about it when I'm online. You'd think WordPress would have put that in their default code by now...How are you checking to see if it really redirects? Check Justin again and try to follow his steps. I think you may have got in too deep with the move and created a unique situati […]
Are you allowed to eat a Whopper at McDonalds? The answer is yes. I have seen in with my own eyes today at lunch, when I was eating my peanut butter sandwich while sitting in McDonalds. A big guy wearing red sneaker came in the back door (where I had come from) with a BK brown paper bag. He went and sat himself down and started eating his Burger King hamburger, fries, and drink right in McDonalds. Now that takes guts. Then he went to the McDonalds’ rest room. Nobody said jack to him because he looked tough.
Of course all of this begs the question: why didn’t he eat his food at Burger King ?
Some questions are better left unanswered…or in this case not asked.
Moving from New York to Florida? I moved from Brooklyn, New York to South Florida in 1991. I was around 13-14. Here are just some of the differences between New York and South Florida to help better prepare you:
1) There are no boroughs in Florida, just a bunch of little cities or towns with their own police forces and city halls. Generally speaking you can pass right through each of them in 5-10 minutes in a car on the streets, and around 1-2 minutes on the highway.
2) Cars. You need one to get around in Florida. This is not an option; the public transportation is vastly inferior to New York’s ’round the clock system. Even the bus stops are inferior. There’s no subway, and the MetroRail has become the Houston Astrodome of follies. Even taxis and car services are different- much more expensive and hard to find.
3) Cost of living. Florida has a skewed cost of living, making it nigh impossible to live comfortably because the salaries are so low, but housing, rent, cars, food, and merchandise are all priced the same as New York. $70,000 a year jobs up north get converted to $30,000 jobs down here. $30,000 a year jobs get downgraded to part-time temporary assignments here. If you don’t have a real contract job lined up and you move to Florida, you are dead-meat.
4) Lack of unions. Florida is a work-for-hire state. Florida always seems trendy when it comes to lay-offs and lack of steady work. The trend has always been for companies to hire temps. Part-time work takes advantage of not paying over-time or being an “employee”. Independent contracting allows employers to forget about health insurance and other “fees”. Vacation time is optional. It’s like Florida retains a year round seasonal workforce.
5) Transients. From the cultural standpoint (which leads to mental health and levels of happiness) a huge difference is that South Floridians don’t have a shared culture or pride. At best you have “Gator fans”, “Heat fans”, or shared complaining about the Miami Dolphins. Your neighbors will switch every few months. You don’t even say “there goes the neighborhood” anymore. This lack of community spirit is a big deal; coupled with the growth of internet socializing, you can really see the shift towards people entering the Matrix.
6) Christian freaks. In New York, Jehovah’s Witnesses were very common and known to knock on your door once a month or place a copy of Watchtower in your door. In Florida, many local Christian congregations (are they even churches?) are a bit more pushy. Speaking of religion, there were more Jewish temples in New York and the other religions were much more represented up north. The closest Buddhist temple for me is in Lake Worth.
7) Newsflash: Florida is the Deep South. Although the hip-hop and ghetto trends are wanna-be New York, they are generally more like Hot-Lanta. I was called a “cracker” on my first day of school. I had to ask around for a definition. Part of being in the South is being more skewed toward agricultural economies and lifestyles than high-tech industries in NY. Being in the South also means that things aren’t as “fast paced” as in New York. There’s no sense of urgency here.
South Florida counties. In New York, the only way I knew I lived in Kings County was because of Kings Plaza and Kings County Hospital. In Florida, the counties actually rule and are the authorities when it comes to almost everything.
9) Marginalized people- in South Florida, Haitians were the group that everyone in school and bars make fun of, especially from “Black Americans” and Jamaicans. On the rare occasion you see an Asian, they generally won’t give any eye contact, so we have no idea what’s going on in their heads- probably CULTURE SHOCK. Based on water cooler talk, most people have very disturbing views towards Jews and Muslims.
10) The Latino superpowers. Cubans are the most influential Hispanic group in Dade County. Their influence spreads to politics, religion, food, and Spanish being the unofficial language in Miami-Dade. In New York, the Puerto Ricans and Dominicans rule their neighborhoods but the Cubans made Miami a New Cuba. In Broward County (cities near Fort Lauderdale), the rising Latino stars are the Venezuelans and Colombians. Generally speaking, they don’t assimilate or want to convert anything to build a satellite nation here. They simply want to send money back to their homelands and frequently travel back and forth to set up businesses and buy and rent real estate in both countries.
11) State benefits: what? Florida has been consistently low on unemployment benefits, food stamps, and disability payments.
12) Palmettos- If you are a New Yorker, you are used to your kitchen being overrun by armies of German cockroaches. If you move to Florida, I present to you the palmetto bug. These are giant-sized American cockroaches and I’ve seen some fly.
13) Gangs. New York street gangs had more structure and organization, not to mention weapons.
14) Baseball. Florida is not a baseball state.
15) Comic books. In New York, young people read comic books. When I was a Freshman down here, I met no more than 5 students in my class who shared that hobby. Same with Dungeons & Dragons and pro wrestling. Video games and PC games seem to be the only consistent hobby.
16) Hurricanes. Worse than any natural disaster NY can dish out.
17) Traffic and roads. Buy a map and practice A LOT because Florida doesn’t have the Avenue A, B, C grid layout. The streets and roads don’t have uniform names, and sometimes have two names.
18) Don’t say “Junior High School” in Florida. What planet do you come from? It’s “Middle School”. Also: it’s “Grade School” not “Elementary School”.
Okay, okay…I listed a bunch of differences and some sound bad. But I had already said that New York is overrated and New York sucks. So what are some good things about moving to Florida from New York?
Crime rate is lower when it comes to murder and mugging
Weather is much warmer, plus no snow
Much cheaper to buy property
Easier to hide from police since the sheriffs are so localized and lack the resources
Highway tolls are a lot cheaper and SunPass rules
If you are a loner and hate people, you can rest assured no one will bother you
Beach bum’s paradise
Great place if you like tanned blonde chicks
Dance clubs
Grass- some cities have excellent trees and bushes and in general look a lot more clean than NY streets
Thinking about relocating to Florida (specifically South Florida- Dade County, Miami, Broward County, Fort Lauderdale)? Looking for work in Florida or Florida jobs? Thinking about going to school in Florida? GOOD LUCK!
Even though recent stats are showing a trend of people LEAVING Florida after getting evicted, laid off, or dealing with home foreclosure, there are still people who decide to move to Florida. My wife recently met a few of them recently at a job interview.
My wife found a job opportunity on EmployFlorida.com for “customer service and mortgage loan officer- no experience necessary”. We knew it was a scam, but she went for it anyway because that is how bad the recession is down here. They told her that she would be taking a quick 3-minute test, as well.
I drove her to the interview (most middle class Florida families have 2-3 cars, and when you add the monthly car payments, insurance, and break downs it totals around-HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHHA!)- whoops sorry, I lost myself. Okay, so short interview turned out to be 3 hours. I figured maybe they hired her and began training- Tashman Technologies style.
Nope.
Turns out a dozen people responded to that job ad, and the place interviewed each one separately after giving them the test. My wife was last, so current workers and prospective workers talked to her. It truly was a great snapshot of lost people in South Florida; everyone had a sob story. From a death in the family, to high medical bills, to being new to this country, to a suicidal brother, to running out of unemployment benefits even with the extension, to having a roommate or business partner backstab you, to being pregnant without a husband to support the kid, all of these people were brought together.
One guy said that he was the original author of Twilight but THEY stole his idea.
My wife also saw the scantily-clad Venezuelan girls that worked there give the black women who were interviewing for the job DIRTY LOOKS. I have yet to meet a South Floridian Venezuelan who does not have…interesting racial stereotypes. Prove me wrong, folks.
Anyway, after three hours of listening to everyone’s life story, my wife had her interview. It turns out she passed the test with flying colors- actually scored the highest even though English is her second language. So she inquired about the customer service job, and the person was like…”Oh..uhm…yeah, I know it says that on the Internet, but we don’t have that available”.
Ready for what they had available?
Putting loan flyers on people’s doors- two days a week for two hours part time- four people per car.
Yup. Not even worth the gas or trying to explain that to the unemployment office.
Pass.
Here are some bullet points to explain all of this in case you still have ideas about striking it rich in South Florida or enjoying the Florida weather:
The official Florida unemployment rate is 10.9%. The real numbers rival Detroit because so many people are “off the books”- homeless, street vendors, people who do not qualify for unemployment benefits (they are HARD to get), and much more.
The new small business model is being a VERY small business. As in not having any permanent employees. Small businesses just aren’t stable enough.
Scams. Everyone is running some kind of scam or another. You go in for an IT job or programming job in Florida and it turns out to be a porn webhosting company. You go in for a modeling agency gig and the next thing you know you are making foot fetish videos for 60-year old obese white men.
The cost of living is like New York but the salaries are like Cuba. Back in New York, you can afford a Yankees season ticket package if you are a construction worker, sanitation worker, plumber, or hospital aide. Here in Florida, you’d be lucky to be making $10 an hour with no medical insurance. Pension? What’s that?
The real estate market crashed. Most of the people working in that industry were scammers. So now they had to move on to other industries. Some moved on to house auctions, where they sell you foreclosed homes for for $1000. HAHAHAHAHAHAHAH
More and more women and MEN are realizing that one industry still has customers. Florida craigslist and South Florida Backpage still have a bunch of escort ads and erotic massage parlor ads. The prices dropped (as low as $60 instead of the normal full service $200 escorts) but I’m sure they still make money due to the volume.
If you live an apartment and pay the rent every month, you can still be evicted if your faceless landlord hasn’t paid the mortgage. You will be physically removed from the apartment and put on the Soylent Green conveyor belt.
Obama ain’t gonna help you. Did you hear me? Obama ain’t gonna help you. Just like Bush didn’t didn’t help you.
Relationships- good luck finding a mentally healthy person down here in sunny Florida. Rule #1- perform a sexual offender search before dating anyone down here.
Schools are scams- yes folks, even state universities just want you to get university loans from them with high interest rates. Schools are a business and they don’t help you find jobs.
Cable TV is a virtually monopoly- and you will have the highest possible cable bills if you don’t switch to satellite or just forget all about it and stick to the internet.
The public transportation system sucks.
Florida summers are overrated- it rains every day like a HURRICANE. And then it hits 100 degrees with humidity like an Amazon jungle.
There is no culture in Florida. People are divided up by socioeconomic status, race, country, and religion. Everyone wants to be left alone and go on Facebook instead of speaking to neighbors.
Food stamps, unemployment benefits, and disability payments SUCK in Florida. You are on your own.
This one is for older Star Trek fans out there. South Florida needs a warning beacon like Talos IV- Starfleet General Order 7: any contact with South Florida is expressly forbidden and punishment by death.
DO NOT MOVE TO SOUTH FLORIDA
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STEP 0: GO TO WWW.GOOGLE.COM AND TYPE “FLORIDA UNEMPLOYMENT” BUT DO NOT GO THERE YET, FIRST READ THESE INSTRUCTIONS STEP 1: GET HELP FROM THE LIBRARIAN STEP 2: DON’T WORRY TOO MUCH ABOUT EXACT DATES AND STUFF STEP 3: MAKE SURE YOU CLICK “NO” OR “YES” FOR MOST OF THE ANSWERS STEP 4: YOU MUST FILE EVERY TWO WEEKS OR ELSE YOU WILL NOT BE GETTING YOUR UNEMPLOYMENT CHECKS
SPECIAL UNEMPLOYMENT BENEFITS TIP: YOU DON’T HAVE TO PRINT OUT YOUR UNEMPLOYMENT CONFIRMATION NUMBER- YOU CAN WRITE IT DOWN WITH A PEN OR PENCIL ON A PIECE OF PAPER
HOW LONG DOES FLORIDA UNEMPLOYMENT LAST?
Around 3 months, and then you need to move back in with your parents. IF YOU HAVE NO PARENTS, you can become homeless but the shelters are filled, so you can technically go to jail for vagrancy or loitering. You can also go back to your country. If you do not have a country to go back to, you could go to WWW.GOOGLE.COM and type in “craigslist” and find work there.
HOW TO FILE AN UNEMPLOYMENT EXTENSION
STEP 1: Go to WWW.GOOGLE.COM and type in “E-mail President Obama” STEP 2: Wait 24 hours. STEP 3: Repeat STEP 1. STEP 4: Repeat STEP 2.
[To the tune of "We Didn't Start the Fire" by Billy Joel]
Burger flipper, ditch digger, bus driver, nit picker Place kicker, stamp licker, chauffeur for the Pope Rug cleaner, plate spinner, window washer, switch hitter Bubble blower, babysitter, milker of a goat Car attendant, professor, Santa Claus, assessor Bed warmer, horn blower, tinker, tailor, soldier, spy Stock boy, bell ringer, lounge singer�kitschy! Piano tuner, buzzard shooter, Hollywood’s newest star (Chorus) I just wanna get hired I got a yearnin’ to get some earnin’ I just wanna get hired Here’s an application for your consideration Tune-up man for your car, or the tender of the bar Oyster shucker, chicken plucker, darner of a sock Answer phone on your own, vendor of a sno-cone Taxi driver, pearl diver, loader on the dock Mortician, beautician, an electrician, trade bargainer for Japan Corn husker, fireman, butcher, baker, candlestick maker Auctioneer, musketeer, just get me a good career! (Chorus) Timekeeper, hygienist, beekeeper, a typist Jeweler, brick layer, any kind of manager Movie usher, editor, garbage man, creditor Shipping clerk, soda jerk, boyoboy, I gotta work! High priest, neurologist, astronaut, psychologist Guru, medico, emcee on a game show Engineer, ringmaster, ballerina, sand blaster Player of the bongos, that’s the way this song goes! (Chorus) Senator, Congressman, riveter, ice-cream man Tapper, flapper, topographic mapper Ruler of Albania (or maybe Transylvania) Chorister, bandleader, brewer of a good beer Collect income tax, advise on how to have good sex Taster of Beaujolais, I just got to get some pay! (Chorus) Tennis player, ghost buster, deer slayer, claims adjuster Lobbyist, podiatrist, big man at the chopping block Preacher, entrepreneur, bleacher, or French masseur Urologist, proctor, monologist, actor Pillow stuffer, maintenance, vinyl buffer, manifest Street cleaner, lion tamer, bird feeder, Hall-of-Famer Lifeguard on the shore, waxer of the kitchen floor Do not begin to be a whore, that’s one thing I must implore! I just wanna get hired I got a yearnin’ to get some earnin’ We just wanna get hired But the unemployment line just goes on and on…
News conference Monday…around 24 cats have been brutally tortured and buttered beyond imagination. The serial cat killer has terrorized families. Let’s hope it stops now.
The suspect, Tyler Weinman, is a typical 18-year old Floridian: Facebook, Myspace, and cannabis. He was also part of an online group called “Catch the Cat Killer!”.
His parents are divorced, and he split time with them. His location at the two different addresses allegedly coincided with the feline attacks. He may not have worked alone.
Let’s hope there is real evidence, though, as I would hate for an innocent man to go to prison. I have a feeling a teen like him had an electronic trail and told his friends.
I’m sure he’s not liking his holding cell right now. He’d really better watch himself, Bubba usually likes kittens.
I want to let my fellow Floridians know about the new Grossology Exhibit – Orlando Science Center, which is a fun experience for kids. Grossology: The (Impolite) Science of the Human Body uses humor to teach kids about health, biology, and their bodies. This is a new and exciting way to teach children about the human body’s least talked about functions.
It opens January 31, 2009 at the Orlando Science Center. It uses animaltronics and colorful and inventive exhibits to teach your children about runny noses, body odor, mucus, the digestive system, gas, burping, sneezes, allergies, and much more.
These exhibits are hands on, fun, and kid-friendly. Additionally, there are trivia questions, exploratory labs, and puzzle and game activities for all ages.
You can climb the human skin rock wall, slide down a 30-foot long slide through a 3-D model of our digestive system, play the Gas Attack pinball machine, try out the burp machine, and listen to Nigel Nose-it-All.
This exhibit is based upon the book series by author Silvia Branzei, a microbiologist and teacher.
Grossology is sure to be a unique, enjoyable, and fun experience for you and your family.
Of course there are tons of other great things at the Orlando Science Center, too, including taking a look inside dinosaur eggs, and National Geographic’s new giant-screen film Sea Monsters.
A lot of people I know who come down to the “party capital of the United States” are always shocked when they turn on the car radio and can’t find the “dance station”. South Florida’s clubs (the all-encompassing term for any establishment with alcohol and poor lighting) are well known for their dance songs.
Well, here’s the story:
Back in the early to mid-1990’s Power96 was much more varied than it is now (it is strictly rap + hip hop). Before online music, iPods, and Youtube, you had to go to a dance club to hear any dance, techno, or trance songs or know a cool person that had the CDs mixes. (Or if you were computer savvy, have access to the forbidden fruit: newsgroups).
Power96 would have all the new tunes, remixes, and were transmitting live from some clubs on Friday and Saturday night. Y-100 was live sometimes, too. Pretty good gig, since they didn’t have to pay royalties to any of the original DJ’s.
Power96 eventually made some changes, lost the ratings war to 99 Jam, and fired the entertaining on-air personalities.
Napster- the first mainstream and popular filesharing song service- allowed millions of people to download dance and techno mixes. (Newsgroups always have had dance songs to download- you just needed a newsgroup reader.)
Eventually South Florida (Broward/Dade/Palm Beach Counties) lost their classical music radio station- 93.1 (or was it 93.3?) , and it became a dance station. It may have lasted a year or so. The songs were great, although they were clearly MP3’s and there was no real DJ- it seemed kinda automated and repeated a lot. But it did expose me and my friends to some fantastic tunes. By then (around 2000-2001) filesharing was in full swing, as were the countless message boards discussing the top mixes and songs. Then it was pretty much canceled out of the blue.
No radio station ever made another attempt to the best of my knowledge.
Fast forward to 2008. The car radio plays a very small aspect in our lives now. Original content is found on the news radio stations, where political talking heads tell us their manifestos.
With iPod hookups, custom-made CD burning from the MP3s downloaded from the Internet, and satellite radio, there is simply no demand for radio station variation.
Of course, at home or the office there are hundreds of free streaming radio stations from around the world, not to mention the video websites, or if you want to be illegal- LimeWire and BitTorrent.
So yes, it’s ironic that the dance capital of the U.S. doesn’t have a dance radio station, but it’s a sign of the times. Also the dance, trance, techno music industry is different than other types of music (not mainstream, remix city, copyright issues, few mainstream personalities, etc.)
A bit of my own history- electronic music has always interested me, more so than the other music genres (although I like them, too). I know that critics hate it, and most civilians think it’s soulless and repetitive, but to me, I always liked music themes and notes more than the actual lyrics. If I wanted a deep song, I can read a poem. I was always addicted to video game music as a kid, and dance music was just an extension of that for me. As a teenager, I was able to create any emotion or scene in my mind while listening.
When I was a kid living in New York, July used to mean so much to me.
#1 NO SCHOOL #2 DAY CAMP #3 Can go to sleep whatever time I wanted #4 Went to Yankees Stadium and Shea Stadium #5 No winter coats, mittens (!), scarfs, ski caps, or goulashes (!) #6 No runny noses
As an adult living in South Florida? July is just another month. I’m serious. I don’t have any kids, and don’t go to school, so the whole “July = vacation” thing just doesn’t mean anything to me anymore. I keep reminding myself that school’s out when I’m driving and see kids/teens walking around during school hours.
At my day job, I just meet production deadlines. I have a white board with red markers indicating job codes and due dates. I rush to gets projects out to meet each month’s billing cycle. So July 31 has the same meaning as October 31.
In terms of weather, in Florida it’s always hot, sunny, and rainy. (Yet in July, the rain can get pretty bad at times.) In New York, July = beach. In Florida, one is hard pressed to see the season changes.
In many ways, I always associated July and summertime with youthful innocence, excitement, and not having responsibilty. But once one becomes an adult, it’s just another month.
In high school, I started to see how July began to lose its luster: some of my classmates who were around 15+ began to get summer jobs or went to summer school to get more credits. I finally gave into the nerd peer pressure to be productive during summer vacations, and that was the beginning of the end for July.
July 4th? Fireworks? ONE DAY OFF? Big deal.
I wouldn’t even have known it was July if not for work due dates.
I was walking my dog after I got home from work and saw that a bunch of bees made a hive on my Columbian neighbors’ lawn chair. My first instinct was to protect my dog from the bee stings, so I walked the other way. I was staring at the bees for so long, like a car wreck.
After my dog did her business, I went home and got my wife to take a look, and to take these copyrighted photos.
I saw the parking lot, both of my neighbors cars were not there, just their motorcyle was parked. No one was outside, so I don’t know if anyone was home or not.
My wife suggested that we knock or leave a note, but we didn’t.
I even joked that it would be funny if one of them sat on the lawn chair tonight.
So..why am I anti-social? Why did I not tell the neighbors about the bees right behind their house? Is it because they are immigrants that have 7 people, 2 dogs, and 2 babies living in one house? Is it because I’m shy? Is it because the bees aren’t in my backyard? Is it because I don’t want the bees to be disturbed because they may fly inside my home? Is it because they shouldn’t have left their lawn chair out? After all I live in a townhouse community; none of us own the land and we shouldn’t leave junk on it. Is it because their little dogs bark at my dog? Is it because I want to hear them scream when they sit on that chair tonight? Is it because I don’t want them to spray water on the bees and kill them? Or is it because because they ALMOST KILLED MY DOG AND I BY LEAVING THAT STUPID CHAIR OUTSIDE, which is now a FREAKIN’ BEE HIVE? My dog and I would have gotten STUNG TO DEATH if I wasn’t so observant. SO…SCREW THEM. I HOPE THEY HAVE A BARBECUE TONIGHT.
CCB3 is a regular poster and contributor. He has made numerous videos that I have not gotten a chance to upload yet from his last visit. His first was his now infamous Taco Bell skit.
DailySkew: Are you thinking about your 2008 return to Coral Springs?
CCB3: when i return to south florida to visit,i have unfinished business.
Dailyskew: Like what?
CCB3: first,i need to redeem myself with a low,slow song on american idol.then you can tape me on my “cops” impression while driving around-preferably in the day in a bad neighborhood.you camera work will be key,as you tape me talking and driving,you can alternate to shots of people in the street.as i comment.we’ll try to make it as realistic as possible.
Dailyskew: Sounds great!
CCB3: and lastly,the batting cages,i have improved my stance-i’m still horrible-but a little more improved.and i want to see you in the cage.
Dailyskew: Let it be written, let it be done! Thanks!
Former Yankees World Champion Jim Leyritz (backup catcher) killed Fredia Ann Veitch, who was an ordinary citizen like you and I, working night shift. He was DUI, and he drove his car fast and blew threw a red light down here in Broward County (she was driving home from Fort Lauderdale to Plantation.)
I’ve followed Leyritz’s career since he came up in 1990. I thought he was a great hitting catcher, pinch-hitter, and part-time designated hitter for the Yanks. But according to many baseball history books and autobiograpies I have read, he dubbed himself “King” and wanted to be a full-time player. Eventually, managers Buck Showalter and later Joe Torre grew to dislike Jim.
Jim is highly charismatic, cocky, arrogant, and a joker. Quite honestyly, if he was an African-American player, he would have been labeled a “clubhouse cancer” in 1990. Instead, the MEDIA always referred to him as “clutch”, a “New York Icon”, and “scrappy”. Nice double-standard. The MEDIA and announcers never told us the bad things about “The King”, so fans such as myself and my family couldn’t help but like him, and awe at his sheer “determination”. After Jim finally retired after making a few failed comebacks (and bouncing from team to team) he got an announcing gig for MLB.com, and still continued to give quotes to radio shows and newspapers to run is mouth off. See, Jim was bitter and was opinionated about a lot of things. He’d like to say things against his former teammates and managers.
He also said he admitting taking HGH or steroids during his great 1995/1996 clutch pinch-hitting campaigns, in which he saved the Yankees’ post-season dreams. He also admitted being drunk a lot while playing. Unfortunately, his wild baseball antics spilled over into real life. Frieda Ann Veitch was a mother of two, just trying to make ends meat, by working in a steakhouse in Broward County. Her friends told her to switch her shift or to get another job; she was all set to switch- starting in the new year. So here is Frieda, driving home after a rough week, having never achieved the fame and fortune as Jimmy “The King” Leyritz. She goes through the green light, like you’re supposed to, but here comes Jim blasting through the red light.
It’s a shame that there are questions about if Jim will serve any prison time. I guess because he is a millionaire he can afford an attorney-at-law who will somehow get his client off with probation or timed served, even though he is guilty as sin.
For those of you who do not know about Broward County, Florida- it is one of the worst places to drive in the world. People like Jim Leyritz have taken over the roads and highways. That’s why I’m at home bloggin’, folks.
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This time around I realized that the raccoon was free from suffering now. It's a shame its life had to end like that- it was blameless; humans built roads in the middle of his ancestor's forest. Progress and technology broke that raccoon's legs and took his life tonight. But now the suffering has ended for it. I mourned the raccoon and the way […]
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South Florida counties. In New York, the only way I knew I lived in Kings County was because of Kings Plaza and Kings County Hospital. In Florida, the counties actually rule and are the authorities when it comes to almost everything.
