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5 things I think about today’s St. Petersburg Times (6/14)

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Monday’s St. Petersburg Times reminds me why I relented and signed up for a subscription. Of course, the horrifying stories of the Church of Scientology urging women to have abortions is must-read.  But so is Tom Jones’ Shooting from the Lip coverage of a weekend of televised sports. What’s not must-read: Ernest Hooper’s Monday column continues to disappoint.  It’s not that Hooper writes anything provoking or ridiculous.  It’s that, with the real-estate granted to Hooper, his column should just explode…

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5 things I think about today’s St. Petersburg Times (6/14)

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Monday’s St. Petersburg Times reminds me why I relented and signed up for a subscription. Of course, the horrifying stories of the Church of Scientology urging women to have abortions is must-read. But so is Tom Jones’ Shooting from the Lip coverage of a weekend of televised sports. What’s not must-read: Ernest Hooper’s Monday column continues to disappoint.  It’s not that Hooper writes anything provoking or ridiculous.  It’s that, with the real-estate granted to Hooper, his column should just explode…

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Live updates from tonight’s Jack Latvala vs. Nina Hayden debate. By the way, who schedules a debate on St. Patty’s?

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In what is one of the worst cases of scheduling, a debate between state Senate candidates Jack Latvala and Nina Hayden will take place tonight at 10:30 p.m. on the campus of Clearwater Christian College. The scheduling decision begs a few questions: WHO THE HELL SCHEDULES A DEBATE FOR ST. PATRICK’S DAY? WHO THE HELL SCHEDULES A DEBATE FOR 10:30 PM? WHO THE HELL SCHEDULES A DEBATE FOR 10:30 PM ON ST. PATRRICK’S DAY? But I will sacrifice and cover…

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Live updates from tonight’s Jack Latvala vs. Nina Hayden debate. By the way, who schedules a debate on St. Patty’s?

in The Bay and the 'Burg by

In what is one of the worst cases of scheduling, a debate between state Senate candidates Jack Latvala and Nina Hayden will take place tonight at 10:30 p.m. on the campus of Clearwater Christian College. The scheduling decision begs a few questions: WHO THE HELL SCHEDULES A DEBATE FOR ST. PATRICK’S DAY? WHO THE HELL SCHEDULES A DEBATE FOR 10:30 PM? WHO THE HELL SCHEDULES A DEBATE FOR 10:30 PM ON ST. PATRRICK’S DAY? But I will sacrifice and cover…

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New widgets for StPB, PoHo, BayBuzz

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If you scroll along the right side of my blog, you’ll see that I’ve added a few new widgets to help you receive the latest news from Saint Petersblog, as well as Wayne Garcia’s Political Whore and The St. Petersburg Times’ Bay Buzz blog. You can add these widgets to your blog simply by clicking on the “Get Widget” button found on the bottom of the widgets. I designed them using Widgetbox. Hope they help.

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Photo of the Day from Crescent Lake

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As some of you know, I live next to one of Saint Petersburg’s most treasured natural resources — Crescent Lake Park. I actually have the pleasure of living in an apartment with a 5-window-panel view of the Lake, so I am constantly getting photographs of the beautiful scenes that occur here. As a new feature of Saint Petersblog, I decided to add my own daily “moment of Zen” feature in which I will share a new photo from Crescent Lake.…

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