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UCF loses to Stanford in Last Nights Football Game 31-7

The UCF Knights are now standing at 0-2 after last nights loss to Stanford University. After UCF’s loss to FIU just a couple weeks ago, the loss against Stanford turned the players; spirits down.

In one of the first plays …

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1 Injured in Downtown Orlando Explosion

Yesterday, fire broke our after reported explosion in downtown Orlando. This explosion occurred at an auto salvage company located  on East Colonial Drive near Chuluota Road around 12:30 pm. The explosion forced city officials to shut down traffic on East …

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The Changing of Women’s Sexuality Role

I grew up with my grandmother always close by. She was my primary care-giver, a lot of the time. Grandma was a romance book, soap watching, bon-bon eating divorcee in a house dress.  She didn’t believe ladies should like sex.    …

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The Multi-Media Platform Quest for Fame

In the glorious days before internet gave everyone a chance of being heard, wanna be stars had to run off to Hollywood to get their chance at fame.  This kept the greater LA area stocked with waiters and most of …

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The Election is Over, Now What?

Finally, that’s behind us.  Facebook is safe to be perused without threat of sudden rage popping out from behind an innocuous meme.  Things can go back to normal.  Wait. I don’t remember normal.  What did we talk about?  What am …

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The Boy Scout Scandal Illustrating Our Need to Understand Gay vs Pedophile.

I’m writing this with no citations or any real, empirical research, which is a dangerous, possibly irresponsible manner in which to write.  The Boy Scouts of America surely did some research, though.  They read that 1950-something report saying something along …

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Things I Learned From the Second Debate

Mitt Romney really believes more women should be hired.  He, himself, hired lots of women for his cabinet after receiving binders full of them.  What an excellent way to save money!  Hire a woman, save 23% of what you’d be …

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Alex’s Kitten: A Pet Story without Redeeming Features

My husband casually mentioned, one day, that he’d like a kitten.  Immediately, I jumped into internet action!  I scoured rescue sites for likely kittens, visited pet stores on rescue day, harassed friends…and found my poor sweet calico at the Tavares, …

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Benefits? Fair pay? That’s for When the Economy Recovers (and we have to)!

I got a job.

Yep, I’m way excited, too.  Or was.  For about a day.  I mean, it’s great that I’m going to get a paycheck, hypothetically, in a few weeks.  I’m enjoying using my head for something other than …

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Why Does Florida Make All the Crazy News?

Tonight, the state that regularly brings you crazy face eaters, crazy naked people and crazy orgy people (http://weblogs.sun-sentinel.com/news/specials/weirdflorida/blog/2012/09/report_menage_a_trois_ended_in.html) has now brought us the story of a man who’s squirrel caused him to DUI…cuz it was eating him (…

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