Florida – Oddball Update

Weekend Vacation

June 25, 2006October 1, 2011 Chief Oddball 3 Comments

Apple and I just returned from our weekend vacation, which we spent at Disney’s Vero Beach Resort in Vero Beach, FL. Actually, we’re still there as I write this — it’s Saturday night, our final evening here, and I felt like writing an update to post when I get home.

Blown Away…or Just Out of Proportion?

June 10, 2006October 1, 2011 Chief Oddball

Well, the first tropical depression of the season has formed just southwest of Florida, and of course the media has siezed upon this event as A) the first sign of the apocalypse, B) an excuse to once again bring up the global warming debate, C) the perfect reason to show us pictures of New Orleans being laid waste for the umpteenth time.

How the HOA Stole Christmas

December 4, 2005October 2, 2011 Chief Oddball 2 Comments

With Christmas approaching, all the IslandWalk neighbors Decorated their houses with holiday favors. But woe to all of these unsuspecting old fools For their homeowners’ assessments were about to come due. In the mail comes an invoice, one each quarter exactly For five hundred and change, it says matter-of-factly.

Watching From Afar

October 23, 2005October 2, 2011 Chief Oddball 2 Comments

So here we are, in Detroit, watching on TV as Greta van Susteren stands and delivers from Naples, FL. She is using her trademark maundering style to tell us all that Florida is about to get “punished” and asking weirdly paranoid questions of her weather expert guests about how long she has until Naples becomes ground zero.

Escape From Naples

October 20, 2005October 2, 2011 Chief Oddball 3 Comments

…Not starring Kurt Russell. Well, rather than risk unnecessary damage to ourselves, we’ve decided that we are going to leave the area before Wilma shows up. We were thinking about taking a little week-long trip to Michigan this fall anyway, so we decided to just turn this whole damn thing into a vacation.

Hurricane Charley

August 15, 2004October 3, 2011 Chief Oddball

Wow. I’ve just been through a hurricane! Thankfully, we live far enough southward on the Gulf Coast of Florida to have been spared major damage from Hurricane Charley as it roared overhead. We actually made out really well compared to the city just 40 minutes north of us.

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