I grew up in a little town in the Florida panhandle, just across the bay from Destin. Niceville is a real place with real people and a real Mullet Festival. But it seems that since I left my parents’ home behind and spread my flabby batwings in 1996, things have fallen to shit. I blame [...]
It’s no wonder I turned out to be the Awesome person I am today. According to Business Week Magazine, my hometown of Niceville, Florida, the little town on the bay where I was raised, is the best place to raise kids in Florida. Best Place to Raise Kids in Florida: Niceville Nearby city: Fort Walton Beach [...]
by Angie [A Whole Lot of Nothing] on August 11, 2011
in Floridiots
Nearly every year for the last as far as I can remember, the state of Florida has offered sales tax-free shopping, or Sales Tax Holiday, weekends with the intention that parents of kids going back to school need a break on the cost of all the supplies and clothes needed. Florida sales tax varies from [...]
I’ve decided to reverse my stance on being Judgy McJudgypants about people and kids who have sunburns. Living in Florida for my whole life, we see our share of Lobster People. Lobster People are those Northern/Midwestern/British folk who come to sunny Florida, think they can get away with no sunscreen for the first day to [...]
Let’s talk dirty, sexy, money. I miss that hokey show that lasted only 3/4 of a season, but that’s not really the point of this article. Still, we need a moment of silence for the Darlings. ***silence*** This is Part 2 of my “What the Eff is Going On In Education?” Series. We’re talking about dirty, [...]