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On the way to the slot machines at Seminole Hard Rock last weekend, a little old lady was surrounded by a circle of seven-foot-tall women. Overwhelmed, she stopped and stared up from well below their bust lines. Her eyes got wide. “She looks scared!” shouted Bunny Glamazon, a hulking strawberry-blond…

via CTV The final Presidential debate is tonight, and since we’ve had so much fun live blogging this one and “that one” (can’t forget this either, doncha know) we’re doing it again. And just because we love you so much we’re adding a special end of debate season bonus by…

CBS4 is airing two taped half hour debates between incumbent Congressmen brothers Lincoln & Mario Diaz-Balart and their respective challengers former Hialeah Mayor Raul Martinez and Joe Garcia tonight at 7pm as something of a warm up for tonight’s Presidential debate. Of course we’ll be live blogging. It kicks off…

The Financial Times just released their rankings of how States are fairing in this economy, and guess which phallic shaped state is getting the shaft the worse? That’s right, Florida! 51 out of 51 (even DC is doing better than us)! The annual growth rate of personal income is only…

The Ocean Drive layoff rumors we mentioned earlier actually happened yesterday, and things were much worse then expected. Here’s what we’ve learned so far (inadvertently) from a source within the mag: 25 people were laid off, and 15 more have the option of staying through the end of the year…

Amendment 2 is a stupid, poorly written, unneeded piece of garbage that may have serious implications for all Floridians, but at it’s heart the battle over the amendment is a gay issue. Issues of this sort tend to be controversial. So maybe you can’t blame Florida Red & Blue, the…

The National Enquirer is reporting that OJ Simpson is dealing with massive withdrawal symptoms in jail after being forced to cut back on his daily painkiller intake. Now, ok it’s The friggin’ Enquirer (where do they even fall on the credibility scale anymore? More or less than Perez Hilton? They…

Certain Florida Doctors’ assessment of McCain. About 90 Florida doctors have signed a petition asking for John McCain to release his full medical records. No, no, no, it’s not a political move they say, they just want a little more info about McCain’s fight with skin cancer. Oh, and they’re…

You know when you’re planning an awesome rager, so you go to the liquor store to pick up like six cases of Bartles & Jaymes and put it on your debit card? Then you remember maybe you don’t have enough money in your account to pay for all that Bartles…

Rep. Tim Mahoney may have had a second affair with an official in Martin County. Keep it in your pants, man. [AP] The head of Miami’s SEC office is in hot water for dropping action against Bear Stearns. [Herald] FPL will raise its rates slightly in January to pay for…

Coconut Grove resident Matt Heitzenroder is putting together an effort called “Vote Taxi”, where people who need a ride to the polls on November 4th can connect with people with extra room in their cars. If you’re in need or would like to pledge your service you can visit their…

Today brought a probable end to the saga of Kirby Archer as he was sentenced to five life terms for murders committed aboard the “Joe Cool,” a chartered fishing boat. Tamara Lush dug into his dark pass earlier this year for the Broward New Times and uncovered a life fraught…

A promotional picture of the in development Al Ain Wildlife Park. Mike Maunder, executive director of Fairchild Tropical Botanic Garden, is leaving his job and heading to Abu Dhabi to be the director of botany and landscapes at Al Ain Wildlife Park and Resort, a 2,000 acre property being developed…

Not even Six months after I upgraded from an iBook to a MacBook pro, Apple introduces a newer, faster, sleeker laptop line up today. Excuse me while I put in my application at Citrix so they can buy me one. They also introduced some other stuff which you can drool…

There was a bit of chatter Charlie Crist wasn’t doing as much as he could for the McCain campaign after he got snubbed in the VP department (and as one of our commenters suggests, maybe Charlie doesn’t want McCain to win, so he won’t have to face Palin in any…

Oh, really? Sarah Silverman’s funny little web video urging Jewish kids visiting their Florida grandparents to convince them to vote for Obama was actually supposed to work? Like, someone honestly thought people were going to buy plane tickets at a moment’s notice (in this economy?) just to maybe turn one…

I really do not get all that excited by woman’s shoes or following the footsteps of the beat. So fashionistas, please excuse me for being late to this. However, I can not let this new information enter my consciousness with commenting on it. Chanel is selling a friggin’ pair of…

Our choices for “Best place to people-watch” have always been a bit more pedestration, a little less obvious, and maybe for those that enjoy their schadenfreude. In the past we’ve picked a Denny’s, a Chili’s, a supermarket, and the Stephen P. Clark Government Center courtyard. Naturally Blackbook magazine’s choices are…

Not that they were ever cooled down, but the congressional races are officially heating up with only three weeks to go before voting. The only local Representative who is facing any kind of challenge who is almost assured a victory is Debbie Wasserman Schultz, whose district includes part of North…

A Lincoln Diaz-Balart volunteer was fired for telling voters Obama was a muslim during campaign calls. [Herald] Raul Martinez is the only non-incumbent The Herald ends up endorsing in the three contested House races. [Herald] The Palm Beach Post should only endorse eunuchs, since none of their congressmen can keep…