The battle over Florida’s constitutional gay marriage ban is a lot like a drawn-out arm wrestling match. Both sides are sweating, but the crowd seems to have lost interest in the show. Right-wing loonies proposed the measure months ago and gathered thousands of signatures to put it on the ballot…
Since learning he won the Hilger Artist Project Award last December, Clifton Childree has been hoarding discarded wood, ornate headboards, piles of fabric, and sundry cast-off junk from the curbs that line the homes on the outskirts of Miami’s Design District. “I live a few blocks from Churchill’s,” he says,…
Miami based Psystar makes cheap computers that run Apple’s elegant Mac OS X operating system. Such a brilliant idea. Why hasn’t anyone else thought of it before? Because Steve Jobs and Co. have let it be known that they’ll sue anyone who tries into submission. But Psystar has decided to…
Image from Archie McPhee via Buuuuurrrrning Hot The Cold War may have ended in the early ’90s, but the relationship between Washington and Moscow remains strained. Russia’s recent invasion of Georgia only made things worse. It’s not quite another Cold War, but — fittingly — acolytes of Richard Nixon have…
Apparently, this guy survived. The guy setting up his generator did not. Go figure. Before Fay hit South Florida, residents were bombarded with warnings from bordering-on-frantic reporters. Get ready, you were told. Do not underestimate the storm. The cone of concern is coming. Even this blog got into the act,…
Hip university presidents piss me off. They walk down sorority row and share their hope that Chuck and Blair get back together on Gossip Girl. They drop by the student radio stations and after a few listens, are totally into that new XXXChange remix of Gang Gang Dance. They’re so…
(image via flickr) There are many reasons an outsider might not want to be caught in Liberty City in nothing but a speedo. But an impromptu 100-meter butterfly challenge would seem to be the least of one’s worries. According to Cincinnati Bangles wide receiver Chad Johnson, Liberty City is one…
UPDATE — Youtube has pulled Miami’s favorite gnarly kite-surfing accident, presumably at the behest of CBS4, which filmed the whole sordid affair. Fortunately, you can still indulge your need for extreme kite-surfing footage at the CBS4 website. Enjoy! When Tropical Storm Fay started whipping 40 to 50 mile-per-hour winds through…
Jamie Adams via Wikimedia Commons Fay, lame lassy that she was, didn’t stop South Florida’s gamblers from seizing on the excuse to hunker down at a felt table. As the squall squealed Monday evening, the Miccosukee casino swelled as if it was Stimulus Check Season all over again. Besides the…
Jose D. Duran A soaked Monday night along North Miami Avenue. As the outer bands of Tropical Storm Fay went over South Florida, local stations were having a field day. It had been some time since the area was threaten by storm. WSVN reporter Rene Marsh stood along the shore…
All that dreaming longingly about someday seeing bike lanes along Coral Way has finally paid off. Mike Lydon of Transit Miami wrote last week: “expect to see new bicycle lanes from SW 12th Avenue to SW 15th Road in the not-too-distant-future.” The lanes will span about 16 blocks. From there,…
Wilma she ain’t, but with Fay barreling toward the mainland and Floridians reacting with their usual mix of apathy and rage toward meteorologists, the storm has at least captured the attention of schoolkids everywhere in South Florida. In fifth grade classrooms up and down the coast, Fay has been declared…
The New York Times says you’re pretty much cool with this happening to you. ‘Canes a-comin’. But you wouldn’t know it from the unconcerned attitude of South Floridians. So sayeth the New York Times, who filed this report on our collective hurricane apathy, which has us getting our hair did…
“I’m gonna need how many transfers?!” In May, the Miami-Dade Commission proposed a plan to cut 16 little-used bus lines. You know, a bus- those long, smoke-belching cars that you see in the slow lane every once in a while. While its tough to applaud the county for basically conceding…
On Northeast 11th Street in Park West – where an island of soulless mega clubs stand amid a stretch of slum – party kids will start seeing more cops. In a move that went almost completely unreported last spring, the Southeast Overtown Park West CRA approved $343,000 in grant money…
I’ve been on a mission to find the place to get my brow situation dealt with on a regular basis. I don’t ask for much – it has to be affordable, the place has to be clean and conveniently located, and they have to do a great job on the…
Coming into these Olympic games, it seemed as if Dwyane Wade was only known for being the pitchman for a Chinese sex pill (without his permission). Oh, and a guy who once won an NBA title or something. Now, the Chinese are chanting his name when he walks by: “Wade-a!…
Last year, Riptide touched on the plight of Cocodorm.com, er, which despite the use of “dorm” in its name it isn’t collegiate housing. It’s a site where Internet users can peer into the lives of men of color who live together in a house in Edgewater at NE 27th Street…
The Marlins shoulda creamed the St Louis Cardinals last night. They didn’t. The reason: Luis Gonzalez sucks. The Marlins 31-year-old left fielder came up three times with runs in scoring position ..and made three outs. The bases were loaded. There were two guys on base. He’s supposed to be the…
Hello, Kitty My boyfriend seems to think that I don’t give him enough blow jobs. After living together for 3 years, I admit that the frequency has slowed down to around twice a week but damn – I work full-time, have a two-year-old son, and plus it makes my jaw…
Former Miami stickup kid Tamien Bain served more than a decade in prison for attempting to rob a local McDonald’s. Once he got out, he did the only logical thing: created a jingle that nearly won a marketing contest for that same fast-food chain. It doesn’t get much more American…
Miami’s criminal courthouse is abuzz with talk of a mysterious, irreverent blogger called Rumpole, an anonymous watchdog — and also a public defender — who keeps tabs on the justice system from the inside. His blog Justice Building (www.justicebuilding.blogspot.com) chronicles everything from the broken courthouse escalator to poor decision-making on…
