Tuesday, July 31, 2007 - Posts

• You're not eating nearly enough figs

  By Brendan McLaughlin At the Ybor City Farmer's Market last Saturday morning, I picked up a pint of fresh mission figs for a bargain price of $2.50.  Serendipitously,  Gourmet Magazine had just run a recipe that featured seasonal figs.  Read More posted Tuesday, July 31, 2007 5:37 PM by Brendan | 2 Comments

• Writing so bad, it's good

  By Brendan McLaughlin The winner of this year's Bulwer-Lytton fiction contest has been announced. 47 year old, Jim Gleeson's mangled prose is a thing of terrible beauty.  Here's the winning sentence:  "Gerald began -- but was interrupted Read More posted Tuesday, July 31, 2007 4:50 PM by Brendan | 1 Comments

• Reporter's Notebook

  By Don Germaise  While covering a nursing home fire Monday, I had a conversation with a 90 year old woman that could never make it to television...but it was enough to make any reporter stop dead in his tracks. Fifty-nine people were being evacuated Read More posted Tuesday, July 31, 2007 10:40 AM by Brendan | 0 Comments