Okie(s) in Florida

I thought only little kids got ear infections. But apparently that’s not the case.
I’ve been battling an ear infection all week. Basically, my ear was a little sore and felt like it had liquid in it. But I just thought I’d tough it out, with the only side effect being that I was waking up […]

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I know it’s been a while since I last posted. Things have been a little, shall we say, stressful at work.
You see, layoffs are coming at the Sun-Sentinel. And it’s not just a problem at our newspaper. The whole Tribune Co., which owns the LA Times, Chicago Tribune, our sister paper up in Orlando, Allentown […]

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Kathryn got a job.
She’ll be working at Big Brothers/Big Sisters of Broward. She starts tomorrow. I’ll let her tell you more, if she ever gets around to blogging.
But this does mean we could soon be in the puppy market.
-ryan

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As I wrote on my journalism blog, I made it to Tempe in one piece. That’s apparently not a given, considering the recent relevations that the FAA had gotten so cozy with Southwest that bureaucrats even threatened a whistle-blower’s family.
Never thought I’d say, “Good thing I’m on Delta.”
So I made it to my hotel, the […]

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So a Hollywood film is being filmed around me at work.
Marley and Me, a best-selling book written by a former Sun-Sentinel staffer, is being into a movie with Jennifer Aniston, Owen Wilson, that guy McSteamy or whatever from Grey’s Anatomy and Alan Arkin are all in the movie.
The little changing room is about 20 yards […]

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