William M. Hartnett

> Newsday Pulitzers recovered (Newsday)
Definitely was not involved in this:
The medals were turned over to federal agents on Friday, said Doyle. Two of the medals had already been shipped to Florida, and were recovered in the West Palm Beach area, said Jim Margolin, a spokesman for the FBI.
Don’t know nuthin’ about it.

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I’ve been worried for years the University of South Florida would someday gain national notoriety, whether for athletic achievement, academic success or a “Don’t Tase me bro” type incident. It appears that day has finally arrived, now that USF’s football team has won a few games.
I don’t have anything against the school, mind you, I’m [...]

> Samurai robber gets 20 years (Palm Beach Post)
I don’t know what else to say about this, except to reiterate that Florida’s Treasure Coast is a hotbed of weird crime news. Who would hold up a gas station while wielding a samurai sword as a weapon, then swap hats with the clerk he robbed and [...]

Snapped at the Publix in Jupiter, Florida tonight. I’m so confused.

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> Will going for a cold one give the planet a hangover? (The Globe and Mail)
(Via Notes from a Teacher)
Hops get sprayed with loads of pesticides and it takes a lot of power to produce glass bottles and aluminum cans. Still, I’ll wait for an equivalent appraisal of the environmental impact of 20-ounce plastic [...]

I’ve looked at the ArcGIS print window a thousands times and never gave it a second thought until now. Maybe I’m crazy, but here’s my question: Of all the places in the world ESRI designers could have chosen for the thumbnail map that illustrates output image quality, is it even remotely possibly that they would [...]

Longtime readers, which is to say those that have been checking in since mid-March, will recall that I hate my 2001 1.8T manual transmission Volkswagen Jetta. This has not changed. It’s junk. However, by driving more conservatively than a frightened old lady, I coaxed 423.4 miles and 35.4 MPG out of my most recent tank. [...]

I really, really hate wearing shoes, particularly during muggy Florida summers. It’s the long men’s dress socks that get me. I don’t know why it took me so long, but I think I may finally have found an acceptable compromise between going barefoot and wearing long, stupidly uncomfortable, instantaneously sweat-inducing socks: Low-cut cycling socks. I [...]

The Asian American Journalists Association convention in Miami has been interesting, but I don’t really have any great journalistic revs to report. Mainly, I’m entertained by the confusion that surely must greet regular hotel guests who, having arrived here in the gateway to Latin America, are immediately confronted by the sight of nearly 1,000 Asian [...]

> Martin High student suspended for mooning classmates (PB Post)
Just your routine story of a 13-year-old getting suspended for nine weeks because he allegedly mooned his classmates at the end of the previous school year. But this lede distinguishes the story: “A 13-year-old Palm City boy will miss out on the first nine weeks of [...]