Archive for the ‘Florida’ Category

Written by OddCulture on Tuesday, July 15th, 2008 in Florida, culture, travel.
A controversial billboard ad (seen on Orange Blossom Trail in Orlando, Florida) has a picture of the burning WTC towers with the text “Please Don’t Vote For A Democrat”.
The billboard comes a St. Cloud musician named Mike Meehan. The website contains a video of “The Republican Song”.
Here are the lyrics:
The Democrat secular progressive [...]

Written by OddCulture on Saturday, July 12th, 2008 in Florida, Movies, Trainwrecks, culture, travel.
An Orlando man has traded the naming rights to his unborn son for a $100 gas card.
Source: Local 6 (Orlando, Florida)
David Partin recently heard that local radio station 96.5 WHTQ (Classic Rock Station) was giving $100 worth of free gas to the listener who called in with the most interesting item to trade. Radio hosts [...]

Written by OddCulture on Thursday, July 10th, 2008 in Florida, Religion, culture, travel.
Orlando, Florida: A University of Central Florida student, upset that religious groups hold church services on public campuses, briefly held the Eucharist hostage until returning it a week later after he received email threats.
Source: WFTV:
It was during Mass on June 29th that UCF Student Senator Webster Cook obtained the Eucharist. The Eucharist is a small [...]

Written by Alyx on Saturday, June 14th, 2008 in Florida, Movies, Religion, bizarre, culture, funny video, travel.
June 14, 2008 was, evidently, a protest day across the world for Anonymous against Scientology. (We have pics of an Orlando protest ~ of Epic Fail Guy, of course!) This video - apparently of London’s Scientology presence getting rick rolled - is one of the best things I have ever seen here on the internets. [...]

Written by OddCulture on Tuesday, June 10th, 2008 in Florida, Trainwrecks, celebrities, crime, culture, hot for teacher, travel.
Stephanie Ragusa is back in the news.
Since we last saw her, Ragusa had been out on bail after being arrested for allegedly having sex with two students in early 2007. The students were 14 and 15. She was initially released March 18, 2008 after posting bail, but was re-arrested April 15 when investigators found out [...]

Written by OddCulture on Wednesday, May 28th, 2008 in Florida, culture, travel.
Source: Sun Times
Location: Morningside Elementary School, Port St. Lucie, Florida (where else?)
Kindergarten teacher Wendy Portillo has been reassigned after she allowed her students to oust a fellow 5-year-old from the classroom because of his disciplinary problems. Last week, Portillo held a vote in her classroom in which the students “voted out” 5-year-old Alex Barton, [...]

Written by OddCulture on Wednesday, May 21st, 2008 in Florida, Trainwrecks, celebrities, crime, travel.
Bye, Bye, Bye
Source: Orlando Sentinel
Boy band mogul Lou Pearlman was sentenced this morning to 25 years in federal prison for running a lengthy, systematic con that artificially inflated his net worth and cheated people out of $300 million.
During Pearlman’s sentencing in U.S. District Court this morning, Senior U.S. District Judge G. Kendall Sharp offered Pearlman [...]

Written by Bill G on Tuesday, May 6th, 2008 in Florida, travel.
Another “Only In Florida” story, courtesy of Local 6 News:
A Pasco County substitute teacher named Jim Piculas has lost his job after being accused of wizardry. Piculas recently did a 30 second magic trick in front of a classroom at Rushe Middle School where a toothpick disappears and then reappears. He then got a call [...]

Written by OddCulture on Monday, May 5th, 2008 in Florida, bizarre, sports, travel.
flash. came from ten shots back and won club championship with a 66 the top man shot 78 and I won by two shots and did not even know it. right now I am in a state of shock as I didnt know it till I came in from the last hole. will go in [...]

Written by OddCulture on Thursday, April 24th, 2008 in Florida, Religion, culture, funny pictures, travel.
Florida lawmakers debate offering a Christian license plate
Florida drivers can order more than 100 specialty license plates celebrating everything from manatees to the Miami Heat, but one now under consideration would be the first in the nation to explicitly promote a specific religion. The Florida Legislature is considering a specialty plate with a design that [...]
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