Invention helps skaters catch a tow
Rick Barraza is a renaissance man – an energy healer, a jewelry designer, a garment-company honcho, and now the inventor of Gripski, a lightweight, retractable four-foot tether that a skater can use to get a tow from a bicycle.Fashionably Cool Amid the Summer Swelter
Some follow a few simple rules. Others write their own.
Fat fetishes, career downgrades and more
While the morbidly obese struggle with their health (and society's scorn), those who eroticize massive weight gain are capturing increased attention, according to a July ABC News report. by Chuck Shepherd While the morbidly obese struggle with their health (and society's scorn), those who eroticize massive weight gain are capturing increased attention, according to a July ABC News report ...
Community Calendar
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Calendar of events
THURSDAY, JULY 29, 2010 Art: Three exhibitions with Vantage Points featuring the work of Peterborough artist Peer Christenson and Lakefield artist Marilyn Goslin; Blueprints of our Past - Roy Studio Cyanotypes; and From Monet to Modigliani – A Child's Immersion in Art, at the 250 Crescent St.[...]
Crime Watch: Latest property crimes reported in Clay County
Armed Robbery July 24 Two armed men approached a pizza delivery man at an apartment complex on Crossing Boulevard, Orange Park. The suspects told the victim to get down on his knees and lay face down on the ground. While he was on the ground, the suspects searched the victim's pockets, took cash, kicked the victim in his right side and fled the area. Thefts July 23 An unsecured bicycle, a lawn ...
News of the Weird
While the morbidly obese struggle with their health (and society’s scorn), those who eroticize massive weight gain are capturing increased attention, according to a July ABC News report.
Best of the Bay 2010 Editors Picks: Arts and Nightlife
Diehard club kids always call their favorite club "church" — there's something sacred and comforting about returning to a certain dance floor regularly to commune with your friends and the music. But what if your favorite club really is a church?
In Maine, food and fun flow in with the tide
One bite into the first of what would be several lobster rolls that weekend, I realized my pre-trip worrying was for naught.
Younger generation dresses up, not down New celebrities get fancy to get noticed: 'You never know ... who is looking ...
Dressing down - for the office, special occasions and even supposed black-tie affairs - has been around so long that today's teenagers and 20-somethings are over it.