Red Box Movies & Games

If, on this New Year's Eve, you have become tired of watching "Santa is 'real'" movies, and the new "Dick Clark's Rockin' New Year's Eve" bores you, and you just cannot stand another re-run of "Everybody Loves Raymond," then head on down to your nearest Red Box (usually in front of Walgreens' drug stores), and for $1.00 you can rent a movie that interests you or a game for the kiddos. And have a Happy New Year!

Holiday Decorations - Fort King Street - Ocala

Waiting ... watching ...

...be very careful this weekend and Monday night and Tuesday...someone's gonna be waiting and watching - for you!

Need a lift as 2012 comes to a close?

Yard light and palm tree

No biggie. I just liked how the lights and the palm tree related to each other.

It was another dark and gloomy night...

Drinking and driving ...

...this is what things look like if you imbibe and drive. Just ask Republican Senator Mike Crapo from Idaho, a non-drinking Mormon who received a DUI anyway!

Merry Christmas!

Santa says, "Have a ball!"

Christmas flora

Oops!

Golf carts are not supposed to go "wheels up"! That's for airplanes.

Downtown Square & Gazebo...

Christmas card hunting

Medical Records

Do you remember when computers became part and parcel of our lives?

One of the justifications for using computers was this: It will do away with our need for paper and we will save many precious trees.

Somehow that failed to happen. We discovered that with computers we could easily print out thousands of pieces of paper in a few minutes. And that's what we did and do. For example, most doctors' offices put our records into the computer and then print out a paper copy as a "backup." So computers have not eliminated but increased our need for, and use of, paper.

Poor trees! Poor us!

A really good deal...

...if you're a guy!

Have you ever been kissed...

...by a small white dog with a pink tongue?

Weapons of Golf Dysfunction

Christmas decorations...

...at one of the entrances to the On Top of the World Communities.

A very special Florida Christmas tree

Small horse farm in southwest Ocala

So smile already!

I can see Ocala from here!

Hauling a Garbage Truck

There are times when a truck which hauls garbage, because of a mechanical failure, must itself be hauled away. Oh, the indignity of it all!

Gateway Bank - The New Old Fashioned Bank - Ocala

A few years ago, Gateway Bank bought property from a Baptist Church on Silver Springs Boulevard in Ocala and proceeded to construct a striking "new" old-fashioned bank on the site. It is, in my opinion, what a bank should look like, and the people at Gateway are a delight - ready, willing and able to assist you with your financial needs. Gateway also has offices in Gainesville and Alachua. You can read all about this fine institution here.

Sun flare

Fall ballet

A fall ballet with skirted trees of red and green and gold.

Limo for Sweet Sixteen Party

Some lucky sixteen-year old girl got to ride with her friends in this Hummer limo to her Sweet Sixteen Party at Sholom Park.

McAlister's Deli - Interior

Dear friends: I'm very sorry but I'm going to require word verification again on this blog. Today, we received over 70 spam emails on this blog alone. Blogger and AOL seem incapable of stopping this spam in spite of the fact I have advised them on names, etc., to block.

Urban Forest (It's not Sherwood)

Monday morning disagreement

Ocala lineman

You may remember "Wichita Lineman" which was a huge hit for Glen Campbell some years ago. Well, the Wichita lineman somehow made it to Ocala and I found him hard at work.

This blog, because it serves as a sort of linchpin to our blogging efforts, has been reactivated. Stay tuned.