SuperBowl XLIV

The Birds and the Bees

When to have "the talk" with your child.

Tax-filing time!

Playaz

Daytona Beach News-Journal’s pics for best offensive and defensive football players for the ’09 season. The quarterback, left, was originally a star basketball player before switching to football. The defensive linebacker, right, has a 3.9 grade-point average, takes difficult course, and has been offered a scholarship to Dartmouth.

Gorilla foreclosures

Oregon-based Gorilla Capital has expanded its operations to Florida and has been scooping up foreclosed homes in coastal communities of Volusia County such as Daytona Beach (pier, planes towing banners), Ormond Beach and New Smyrna Beach.

Tiger, I'mma Let You Finish …

This is called "Killing three (current events) birds with one stone."

The Exotic Menace

Society of Professional Journalists 2010 Sunshine State Awards
First Place, Front Page Design, Large Newspapers
The Daytona Beach News-Journal
Kelly Ann Markowitz, Jennifer Cason & Octavio Diaz
Comments: Very clean and balanced overall look on all pages. Rail on left is well-illustrated and easy to navigate.Nice use of shading and headers on info boxes and refers to avoid making packages too cluttered. Judges especially drawn to the eye-catching “Exotic Menace” illustration.






Front page illo for story about how non-native plants and animals affect Florida’s ecosystem. Here’s the story.

Financial advice

Night Before Christmas 2009

Goes with a parody of Clement Clarke Moore’s “The Night Before Christmas.”
(Click image to enlarge.)

Happy Thanksgiving!

Growth Rush of 2009

Developers seek land-use approvals before Hometown Democracy goes to voters.

Company holiday parties

Restaurateurs are hopeful about holiday party bookings.

Traffic tickets

Weird things you can get ticketed for.

Halloween safety

Happy 50th anniversary, Twilight Zone!

On a Friday night in October 1959, Americans began slipping into a dimension of imagination as vast as space and as timeless as infinity. They’ve never really returned.

The Virtual Fall in Florida Experience

Florida lacks a real fall season, so for those who want to see the leaves changing colors and feeling that cool snap in the air, there’s The Virtual Fall in Florida Experience!

Here’s the sketch.

Mystery Meat

Some restaurants have been fined for seafood violations, serving surimi, made from fish protein, and passing it off as crab.

VIP packages

Bands are using VIP packages to give fans more bang for their buck.
Freelance job for Riverfront Times.

Here’s the sketch.

The Litigation Engine

Not doing too well in today’s economy.

Happy Labor Day!