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  • Buccaneers QB Tom Brady Ejected From Tampa Florida Park

    Buccaneers QB Tom Brady Ejected From Tampa Florida Park

    Four-time Super Bowl MVP Told To Leave By Park Rangers

    TAMPA, Fla. (AP) — Six Super Bowl rings may get you special treatment in a lot of places but former Patriots quarterback Tom Brady learned Monday that it won’t get you anything when you’re caught working out in a park that is closed to the public due to the coronavirus pandemic.

    Tampa Mayor Jane Castor said during a news briefing Monday that the new Buccaneers quarterback was spotted working out by himself at a park downtown by staff patrol. The staffer went over to tell him he had to leave and she recognized the man to be the 42-year-old Brady.

    “He’s been sighted,” Castor said.

    The City of Tampa tweeted from its page Monday”

    “Sorry @TomBrady! Our @tampaparksrec team can’t wait to welcome you and our entire community back with even bigger smiles — until then, stay safe and stay home as much as you can to help flatten the curve.”

    Brady recently moved his family into a furnished mansion he’s renting from former New York Yankees star Derek Jeter in Tampa.

    The four-time Super Bowl MVP left the New England Patriots and signed a two-year, $50 million contract with the Bucs in free agency, joining a team with the worst winning percentage in league history.

  • Iguanas Fall From Florida Trees During Cold Snap And Florida People Are Selling The Meat Online

    Iguanas Fall From Florida Trees During Cold Snap And Florida People Are Selling The Meat Online

    Meanwhile, in Florida…

    A cold front that has dipped far into southern Florida has spawned an online marketplace for iguana meat.  Yes, you read that correctly.

    See, in the southern half of the Sunshine State, when temperatures drop below 50 degrees, non-native iguanas slip into dormancy and occasionally fall out of the trees where they live.  Yes, it really happens.  The National Weather Service office in Miami even tweeted about it.

    Since iguanas are a non-native species to Florida, you don’t need a license or permit to capture, dispatch, and yes, eat them.  Some enterprising Floridians are even gathering them up and selling the iguana meat on Facebook Marketplace.  Experts say iguana meat is considered a delicacy in some parts of Central America.  It tastes like chicken, apparently.

     

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    For “food safety” reasons, you should only buy your iguana meat from a licensed meat wholesaler, and be sure to cook it to an internal temperature of at least 165 degrees Fahrenheit.

  • Florida Police Respond To Calls For Help By A Parrot

    Florida Police Respond To Calls For Help By A Parrot

    Meanwhile, in Florida…

    Palm Beach County sheriff’s deputies responded in force to reports of someone screaming for help inside a Lake Worth Beach home.  Turns out, the screamer was an Amazon parrot.

    The owner of the parrot was in his driveway working on his car when deputies arrived, saying a neighbor reported hearing a woman screaming for help.  The owner went inside his home and brought out “Rambo,” his yellow-headed Amazon parrot for the deputies to see and talk with.

    Apparently, Rambo was taught to hell “help, help, let me out” when he was younger and lived in a cage.

    Luckily, Rambo’s daddy installed a Nest camera that caught it all for the world to enjoy!

  • Florida Man Pays Off Entire School Lunch Debt

    Florida Man Pays Off Entire School Lunch Debt

    Our Feel Good Story Of The Day

    A lot of crazy stuff comes from the Sunshine State, but a lot of good people live there too.  Like Palm Beach real estate agent Andrew Levy, who recently paid off the school lunch debt at his local school district, even though he doesn’t have children in the district anymore.  CBS 12 in Palm Beach County has the story, which you can watch below.

  • Feel-Good Story Of The Day For November Fifth

    Feel-Good Story Of The Day For November Fifth

    Florida Mom’s Autistic Son Asks His First-Ever Question.  Twitter Has The Answer.

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    Kerry Bloch‘s 21 year old son David is Autistic, and has been non-verbal most of his life.  David also suffers from an immunodeficiency disorder that has kept him isolated from other kids his whole life.  Kerry says it breaks her heart when her son watches TV and  asks why he can’t laugh and hang out with other people too.

    Recently, Kerry said David spontaneously asked his first-ever question.

    Well, Twitter has answered nearly 10,000 times so far.  People from all over the world have reached out to tell David that yes, they’d like to be his friend.  Even David’s favorite football team, the Jacksonville Jaguars, replied.

    David’s mom was completely overwhelmed by the response.  David made up a special thank-you card for everyone who replied to his mother’s post.

    There is a lot of debate in our society right now about whether or not social media brings us together as a society, or drives us apart.  Stories like this one here are what social media was made for!