Category Archives: Jacksonville

Scott Speicher

This bumper sticker has been on an old file cabinet of mine since the early 1990’s. Scott Speicher was a Westside Jacksonville boy. He was also a fighter pilot and the first American casualty of the Persian Gulf War. #RIPScottSpeicher … Continue reading

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I Just Watched Fred Durst Shout Out Metallica…

…as the “greatest metal band on planet Earth” during their concert in Tampa on June 6th 2025. In the summer of the year 2000, a buddy and I went to a free concert put on by Cypress Hill and Limp … Continue reading

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Radio Station WAPE “The Big Ape” in Jacksonville

WAPE has existed for as long as I can remember, and it’s always been called “The Big Ape”. Their commercials even had audio of someone doing a “Tarzan yell”. However, WAPE The Big Ape goes back even further than I … Continue reading

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City of Dreams: Jacksonville’s Bid for an NFL Team (VIDEO: Narrated by James Earl Jones)

Wow, I just found this old video hyping Jacksonville up for a new NFL team, before the Jaguars. The video has a lot of vintage Jacksonville in it, and is even narrated by the legendary James Earl Jones who died … Continue reading

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Mom’s Car

She doesn’t drive much anymore, hasn’t in awhile. I prefer it that way. She doesn’t want to give up her driving yet, I know.  The back windshield tint on her old car (it’s Dad’s old car, too — the only … Continue reading

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DUUUVAL

Go Jaguars.

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Highway and Railroad Bridges Across St. John’s River

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