Brian Out Loud
As I watched Jay’s girls basketball season end with a 66-49 loss to Williston in the FHSAA Rural state championship game on the final Friday night of February in Jacksonville, the initial thoughts were on how tough it is to lose after coming so far.
Brian Out Loud
Mike Tirico summed it up nicely in his closing broadcast of the Winter Olympics, telling young viewers the dreams of one day being an Olympian are formed now.
Aesthetic upgrades don’t fix roads: Santa Rosa’s misplaced priorities
Editor’s note: The vote on this issue took place Thursday, Feb. 26, after this was published. Commissioner Bobby Burkett made a motion to deny the request to upgrade the board room. Commissioners Ray Eddington and Rhett Rowell followed with a “yes to deny” vote. The budgeted item failed on a 3-2 vote with Commissioners Colten […]
For God’s Sake
Like many married couples, my wife and I have different temperature preferences. I prefer cooler — even cold — temperatures. My wife is hauling out her winter gear at 70 degrees. She is usually cold. I am usually hot.
She often grasps my hands and exclaims, “You are WARM!” I sometimes ask absentmindedly, “Do you find it hot in here?” She replies from her huddle of blankets, “What do you think?” We both grew up in northern climates, so I once asked, “What did you do in winter?”
Brian Out Loud
I still remember when the University of West Florida football team practiced on a lonely field on campus and played all its home games at Blue Wahoos Stadium.
Brian Out Loud
Splitting private and public schools for postseason purposes has been a white-hot topic for a long time.
Brian Out Loud
I saw someone post the other day on social media about the lack of junior college football in Florida.
The coach was asking for the governor to do something about it.
Brian Out Loud
It’s Super Bowl week and I have a few thoughts to share ahead of the game between New England and Seattle.
I was kind of hoping Chicago was going to make it so that we could have had a rematch of Super Bowl XX.
Brian Out Loud
Year 11 is almost officially in the books for me.
This Thursday marks my work anniversary and it’s hard to believe more than a decade has gone by since my move to Florida.







