Greetings, Salutations & Welcome
Welcome to “The Rules Are Different Here…” The name of this blog is based on a 1980’s tourism slogan designed to attract visitors to Florida. If you live in Miami or South Florida, I’m sure you’ve noticed that things in this part of the world don’t always conform to established social or societal norms.
Almost three years after logging into Blogger, I’ve taken the plunge into the blogosphere. They say there are three stages in a bloggers life.
1) You lurk and read.
2) You comment on other people’s blogs.
3) You start your own blog.
So here I am.
The purpose of this blog is simple. To share ideas, start conversations and discuss what’s going on in and around Miami. No crazy political rants, though I do follow what’s going on and vote at every possible occasion. That said, I’m a pragmatist. I'm open to ideas that are practical and sustainable and think that anything that won't screw things up for us or anyone else is probably a good idea.
I’ve added links to few blogs that I have been reading, posting too and have prompted me to jump online. I give props to them for keeping me informed, enlightened and up-to-speed with what’s going on.
If you have thoughts on subjects, ideas or news, please feel free to share. All are welcome.
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5 comments:
Good luck with your blog!
Stealing my line, huh? I'm a South Florida area blogger who has been posting since May 2005. In that time I've done 77 chapters of 'Florida the rules are different here.' Here is the most recent.
http://thefloridamasochist.blogspot.com/2007/02/florida-rules-are-different-here_02.html
Yes I remember that song and a parody of it played by the late radio talk show host Lee Fowler.
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'Welcome to South Florida, the rules are different here.
The government is broke
Hey that's just a joke
come back and spend money next year.
In South Florida they pay morality cops
to go to porno theatres every day
Hey what a great way
to receive your daily pay
And welcome to south Florida
A drive by shooting may cost you your life.
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You get the idea. There was also a line about if you put your head in underwear you can be a county commissioner.
Any comment?
Bill aka The Florida Masochist
WilliamJE at aol dot com
Greetings Gus and Bill aka The Florida Masochist.
I appreciate your comments. Thank you.
Bill, I didn't mean to "steal your line", apologies if you're offended.
I chose the name because as a Miami native, I've noticed how everyrthing here is just, well, done differently.
When odd things happen in this state or city, all of my out of state friends call me up and ask me what's up with Florida. Then, I tell them the truth...the rules are indeed different here.
Thanks again for the comments, I appreciate them.
Welcome aboard. And I like your slogan. If Miami had had that one before I moved here, I might've reconsidered my move. But I'm here and having fun, so what the hey?
Good luck with the blog.
Thanks James.
Indeed, this is an odd (in a funny way) town and loads of fun. It does take some sense of humor to make it through traffic though.
Cheers!
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