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December 26, 2023

Words by Shelton Hull Well, 2023 is almost over, and we have seen all kinds of weirdness this year. We have a Democrat as mayor of Jacksonville and a football team that’s actually good (despite the incessant fickleness of sports media, who are still getting used to it), both of which feel more like miraculous than just weird. Florida

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Weird Wild Stuff: June 2024

Words by Shelton Hull We’ll start this column with an update on the cicadas swarming our nation with Brood XIX running wild through the Southeast and Brood XIII moving northwest. As if that’s not weird enough, apparently some of these cicadas are literal zombies, thanks to a new fungal infection

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Words by Shelton Hull Here’s some breaking news: Men are vain.

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Words by Shelton Hull April Fools’ Day will have come and gone

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March 21, 2024

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Words by Shelton Hull The late great gonzo journalist Hunter S. Thompson was one of the most influential men to ever do The Job. He, along with folks like Nat Hentoff, Norman Mailer, Charles Bukowski, Studs Terkel and Tom Wolfe, were crucial to the development of “Alternative Newsmedia,” of which

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January 18, 2024

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Words by Shelton Hull 2024 is here, and so is this column, and year No. 3 begins now. This column is being written on Jan. 4, and you might think that’s hardly enough time to find enough fresh hell to fill this space. But oh, no, it’s like the man