Blogs: Bloggytown

Early Monday morning, police raided a UCF dorm and discovered the body of former student James Seevakumaran, a 30-year-old business major who was in the process of being evicted from his dorm in Tower 1, as well as a handgun, an assault rifle and IEDs. Police think Seevakumaran was planning a massacre on the...
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No doubt you’ve heard about the dead body and weapons found on campus at UCF today. It forced hundreds to evacuate the campus, and officials say it appears that the former student, James Oliver Seevakumaran, was planing a “larger-scale timeline” of violence on the campus. Here’s the latest from UCF, posted to the school’s...
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Today, the Boston Phoenix – one of the OGs of the alt-weekly world – sent out this Tweet: @BostonPhoenix Thank you Boston. Good night and good luck. A quick Google search revealed that the paper, which has served Boston for nearly 50 years, is folding. Its sister papers, the Portland Phoenix and the Providence...
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Here in Orlando, the city built on Mouse money, we're used to seeing Mickey as an underpaid actor in an uncomfortable oversized outfit, or perhaps a pricey plush souvenir. Kids know him as the hero of the Fantasmic! show if they are lucky, or the awkward computer-generated host of the Mickey Mose Clubhouse if...
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We’re a little behind here (putting out a beer issue turns out to be a lot harder than you’d think), but here’s a quick update on the fatal attack on a Lake Eola swan by a dachshund. The Orlando Police Department says that detectives were able to determine through an investigation that “this was...
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  What would Orlando have been like without the Mouse? What would Palm Beach County have been like as the theme park capitol of the world? The Palm Beach Post reported on a story of Walt Disney on his scouting trip to find the best spot for his kingdom. Although, the story doesn’t delve into...
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BBC America calls out Epic Comics as “clearly geniuses or magi or mageniuses or something.” They didn’t actually invent a time machine, but damn close. BBC America says that this Doctor Who spacecraft/time machine doubles as a soda vending machine. “If you want Sprite, you press the current Doctor’s face. The Tenth Doctor will get you...
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This horrible incident happened at Lake Eola this week. Those poor swans get no respect. From the OPD’s event sheet about the incident: On 03-05-2013 at approximately 1130 hours I Officer Castro 13707 responded to 101 N. Rosalind Ave. at the city park office in reference to a swan that had been attacked by...
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Just in case you were about to forget he existed, Dove World Outreach Center pastor – and global joke who is likely responsible for the deaths of many brave Americans – has just upped the ante on his psycho famewhoring. According to an email obtained by Orlando Weekly, Jones is planning a protest of...
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Post a photo to Instagram that shows us how much you love beer, and hashtag it #owbeerissue.
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