This is why I will never get a tattoo:

TAMPA – It wasn’t particularly hard for the victims of a Riverview home invasion to identify the burglar. He was the only one with an outline of the state of Florida tattooed on his face, authorities say.

In addition to the Florida tattoo, Sean Roberts also has the words “Crazy Cracker” written or tattooed on his head, Hillsborough County sheriff’s spokesman J.D. Callaway said.

And to think that if he had chosen a rectangular state like Wyoming or Colorado, he could have escaped.

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"I had only three pieces in my skillet, and then as I was flipping it. The first letter was a G, a perfect G; and then I got the O, and I thought to myself, how cool will it be if the third letter was a D," said Simoes.

That third letter was a D, and everyone was in shock in her house.

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Previously on Neatorama: August: A Busy Month for Religious Sightings!

Police Chief Bill Berger says they are a way for the department to have a bird’s eye view of the semi-rural city at minimal cost.

“Because we don’t have a lot of roadway here, this gives us the ability to basically take short cuts,” said Berger.

The vehicles and training cost $10,000 per officer, which is cost-effective compared to using helicopters. And they have other benefits.

Chief Berger sees the gliders as an ideal tool for searching for missing elderly people who have wandered away.

“The problem with helicopters is you can’t go below 1,000 feet,” said Berger. “The canopy of trees in our community prevented the helicopter from seeing a woman who had [died] close to her car. The paragliders would have been able to get much lower.”

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The unseasonably cold temperatures have caused Florida’s manatees to huddle together for warmth.  You can watch the video in the link, it is quite a sight.

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From the Upcoming ueue, submitted by stevesteve8383.

According to Florida Highway Patrol spokesman Lt. Pat Santangelo, thousands of pairs of used shoes mysteriously appeared at 7:42 a.m. on the southbound lanes of the Palmetto Expressway between the Bird Road and Miller Drive exits.

Employees of the Florida Department of Transportation’s Road Rangers service, which is meant to provide roadside assistance, managed to push all the shoes into one lane using large brooms.

A private contractor was hired to use a front-end loader to pick up the shoes by the dozen and load them into a large dump truck, Santangelo said.

”At this point, no one’s claimed the shoes,” Santangelo said.

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