Weather Alert: A Possible Frost & Freeze For Homestead !

(This is an update to my weather forecast of 4 days ago.)
New Year’s Day – Temperatures will likely exceed 80°F before beginning the rapid plummet into the 70s, the 60s, and the 50s during the afternoon and evening hours.
Wed. Jan. 02ND – Expect an early-morning low temperature in the upper-40s; however, wind-chills will be in [...]

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New Year’s Eve Plans

I was officially off the road and out of my car at precisely 2:51 PM EST this afternoon, and that’s it for 2007. I drove just a little over 7,500 miles this year – 37.5% below the national average of 12,000 miles.
My New Year’s Eve plans for tonight consist of me enjoying a peaceful and [...]

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Life Pointe Church Sunday Morning Tossed Salad

1.  We were locked out of the movie theatre for about 20 minutes bright and early on this glorious Sunday morning, but then Pastor Travis suddenly disappeared and then reappeared – inside the main lobby. He let us in, and then we went to work to set up everything.
2.  At its peak we had up to [...]

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Listen Up !

I saw the funniest commercial on TV earlier tonight. It’s for a portable device that’s on sale that will amplify the sounds all around you if you are hard of hearing – or if you are really nosy and merely wish to eavesdrop on other peoples’ private conversations from across the street.

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My NFL Weekend Game Picks

LAST WEEKEND I went 12-3 (.800) with my picks for the 2ND weekend in a row, and I hit big on both of my ‘Upset Specials’ – for the 2ND weekend in a row.
THIS WEEKEND is a bit trickier to pick as the playoff-bound teams rest their best players, and the teams that are playing [...]

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The Major’s Walk-A-Thon

It was another 25:25 (25-minute and 25-second) walk for me this morning around the entire perimeter of my wonderful neighbourhood, so that means another 1.3 miles gets recorded in the book. Actually there is no book, and I’m not even tracking these walks on an EXCEL spreadsheet. I’m doing it all for fun !
Sky: Partly [...]

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Netscape Navigator: Rest In Peace

Read all about the demise of Netscape Navigator (1994-2008). (Courtesy Of The Associated Press)
Way back during the early-to-middle-1990s (it seems so long ago) when surfers of the World Wide Web (then in its infancy) could be counted in the thousands (rather than the couple billion that we have today) there was essentially only one web browser [...]

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Friday Night Blogroll Review

Pastor Travis awarded the 2007 Life Pointe Award for ‘Most Prolific Life Pointe Blogger’ to me. Upon hearing of the news I gave an impromptu acceptance speech.
Jesse is ready for 2008.
Casey is engaged to be married, and it only took him 70 months to get there.
Stephen loves the Starbucks Peppermint Mocha.
Nathan is getting ready for [...]

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Coming This Weekend To A Blog Near You !

Another long holiday weekend is upon us (although I actually have to work on Friday and Monday – New Year’s Eve), and as we say ‘Adios’ to 2007 and ‘Hola’ to 2008 this blog right here will be busier than ever.
Look for fresh new blog entries all holiday weekend long including (but certainly not limited [...]

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Weather Alert: Get Ready For An Arctic Chill In Florida !

It now appears that weather systems across North America are getting ready to align that will throw Florida (and virtually all of the United States east of the Mississippi River) into an Arctic airmass to start off the new year.
NEXT WEDNESDAY (January 02ND) appears to be the coldest day with maximum afternoon high temperatures only [...]

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And Now A Word From Our Sponsor …

Hello everyone this is Major Hitwaves, but you can call me ‘The Major’.
Let me talk to you for a minute about Wendy’s Custom Bean. You know that it starts with a blend of slow-roasted 100% Arabica beans made exclusively for our restaurants by Folgers Gourmet Selections. Then our patented brewing process ensures every cup is consistently fresh [...]

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Which 2008 Presidential Candidate Agrees With You ?

Find out for yourself.

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Tuesday Night Grab Bag O’ Thoughts

Tuesday night just would not be the same without my weekly ‘Grab Bag O’ Thoughts’, so here we go with this week’s ‘brain dump’:
1.  I have a new toy here on my computer – Google Earth. With it I measured my 18-minute ‘High Noon Walk’ of yesterday at 0.9 miles as well as my 25-minute ’Walk-A-Thon’ [...]

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The Christmas Card Of The Year Club

The Gift Of Jesus
It’s a gift wrapped in love,
the love of a King.
It’s a gift wrapped in grace -
what a wonderful thing !
It’s a gift wrapped in joy,
the joy of creation,
A gift wrapped in song,
the song of salvation.
It’s the gift of a Man who died on the cross.
It’s the gift of new life so not [...]

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The Major’s Walk-A-Thon

THIS MORNING I did the unpredictable – I walked the entire perimeter of my neighbourhood – approximately a mile-and-a-half – close to 2½ kilometers for the rest of the world. (I’ll have to drive my car the entire trek to determine the actual distance.)
Sky: Mostly Cloudy
Temperature: 69°F
Relative Humidity: 95%
Winds: NW 8 MPH
Barometric Pressure: 30.04 RISING
My thoughts:
1.  [...]

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