It’s 6:30 AM CDT on a Monday morning – the 30TH day of June – 2008. I’m coming to you LIVE from San Antonio Texas.
I wasn’t at Life Pointe Church yesterday morning, so if you really want to know what happened there then be sure to check out the wonderful blogs of Pastor Travis and [...]
Archive for June, 2008
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Posted in Blogging on 06/30/2008 | 3 Comments »
Texas: It Reminds Me Of Florida
Posted in Food, Travel, Weather on 06/29/2008 | 4 Comments »
Late yesterday afternoon the northern skies over Allen Texas got dark, and lightning was clearly visible. But it never rained in my brother’s neighbourhood. We drove a few miles towards the other side of town, and there was substantial flooding everywhere ! It was still raining a little bit, but it had already rained a [...]
Saturday Morning Shenanigans
Posted in Food, God, People, Television, Travel on 06/28/2008 | 9 Comments »
Here are a few thoughts from my Saturday morning:
1. I walked in to Miami Internacional Aeropuerto at exactly 6:45 AM, and by 7:15 AM I had successfully self-checked-in with my airline, picked up my tag for my suitcase, and dropped off my suitcase with the screening section. By 7:30 AM I had successfully gone through [...]
Friday Night Blogroll Review
Posted in Blogging, People on 06/27/2008 | 1 Comment »
You know what you want on a Friday night. That’s why you’re here !
The baptisms last Sunday afternoon at Homestead Bayfront Park went on without incident, and Pastor Travis has all of the proof that you need.
Phil debuted his own version of the ‘Friday Night Blogroll Review’ today, and he called it ‘Friday’s Grestest Hits’. [...]
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Posted in Blogging, Travel on 06/26/2008 | 2 Comments »
OK I feel better now. I just wrapped-up the majority of my packing for my upcoming vacation. It’s either in my suitcase or in my carry-on bag. If it’s not in either of those two then I’m either not bringing it or I still need to use it between now and Saturday morning. Some people [...]
Thursday Night Internet Hoax Hall-Of-Shame
Posted in Food, Hoaxes, Internet on 06/26/2008 | 2 Comments »
HOW TO COOK A RAW EGG WITH TWO CELL PHONES:
Vladimir Lagovski and Andrei Moiseynko from Komsomolskaya Pravda Newspaper in Moscow decided to learn first-hand how harmful cell phones are. There is no magic in cooking with your cell phone. The secret is in the radio waves that the cell phone radiates.
The journalists created a simple [...]
Bedtime Stories
Posted in Blogging, Career, Food, Life, People on 06/25/2008 | 4 Comments »
What a crazy day it was today. During a 15½-hour time-span away from home from 5:50 AM to 9:20 PM here’s what I did (in a nutshell):
1. I went to work.
2. I attended a nice retirement luncheon at work (picnic-style outside) for a lady / colleague who has worked at the base since the mid-1970s. The [...]
The Fortune Cookie Message Of The Week Club
Posted in God, Life, Philosophy on 06/24/2008 | 2 Comments »
DOUBLE FEATURE !
‘Look forward to great fortune and a new lease on life.’
‘You have an ambitious nature and may make a name for yourself.’
BOTH of these fortune cookie messages totally apply to me. As far as the great fortune and the new lease on Life is concerned – YES – I can truthfully sit here [...]
Tuesday Night Grab Bag O’ Thoughts
Posted in Annoyances, Blogging, Driving, Food, Humor, Internet, Money, Music, News, People, Television, Travel, Weather on 06/24/2008 | 4 Comments »
It’s the most anticipated blog entry of the week. This is how we roll on a Tuesday night in Homestead Florida !
1. George Carlin died over the weekend at the age of 71. While I didn’t agree with virtually all of his political viewpoints (as he identified them in public) he was still one of [...]
Blatant Promotion
Posted in Blogging, Driving, Food, God, Internet on 06/23/2008 | 2 Comments »
WELCOME to a fresh new week here on the big blog. TODAY – Monday June 23RD 2008 – turned out to be the busiest Monday in the history of this blog. You crazy cats shattered the previous Monday record (set back in April) by a mind-boggling 28.7%, and you did that without me. I didn’t [...]
Life Pointe Church Sunday Morning Tossed Salad
Posted in Blogging, God on 06/22/2008 | 14 Comments »
1. Anne J. was the first to arrive at the movie theatre this morning, and she greeted me with open arms once I arrived. Actually she greeted me and told me to open my arms so that she could put stuff on them that came out of her car. Anne’s car is a ‘Mobile Life [...]
Homestead Pavilion
Posted in Commerce, Shopping on 06/21/2008 | 46 Comments »
Here’s what’s definitely going in to Phase 1 of the nearly 400,000 square foot shopping and entertainment complex that is currently being built north of Campbell Drive at Florida’s Turnpike in Homestead:
Circuit City
Kohl’s
Mattress Giant
Michaels
Ross
Sports Authority
Staples
Negotiations are currently ongoing for the following businesses:
LongHorn Steakhouse
Olive Garden
Petco
Most of these businesses plan to have their grand openings during the month [...]
Saturday Morning Shenanigans
Posted in Food, Humor, Travel on 06/21/2008 | 4 Comments »
SHENANIGANS FACTOID – It’s exactly 2.3 miles from my parking space at home to my parking space at the Cracker Barrel in Florida City (where all of the gas stations are food is).
This morning I walked in to the joint a few minutes after opening time at 6 AM. My longtime waittress of the past [...]
Bedtime Stories
Posted in Blogging, Travel on 06/20/2008 | 3 Comments »
Hey kids it’s time for the 55TH edition of the ‘Bedtime Stories’ – and the first in 16 days. A loyal and faithful fan of this blog called in to the blog’s toll-free hotline this afternoon – OK who are we kidding here – it was Ela ! Anyway she was inquiring as to why there [...]
Friday Night Blogroll Review
Posted in Blogging, People on 06/20/2008 | 3 Comments »
These – my friends – are my favourite blog entries of this past week from my favourite bloggers in the blogosphere:
With their A.C. on the blink Travis and Kelly slept on a mattress downstairs in the family room. It’s just like “Survivor”.
See the mattress for yourself.
Phil loves to go fishing. I don’t. I get seasick.
Jesse [...]
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