Month: January 2008

1.  Personal fireworks are banned in only 6 states nationwide. Unfortunately Florida is not one of them. I’ve never understood the fascination of them, or the legality of them. I had to listen to them late last night right here in my own neighbourhood. It’s annoying that 3 or 4 people can shoot off fireworks that disturb the peace of hundreds that can hear them.

2.  It rained for about an hour here in Homestead this afternoon. It was welcome rain, but it also signaled the end of our extended 80°F+ temperatures. In a few hours I’m turning off my A.C. I won’t need it again until perhaps Saturday or Sunday.

3.  An older gent was complaining at Starbucks this morning because it was way too cold inside there. I wholeheartedly agreed with him; however, it’s done intentionally as a marketing strategy. The more expensive coffees sell much better when its frigid outside – or inside. Complaining that it’s too cold inside of Starbucks is like complaining that it’s too hot inside of the sauna at the local gym.

4.  You can’t make a right-hand turn from Starbucks onto Palm Drive without driving over the curb with your rear-right tire. At least I can’t.

5.  I won’t be watching the grande return of “American Gladiators” on NBC, but this dude probably will.

6.  In the continuance of a New Year’s Day tradition for me I re-lived New Year’s Eve over and over again on videotape during the day today. I watched coverage from NBC (Carson Daly), ABC (Dick Clark / Ryan Seacrest), FOX (Cat Deeley), and CNN (Anderson Cooper / Kathy Griffin). Ah the magic of the retro VHS VCR.

7.  Court-TV is now Tru-TV. It’s been one of my favourite cable networks for awhile now. Tonight I’ll be watching “Ocean Force: Huntington Beach, O.C.”. Good Stuff !

8.  If my beloved former hometown Washington Redskins beat the Seahawks in Seattle, the Cowboys in Dallas, and the Packers in Green Bay then they can beat the Patriots in Glendale Arizona in Super Bowl XLII. That’s how I see it.

9.  I think I’ll eat Chinese Food for Lunch tomorrow. That means that we could have our first meeting of 2008 of ‘The Fortune Cookie Message Of The Week Club’ on here tomorrow.

10.  There’s a brand new family-owned ‘all-you-can-eat pizza, pasta, and salad bar’ place right across the street from my neighbourhood. I should go and check them out sometime soon.