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Tuesday Night Grab Bag O’ Thoughts

CBS has ‘60 Minutes‘, FOX has ‘American Idol‘, ABC has ‘Dancing With The Stars‘, NBC has ‘America’s Got Talent‘, and I’ve got your ‘Tuesday Night Grab Bag O’ Thoughts. Let us pray:

1.  I wish that actors and musicians – particularly those on the far-left-wing – would act and play music rather than try to convince me that President George W. Bush is Satan, Senator John McCain is his identical evil twin, and Senator Barack Obama is God. The actors and the musicians certainly don’t represent me, and they don’t even represent a majority of this country. They are the loud and obtrusive minority.

2.  I ate Lunch today at Panda Express, and a portion of my Lunch consisted of a bowl of orange chicken. As I ate the orange chicken I was dreaming about the new Homestead Pavilion shopping and dining complex that will open up in just a couple of months. There – That should rack-up another 450 views to this blog !  😀

3.  The sparkling new Chevron gas station / convenience store / car wash is now open for business (finally !) at the northeast corner of Campbell Drive and Speedway Boulevard (NE 8TH St. & NE 43RD Ave.) in Homestead. Regular gas went on sale this morning for $3.93 per gallon.

4.  Why does every soccer-mom mini-van (SUV) in front of me always have at least two tires that are near flat ?  If they kept their tires properly inflated then their gas mileage would probably increase by at least 5 MPG. If they drove a regular car instead then they could probably double their current gas mileage.

5.  I may buy a hot new computer system this Saturday morning at either Best Buy or Circuit City, and it may just be a lightning-fast desktop computer system in lieu of a moderately-fast laptop. Either way it’s gonna be an HP Pavilion with at least 4 or 5 GB of RAM and a 500 to 750 GB hard drive.

6.  Publix Hot & Spicy Wings are neither hot nor spicy – and that’s why I like them. I wouldn’t eat them if they were indeed hot and spicy.

7.  It was great to see my ‘new-look’ Washington Redskins in action this past Sunday night. Before the game I had never heard of Colt Brennan. Now I want him to be our new starting quarterback !  Sure he’s not your conventional quarterback, but isn’t that what they said about Tom Brady and Kurt Warner ?

8.  When I saw Coach Joe Bugel by the sidelines during Sunday night’s game I nearly fell out of my chair. I thought for sure that he had retired along with Coach Joe Gibbs. Apparently he’s running the running game this season while Jim Zorn spearheads the passing game. I like that plan !

9.  I’m flying to the Dallas-Fort Worth Metroplex for Thanksgiving Week again this year, and I’m already booked to go non-stop direct on American Airlines. It’ll be the most expensive round-trip flight for me ever !

10.  It’s almost time to vote again aqui en Miami-Dade County. I know this because today my (old-fashioned) mailbox was stuffed solid with campaign literature from various cats that are running for District 9 School Board, Group 19 Circuit Court Judge, State Committeeman, and Senator. I’m not voting for anyone in any of these positions.

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Monday Night Countdown

It’s time for my pal Phil‘s favourite weekly series here on this blog, and this week it’s an all-new TOP 5 countdown featuring the TOP 5 Internet search terms that were used to find this blog over the past 30 days:

Let’s kick it:

5.  Funny Restaurant Names / Funny Chinese Restaurant Names / Funny Thai Restaurant Names  – 72 views

4.  Orange Chicken – 108 views

3.  Tsunami – 143 views

2.  Homestead Pavilion – 144 views

1.  Biggest Cat In The World / Largest Cat / Giant Cat / Massive Cat / 44-Pound Feline – 199 views

There’s only one real surprise in this TOP 5 countdown, and that would have to be the ‘orange chicken’ entry. The Monday April 14TH 2008 edition of ‘The Fortune Cookie Message Of The Week Club’ is (believe it or not) the # 2 most-read blog entry (out of over 460) in the entire history of this blog. It was an unassuming edition in which I featured a picture of an appetizing bowl of orange chicken from Panda Express. That single blog entry from nearly four months ago continues to generate up to 10 new views per day !

Some things you just can’t explain.

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Blatant Promotion

It was another record-shattering week here on the big blog featuring the busiest Wednesday and the busiest Sunday in the history of this blog. It was also the busiest week ever, and it was the first week ever in which all 7 days recorded triple-digit views. THANK YOU my friends for doing all of that !

TOMORROW on the big blog be sure to check out another fascinating edition of the ‘Monday Night Countdown’ featuring a TOP 5 countdown that includes lovable hugable cats and deadly destructive tsunamis on it. SAY WHAT ?

Then be sure to get ready for the long-running flagship weekly series here on this blog – the ‘Tuesday Night Grab Bag O’ Thoughts’. It’s what I’ll be thinking about after work on Tuesday, and it’s what you’ll be reading about shortly thereafter.

Until we blog again have a peaceful, quiet, and relaxing Sunday night, and REMEMBER THIS !

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Life Pointe Church Sunday Morning Tossed Salad

1.  A change was in the air this morning at Life Pointe Church, and it had to do with the music. Starting in the main lobby – we listened to all-new Christian music (rock, pop, and hip hop) courtesy of my own personal iPod Shuffle. It blared loudly all throughout the main lobby, and it received rave reviews – particularly from the youth of our family. During ‘Praise & Worship’ Jesse took a back seat to play guitar while Michael B. made his lead-singing debut. He did an awesome job leading the band and leading our family as we displayed our intense adoration of Jesus !

2.  Pastor Jesse led this morning’s service, and he’s got the FUNK !  He spoke on the funk in poverty. We act upon what is in our hearts, and our Lives are a direct result of the condition of our hearts. Poverty is fueled by our human mind. Jesus challenges the quality of our Life by what drives our heart, what fuels our mind, and what moves our soul. We live in freedom, but our minds are in poverty. Our goal is to be fully alive and aware that we are totally blessed through it all. The fate of the world and the people around us depends on the outcome of our funk, and that funk doesn’t define us. It actually refines us.

3.  Youth Pastor Alex has got the FUNK – and it’s in his HAIR !  After 4 days and 3 nights away at Youth Camp with a bunch of our teens he came back with his hair dyed a weird shade of ‘sort-of tannish-orange’. I reminded Alex that he’s still Mexican, and that he needs to quickly go back to the natural black hair. A few of the kids came back from Youth Camp with what appeared to be perms. I promise that if we ever have an adult retreat for a few days then I won’t come back as a total blonde a la my good friend Kristina M. !  😯