Day: October 14, 2008

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Blogging

Blatant Promotion

TOMORROW (Wednesday) here on the big green blog I’ll have ‘My NFL Weekend Game Picks: The Results Show’. See how I did with my 14 picks from this past weekend. Then on Thursday – all new picks for this upcoming weekend.

On Friday be sure to catch another fresh new ‘Blogroll Review’. It’s the best of the best in blogging action from this current week.

Last Saturday night on the ‘Retro’ we got psychedelic and partied ‘Laugh-In’ style like it was 1969. This weekend I’m fast-forwarding from there into the future by a whopping 34 years. I’m gonna take you back to my crazy (night)life of 2003. It was only 5 years ago, but it seems like an eternity – perhaps even an entirely different lifetime ago.

THANK YOU for blogging with me, and I hope to hang out with you again tomorrow. Until then … REMEMBER THIS !

Bridge Of Water - Over Water (Germany)
Bridge Of Water - Over Water (Germany)
Categories
God Philosophy

The Fortune Cookie Message Of The Week Club

Ladies & Gentlemen I present to you for your pure entertainment pleasure the continuing blogging saga that is ‘The Fortune Cookie Message Of The Week Club’. It inspired an entire month-long message series at Life Pointe Church earlier this year. Ela stated that (aside from ‘Bedtime Stories’) this is her favourite periodic series here on this blog, and Rebecca recently demanded its quick return during an unintentional extended hiatus.

Here we go with a brand new fortune cookie message that I received earlier today at Lunch at Panda Express:

‘You will be recognized as a leader.’

Ironically I’m posting this blog entry at the same exact time that I’m watching Pastor Paul‘s excellent teaching from this past Sunday morning (that I missed). It’s all about being a leader – being salt and light – changing the world around you – being a Disciple of God. It’s on the Life Pointe Church home page if you wish to check it out again (or for the first time). Good stuff.

1 Peter 2:9 (NLT, 2ND Ed.)
But you are not like that, for you are a chosen people. You are royal priests, a holy nation, God’s very own possession. As a result, you can show others the goodness of God, for he called you out of the darkness into his wonderful light.

Categories
Driving Politics Travel Weather

Tuesday Night Grab Bag O’ Thoughts

1.  Walt Disney World’s Pleasure Island went out of business back on Saturday September 27TH 2008. Apparently people began lining up at the entrances to the ‘Downtown Disney’ section at 9 AM that morning just so that they could get in to the joint for one last party to go. From what I’ve read at Wikipedia it was the biggest party that Pleasure Island had seen since its hey day of the mid-to-late-1990s. I believe it too. I spent a lot of time there for about a dozen years from 1994 to 2006. I saw a once-thriving nightclub district begin to diminish and die a slow death as this current decade continued on.

1989-2008
Rest In Peace: 1989-2008

2.  Back in July when gas prices were hovering right around $4 per gallon I boldly stated that they would plummet to the $3.25 to $3.50 range in time for Thanksgiving. Later on I got even more outrageous by stating that gas prices would collapse by at least a dollar per gallon. And so here we are. Average gas prices are now below $3 per gallon in 17 out of 50 states, and several cities in Texas, Oklahoma, and Kansas now have gas near $2.50 per gallon. Want my next ludicrous prediction ?  Tune in next Tuesday night.

3.  Get ready for a real-life wintertime cold front to sweep through South Florida this weekend. Get ready for our rainy season to come to an abrupt end. Get ready to shock everything metallic in sight as the relative humidity plummets towards arid conditions. Get ready for temperatures early in the morning in the refreshing mid-60s !  Yeah you heard me !

4.  I received my absentee ballot for the upcoming election in the mail last week. Maybe this Saturday I will declare it to be ‘Election Day’ in my living room as I vote on paper and send it on its way via the U.S. Mail.

5.  This young man is cool and smart: