Year: 2009

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Tuesday Night Grab Bag O’ Thoughts

1.  Yesterday afternoon immediately after work I got in my Saturn, zoomed down Biscayne Drive, hopped on the Turnpike, and cruised on in to Homestead‘s LongHorn SteakHouse during a raging thunderstorm. I figured that the joint would NOT be jumpin’ at 3:45 PM on a Monday afternoon that was the first day of school. I was right. I was one of less than a dozen customers eatin’ good in the neighbourhood. I jammed to hot country music as I ate my delicious grub.

2.  As usual I received great service and great food there during my LuDinner. A ‘LuDinner’ is the longtime term that me and my brother utilize to refer to a late Lunch / early Dinner. It is eaten in lieu of both Lunch and Dinner at their regular times respectively. It is usually eaten sometime between 2 PM and 4 PM. It must always be a MASSIVE meal. LuDinner on Thanksgiving Day is generally mandatory.

3.  It’s been rather wet here in Homestead over the past several days with 2 (east) to 4 (west) inches of rain across the region causing temporary flooding in the usual areas that are prone to poor drainage (such as my entire neighbourhood). It’s turned everything green again after a slight brownage due to a recent lack of rain. Expect above normal precipitation for the remainder of 2009 due to El Niño.

4.  ‘My NFL Weekend Game Picks’ will NOT be returning for a 3RD season here on the big green blog. The twice-weekly blog series has officially been cancelled. I couldn’t fit it in to the new Fall schedule. Alas I have too many hit series on my hands. One such hit series was an instant out-of-the-box smash just yesterday – ‘The Major’s Tweets’. It’s where I blog my TOP 5 most memorable Twitter tweets of the past week. I plan to feature that gem every Monday. 🙄

5.  I saw something rather unusual this past Saturday night. I saw a nationally-televised game from start to finish featuring my beloved Washington Redskins actually lookin’ good and beatin’ up on a Super Bowl Champion team (the Pittsburgh Steelers). Yes I know – Pre-Season – but it’s been awhile since I’ve been able to celebrate a Redskins win LIVE on television. I may not have many moments like that during this upcoming season, so I took in that moment on Saturday night.

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Weather

Trouble In The Tropics

As the remnants of Hurricane Bill approach The British Isles with strong southerly winds and torrential downpours I’m now analyzing a rather strong Tropical Wave just east of the northern-most Leeward Islands. It could possibly develop into a Tropical Depression and perhaps even a Tropical Storm within the next 2 to 4 days. It would be named ‘Danny’ if so. Its chances of affecting Florida and points north along the U.S. East Coast are virtually zero due to forecasted steering winds. No worries. It should follow the same path as Hurricane Bill.

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The Major’s Tweets

For those of you who don’t follow me on Twitter @majorhitwaves I present to you the best of the best – my TOP 5 tweets of the week:

5.  4 out of 5 friends agree – I need an “Extreme Makeover: Home Edition”. My home resembles an Air Force dorm room circa 1989.

4.  @callfm sounds fantastic this morning (and every morning) all around the mean streets of Homestead and Florida City !

3.  I’m off to Dunkin Donuts and then to work. That’s how I kick it at 6 AM on a Tuesday in August !

2.  I’m headed to Dolphin Mall this afternoon for the first time in 10 months to see fabulous food and merchandise – IF – The Price is Right !

1.  Table For One: I just now wrapped-up an ENORMOUS Lu-Dinner at the LongHorn SteakHouse ! I know that’s right.

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God

Life Pointe Church Sunday Morning Tossed Salad

– This morning Pastor Travis kicked-off a fresh new message series:

Red Wagon Leadership

– This journey is about serving others.
– When we serve others we serve Jesus.
– It’s about changing and growing and developing as leaders.
– A leader doesn’t just materialize overnight.
– A leader is cultivated and nourished.
– A true leader reproduces himself / herself in other people who need Jesus.
– God created us to be His disciples – His leaders here on His Earth.
– Leaders get their followers from where they are to where they need to be.
– Leaders equip their followers to be leaders who equip their followers …
– Leaders lead and are led.
– Position within the hiearchy is irrelevant.
– It’s really about building relationships with those we lead and those who lead us.
– Leadership is a journey and a destination.
– The journey will get messy at times.
– The journey should not be easy.
– The journey will not be a straight line.
– The journey will curve – sometimes sharply – when you least expect it.
– The world should never tell us how to navigate the journey.
– The world should never tell us what the destination should be.
– We set the rules on the journey.
– We bring others with us.
– We lead those who need Jesus by the hand and set them free.
– You in ?

Luke 9:46-48 (NLT, 2ND Ed.)
The Greatest In The Kingdom
46  Then His disciples began arguing about which of them was the greatest.
47  But Jesus knew their thoughts, so He brought a little child to His side.
48  Then He said to them, “Anyone who welcomes a little child like this on my behalf welcomes Me, and anyone who welcomes Me also welcomes My Father who sent Me. Whoever is the least among you is the greatest.”