Year: 2009

Food

Homestead Pavilion

I’m still trying to find out through all of my various resources the official (or even unofficial) grand opening dates for both Olive Garden and Longhorn Steakhouse. It’s been fun watching these two restaurants be built from the ground up since the latter part of last year. It’s as if the’re racing against each other. I’m so looking forward to eating at both of these fine dining establishments in just a few short months. Look for me there on most Sunday afternoons after Life Pointe Church.

FINALLY – I can now confirm that Red Lobster is indeed coming to the Homestead Pavilion, and it will be physically located right at the southwest corner of the property (closest to the traffic light and intersection with Campbell Drive and SE 23RD Ave. / SW 157TH Ave). Look for groundbreaking to occur on the 7,137 square foot joint later this year.

Olive Garden, Longhorn Steakhouse, and Red Lobster are all owned and operated by the same parent corporation – Darden Restaurants.

Thursday Night Mini Thoughts

Post author By Chris M. Day
Post date April 16, 2009
1 Comment on Thursday Night Mini Thoughts

– I’m glad to be back at home again tonight.
– This was clearly the busiest week at work for me in modern history.
– It was also the most productive week in modern history.
– As far as my career is concerned modern history = since the end of July 2007.
– My career renaissance continues.
– I am visibly exhausted from this week at work.
– I had planned all week to attend a party tonight up at Dave & Busters.
– I’m not gonna make it.
– I put myself on the injured exhausted reserve list.
– Hopefully I’ll still get invited to future shindigs.
– Up until the very end I thought that I would have to cancel my day off.
– Nope. I didn’t have to cancel it.
– My 3-day weekend has already begun.
– I’ll be back at work for another busy week come Monday morning.
– What will I do on my day off tomorrow ?
– Maybe I’ll eat an ENORMOUS breakfast at Denny’s.
– Maybe I’ll go and get a haircut at Woody’s.
– Maybe I’ll go and do some grocery shopping at Publix.
– Maybe I’ll do some laundry aqui a mi casa.
– Maybe I’ll go to The Shops At Sunset Place (my former playground).
– Maybe I’ll see a movie there.
– Maybe I’ll hang out with Patricia and Venus at this place.
– It should be a fun Friday off for me tomorrow with whatever I actually do.
– Don’t forget the ‘Friday Night Blogroll Review’ tomorrow.
– I’m identifying my favourite blog entries of this past week.
– One of them will win the coveted ‘Major Bloggie Award’.
– Will it be yours ?
– Peace be with you.
– And also with you.
– I’m chillin’.

God

Bible Stories

The last thing that I was known as being before this journey began for me was that of a rebel or an extremist. I essentially blended in with the world. I was a mannequin with no relevant direction or purpose in life. I was just like everyone else. And then I was rescued and saved by my Lord and Savior Jesus Christ Almighty ! I’ve been on a journey following and obeying Him for the past 32 months now, and the world has conveniently identified and classified me as an extreme radical right-wing Jesus freak nut job looney tune. I am weird. I am wacky. I must be smoking the weeds.

The fact of the matter is that Jesus Christ was the ultimate rebel. He was the King of all radical extremists. In order to follow a rebel you’ve got to be a rebel. You’ve got to stand out from the crowd that is the world. You’ve got to wake up and activate from the evil and the darkness of the night. You’ve got to kick the devil hard in the face and tell him to get lost. You’ve got to take a stand and make a difference here on Earth. You’ve got to walk in His shoes and be His legs and His feet here on Earth.

It takes a rebel to know a rebel. It’s as simple as that, so call me extreme.

Matthew 24:9-14 (NLT, 2ND Ed.)
9 “Then you will be arrested, persecuted, and killed. You will be hated all over the world because you are my followers.
10 And many will turn away from me and betray and hate each other.
11 And many false prophets will appear and will deceive many people.
12 Sin will be rampant everywhere, and the love of many will grow cold.
13 But the one who endures to the end will be saved.
14 And the Good News about the Kingdom will be preached throughout the whole world, so that all nations will hear it; and then the end will come.