Day: November 14, 2019

Let’s try this again – a rapid-fire session of thoughts on my mind right this minute:

• It’s been awhile since I last did this.
• In fact it’s been 5 weeks.
• I enjoy writing these spontaneous off-the-top-of-my-head “Mini-Thoughts”.
• Let’s get started, as I look at my wall calendar.
• Can you believe that November is nearly half-over ?
• Thanksgiving Day (here in the U.S.A.) is 2 weeks from today !
• This will be my final Thursday blog post of November.
• I’m going offline again next week, so no new blog posts.
• I’m going on a 12-day hiatus from blogging and social media.
• After this weekend’s full slate of posts I won’t post again until December.
• That’s December 01ST when I return with “Sunday Scripture”.
• This has been a big year for attending shows and concerts.
• My 9TH concert of 2019 was this past Sunday night.
• I enjoyed Casting Crowns, Hillsong Worship, and Elevation Worship.
• I wrote a nice review of it this past Monday here on the blog.
• My 10TH concert is coming up on December 22ND.
• I’m seeing comedian Jim Gaffigan LIVE in concert in West Palm Beach.
• 10 shows and concerts in a single year makes it one of my biggest years ever.
• 33 years ago tonight I was at the Oxford (England) Apollo at a concert.
• I saw Ultravox back when they were big in England.
• I still have my original tee-shirt that I bought at the concert !

• That tee-shirt doesn’t fit me anymore.
• I weigh over 40 pounds more now than I did back then when I was 19.
• Ultravox scored with a minor Top 40 hit at the time – “Same Old Story”.
• I always thought that the song underperformed.
• It didn’t get much airplay on national radio, and that stunted its growth.
• I think it’s one of the greatest songs of my life.
• I still love it 33 years later.
• Its style of music wasn’t particularly popular in the U.K. in 1986.
• Check out lead singer Midge Ure practically inventing the “selfie stick”:

• I don’t think I’ve ever featured a music video as a “Mini-Thought” before.
• That was Midge Ure at 33 – half his age than he is now.
• I had a wonderful 2-year stay in the U.K.
• This weekend marks 32 years since I left and moved back home stateside.
• I haven’t been back since, but sometime I’ll make it back.
• Well the Arctic Blast has avoided South Florida so far.
• Our lowest temperature recorded so far is a mere 67°F.
• But much cooler air should invade us this weekend.
• We could actually drop into the upper-50s by Sunday morning !
• The natives will be breaking out their flannels, coats, and hats.
• We may not reach 80°F all weekend !
• Incidentally I live in Homestead Florida.
• This is the home of the NASCAR Championship !
• The Homestead-Miami Speedway is just 3 miles from my home.
• I’ll actually be able to hear the echo of the cars racing this weekend.
• You can watch all of the action LIVE on NBC-TV this Sunday at 2 PM.
• Well that’s gonna do it for this edition of my “Mini-Thoughts”.
• I’ll be back again tomorrow for my regular Friday feature. #RETRO

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