Author: Chris M. Day

I'm 59 years old. I've been online for 33 years - starting with my own dial-up bulletin board system in 1993 - and continuing with AOL, my own dot.com web site, Myspace, WordPress, Twitter / X, Flickr, and Facebook.

My Top 5 Hits RETRO – 2000

Post author By Chris M. Day
Post date May 15, 2020

Every 2ND, 3RD, and 4TH Friday of the month I post the Top 5 of one of my classic hit music charts based on personal preference and influenced by radio airplay from either 15, 20, or 30 years ago this weekend (rotating each week).

It’s the 3RD Friday of the month, so I go back 20 years ago. Here it is – for the week ending Sunday May 14TH 2000:

“All The Small Things” – Blink 182
“Oops ! … I Did It Again – Britney Spears
“Bye, Bye, Bye” – ‘N Sync
“Higher” – Creed
“Thong Song” – Sisqo

I wasn’t the biggest fan of Britney Spears back in the day; although, most of her songs did hit my chart, and I did sing along to most of them whenever I heard them on the radio. She charted with 12 singles from 1998 to 2004. If I had to pick a favorite – then – and now – it would be “Oops ! … I Did It Again”. It was essentially a simple singalong song. Once the Top 40 radio station played it (every 2½ hours around the clock) you couldn’t help but singalong to it – no matter what you were doing at the time.

I also keep track of every movie I see at the box office, and 20 years ago next weekend I saw “Small Town Crooks” and “Road Trip” with my little brother in Jacksonville. The former was a low-budget Woody Allen flick, and the latter was a raunchy college guys romp.

It’s halftime my friends. I’ll be back on Sunday and Monday with 2 more blog posts for this weekend. Enjoy your Saturday. Thanks for going RETRO with me !

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Happy Armed Forces Week

Post author By Chris M. Day
Post date May 14, 2020

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It’s Thursday May 14TH 2020, and National Military Appreciation Month continues with Armed Forces Week (all this week), and that culminates this Saturday with Armed Forces Day. Unlike Memorial Day (later this month) and Veterans Day (in November) this is an opportunity for us to honor everyone who currently serves within our military.

I’m a few weeks away from celebrating my 35TH anniversary within the United States Air Force. I actually committed to 4 years of active duty service about a month into my Senior year in high school in 1984. 7 days after graduating from high school in June 1985 I was on my way to Lackland AFB in San Antonio Texas for 6½ weeks of Basic Military Training.

I’ve been living in or near Homestead Florida since the end of 1987, so 32 out of my 35 years in the Air Force. I work at Homestead ARB (formerly AFB prior to Hurricane Andrew). During the 19 months immediately after Hurricane Andrew (as the city and the base was being cleaned-up and rebuilt) I served at Andrews AFB Maryland and MacDill AFB in Tampa Florida.

My 35 years in the Air Force includes 26 years as a civilian. Prior to that I served 8 years on active duty and 6 years as a reservist (overlapping with the early years of my civil service).

Up until about the age of 16 I was supposed to go to college after high school and emerge with a degree in either Meteorology or Communications (radio and television). That didn’t happen, but here I am 35 years into an Air Force career at 53 years old. The Air Force determined that I was great at math, so they made me an analyst / statistician.

In the Air Force I’ve had some great years, some good years, some bad years, and some horrible years. There’s an entire 13-year era that was the worst of my career (and life). Thankfully I’ve followed that up with the best 13-year era of my career (and life) – where I am now. I’m ending this career on a high, and I’ve got about 3½ more years to go before I retire and move away from here.

To all of my fellow military service members – whether you are currently on active duty, a reservist, a civil servant, or a contractor working alongside all of the above – I thank you for all that you do with each new day.

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My Top 10 Hits – Week 169

Post author By Chris M. Day
Post date May 11, 2020

Every Monday I post my all-new Top 10 Christian hit music chart based on personal preference and influenced by radio airplay. It’s the continuation of a weekly hobby that goes back 40+ years. Here it is – for the week ending Sunday May 10TH 2020:

“Almost Home” – MercyMe [# 1 last week / 21ST week on chart]
“I Will Fear No More” – The Afters [2 / 16TH]
“Alive And Breathing” – Matt Maher [4 / 9TH]
“(I’ll) Never Let You Down” – Hawk Nelson Ft. Hunter & Tara [3 / 7TH]
“Love” – We Are Messengers [10 / 2ND]
“Keep Me In The Moment” – Jeremy Camp [9 / 4TH]
“Great Things” – Phil Wickham [6 / 3RD]
“Your Name Is Power” – Rend Collective [5 / 18TH]
“The God Who Stays” – Matthew West [7 / 25TH]
“Waymaker” – Michael W. Smith Ft. Vanessa Campagna [8 / 16TH]

# 1 This Week In:
2019 – “Alive” – Big Daddy Weave
2018 – “The Way (New Horizon)” – Pat Barrett
2017 – “Forgiven” – Crowder

MercyMe’s “Almost Home” is my # 1 smash for the 12TH week in a row. It’s currently my # 5 hit of this current era (now in its 39TH month) – just behind another hit of theirs at # 4 – “Grace Got You”.

2 big movers this week – “Love” and “Keep Me In The Moment”. I love their unique sounds. “Love” sort of reminds me of a 1970s urban sitcom theme song. “Keep Me In The Moment” sounds very country to me. I expect both of these emerging hits to continue their climbs towards the top next week.

This concludes another weekend of blog posts. I’ll do it again this upcoming weekend – with 4 new entries on Thursday, Friday, Sunday, and Monday. I don’t blog on Saturdays. That’s my day of rest.

Your likes, follows, and comments are always appreciated. Thank You for being part of my online ministry to share God’s Good News and win souls for Christ through His music. I’m also on Twitter and Flickr.

Be blessed my friends ! May the God of hope fill you with all joy and peace as you trust in Him, so that you may overflow with hope by the power of the Holy Spirit.

Tags Blog, Christian, KLOVE, Music

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Sunday Scripture

Post author By Chris M. Day
Post date May 10, 2020

Happy Mother's Day

… And Proverbs Chapter 31 Verses 27 and 28 continue with this:

She carefully watches everything in her household, and suffers nothing from laziness. Her children stand and bless her. Her husband praises her.

Happy Mother’s Day to all of our Moms. Thank You for all that you do each day, and may:

The LORD bless you and keep you.
The LORD make His face shine upon you, and be gracious to you.
The LORD lift up His countenance upon you, and give you peace.

In the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit,
And all God’s children said, “AMEN !”