I'm almost 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.
Hey kids it’s Thursday night – so you just know what that means. It means that we’re less than 48 hours away from a hot new ‘Saturday Night Retro’.
Last weekend I took you back 30 years in time to Disco-fueled 1979. This weekend we’re taking a leap decade and landing in 1989. I’ll share with you what this 22-year-old kid was up to back then.
But first …
SAT 4:30 PM EST (CBS) Ravens At Titans – COUNTRY & WESTERN SHOCKER !
An extended period of cooler and arid weather has begun. Look for temperatures to stay in the 70s during the daytime – and drop into the 50s early in the morning every day for at least the next 10 days !
Several cold fronts from the north will make passage through America’s Riviera over the next week-and-a-half, and we could actually see some downright frigid cold air invade our subtropical paradise during the middle of next week !
But before then get ready for wind chills to drop into the mid-40s for a few hours on Friday morning. Break out the flannel and bundle up my friends !
Picking the outcome of NFL playoff games is a tough task:
SAT 4:30 PM EST (NBC) Falcons At Cardinals – NO !
SAT 8:00 PM EST (NBC) Colts At Chargers – NO !
SUN 1:00 PM EST (CBS)
Ravens At Dolphins – SHOCKER IN AMERICA’S RIVIERA – NO !
SUN 4:30 PM EST (FOX) Eagles At Vikings – YES !
THIS WEEK – 1-3 (.250) – ‘ABSOLUTELY PATHETIC ‘
OVERALL – 166-93-1 (.640)
If at first I don’t succeed – try – try again. Be sure to check out my fresh new picks for this upcoming weekend’s divisional playoff games tomorrow afternoon here on the big green blog. It will include an eye-popping SHOCKER !
TONIGHT I stumbled across an inch-and-a-half stack of colour pictures that were taken of me – as well as pictures that I apparently took myself – back during the wild and crazy late-1994 to mid-1995 time-frame. I hadn’t seen those pictures since way back then. They represent a lot of great memories for me, but some of the pictures are from the aftermath of when my former house (in Naranja near the air base) was broken into and ransacked by vandals. They of course brought back bad memories of that time, but life is all about the good and the bad. You can’t have it all good all of the time. Life has its bright and sunny days – as well as its dark and stormy nights.
I may share some of those retro pictures with you here on this blog in the future. I won’t be sharing any of the pictures of me partying / drinking at a bar. Those pictures represent a previous version of me that has since died, for I’ve been rescued, saved, and reborn by my Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ. AMEN !
One of the pictures brought some tears to my eyes. It’s a picture of me and a noticeably young and healthy Boots (my former cat) sitting together on my living room couch watching television at my former house just a few weeks after I adopted the cool cat.
The following picture that I will share with you right now is that of me from nearly 30 years ago. I actually cropped myself out of a formal family portrait (to protect the innocent). I believe this picture was taken in 1980. I look 13-years-old. Actually I look like a dork. One thing is certain though. I’m jealous of all of that gorgeous hair ! Where have you gone ?
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