Author: Chris M. Day

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.

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Driving Holidays Music Travel

Saturday Night Retro

December 25TH 1996 – It was the first Christmas with my Mom, Dad, Brother, and Cats up in Jacksonville Florida. They had just moved there after about 28 years up in the Washington D.C. area. That was 2 homes ago (for my parents) and 3 cars ago (for me). I was still in my 20s (!), and my brother was 21. It seems so long ago. It was just a dozen years ago.

Today I drove back home to Homestead from the Jacksonville area, and so another chapter in our lives has now ended. This was our last Christmas in Jacksonville. My parents are getting ready to move (for the final time) to the Dallas Texas area. I’ve got a lot of great memories from the past dozen Christmases (and years) up there, but the good times and great memories shall continue infinitely with my family over in North Texas.

Going back to 1996 I present to you for your ‘Retro’ review this MASSIVESMASH from The Smashing Pumpkins. It’s one of my favourite hit songs of all-time. It’s a 1996 smash that’s all about “1979”. It’s the biggest pop and rock smash of their entire career, and it was Grammy-nominated and certified gold. It’s a hot track that spent 10 months in heavy rotation on TOP 40 radio stations nationwide. Here’s the 1996 MTV Video Music Award winner for ‘Best Alternative Video’.

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Blogging

Friday Night Blogroll Review

Here’s what my favourite bloggers in the entire world were blogging about this past week:

Travis wished us a Merry Christmas and reminded us the reason for the season.

Check out the matching bright red Christmas pajamas !

It’s what Phil was thinking about on Christmas morning.

Jesse and his crew are feeling fine after dealing with an automobile accident.

Billy takes us back on a ‘Retro’ family trip through time.

David C. gets it.

Ritz exclaimed, “it feels nothing like Christmas”. His bad.

Rebecca’s been hangin’ out with her family here in the Homestead area.

Nathan lost 33.33 pounds during the course of a 40-day fast in which he ate no food and only drank water. This is the winner of this week’s ‘Major Bloggie’ award which goes to the most entertaining blog of the week as far as I’m concerned. Check out his captivating story written in a journal-style – day-by-day.

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Sports

My NFL Weekend Game Picks

You know how this works, so what am I waiting for ?

SUN 1:00 PM EST (10)
Rams At Falcons
Patriots At Bills
Chiefs At Bengals – SHOCKER ON THE LEVEE
Bears At Texans
Giants At Vikings – SHOCKER IN THE DOME
Panthers At Saints – SHOCKER IN THE BAYOU
Browns At Steelers
Raiders At Buccaneers
Titans At Colts – SHOCKER AT LUCAS OIL
Lions At Packers

SUN 4:15 PM EST (5)
Jaguars At Ravens
Seahawks At Cardinals
Redskins At 49ers – SHOCKER AT CANDLESTICK PARK
Dolphins At Jets – SHOCKER IN NEW JERSEY
Cowboys At Eagles

SUN 8:15 PM EST (1)
Broncos At Chargers

That’s how I roll YO !

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Animals Driving Food Travel

Christmas Morning Stocking Full O’ Thoughts

Here’s what I’m thinkin’ ’bout on this Glorious Christmas Day Morning:

1.  I left work at exactly 9 AM yesterday (Christmas Eve) morning, and I arrived at my parents’ home at exactly 3:30 PM. It was a rather uneventful 6½-hour drive from Homestead to here. That included about a 30-minute stop-over in Fort Pierce along world-renown State Road 70 for Gas and Lunch.

2.  I’m currently in historic Clay County Florida – about halfway between the historic river cities of Orange Park and Green Cove Springs (the county seat) along historic U.S. 17. F.Y.I. – U.S. 17 extends from the foothills of Northern Virginia to the Gulf Coast of Southwest Florida.

3.  My last visit up here to the First Coast of Florida was during the Labor Day Weekend at the end of August 2008. I’ve been coming up here once or twice per year for the past 12 years to visit my parents (and my brother when he lived up here). 2009 will probably be my parents’ final year here. They’ll be moving to the north of Dallas Texas in a few months. They’ll be living just a few miles away from my brother and his wife.

4.  Of all of the cats that have been in our family over the past quarter of a century my parents’ current cat – Pumpkin – has the most beautiful fur ever !  She’s brown and black with hints of orange and tan – perhaps even a bit of burnt sienna. One time when Pumpkin was a kitten she was totally terrified of me, and she nearly tried to end her own life by jumping at least 20 feet to the ground below when she was absolutely frightened by an unintentional sudden movement of mine. Now she adores me and comes running to me whenever I spot my petting hand. Pumpkin loves me so much now that she even licks me at times. Even she has realized that cats all over the land adore me.

5.  Last night we enjoyed a MASSIVE Dinner at the local Longhorn Steak House. This afternoon we’ll be enjoying a traditional (also MASSIVE) Christmas Day Dinner. Don’t you know that I like totally dig that dudes and dudettes ?  SHYEAHZZZ !

MERRY CHRISTMAS EVERYONE !