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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Bedtime Stories

It’s been awhile since I did an edition of ‘Bedtime Stories’ on here. I’m surprised that my dear friend of the past 23 months Ela O. hasn’t complained in public about that fact.

So it’s the end of the 18TH day of December in 2008. Christmas Eve is just 6 nights away, and a week from now Christmas Day will be just about done and over with. But let us all remember the reason for the season. It is to celebrate the glorious birth of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ – not just on December 25TH, but every day before and after that. It’s a joyous event that means so much more to me now than it ever did before this journey began for me.

I’ve just about wrapped-up the preparing and the sending of the Christmas Cards for this festive season. I’ve sent out more cards this year than in any previous year. Thank You Lord for all of these new friends that you have blessed me with to share Life on this fantastic journey that you’ve created especially for me.

Although I will be going out-of-town next week I will not be missing any Sunday mornings at Life Pointe Church. Anne J. wouldn’t allow me to take church leave. 😆

If I don’t see you between now and then I wish each and every one of you reading this a very Merry Christmas. May it be safe and peaceful with yourself and your loved ones. Remember the reason for the season.

Oh yeah – and also REMEMBER THIS !

Me And The $8 Turkey Leg - A Feast For The Beast
Me And The $8 Turkey Leg - A Feast For The Beast

Thank You Patricia for taking this shot of me via your cell phone. I had no idea that you were doing so. That’s how I always look when I eat MASSIVE turkey legs !

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Sports

My NFL Weekend Game Picks

So far this season I’ve been correct nearly 65% of the time. That’s actually below my lifetime average. Let’s see if I can raise that seasonal average by at least a few percentage points.

I’m going for a MASSIVE 6 ‘shockers’ this weekend. Sometimes ya just gotta take risks to make progress.

THU 8:15 PM EST (1)
Colts At Jaguars – ‘I-10’ SHOCKER !

SAT 8:15 PM EST (1)
Ravens At Cowboys – ‘TEXAS STADIUM’ SHOCKER !

SUN 1:00 PM EST (7)
Bengals At Browns
Saints At Lions – ‘WINLESS NO MORE’ SHOCKER !
Cardinals At Patriots
Steelers At Titans – ‘WHY ARE THE STEELERS FAVORED ?’ SHOCKER !
49ers At Rams
Dolphins At Chiefs
Chargers At Buccaneers

SUN 4:05 PM EST (3)
Bills At Broncos
Jets At Seahawks
Texans At Raiders

SUN 4:15 PM EST (2)
Falcons At Vikings – ‘YOU BETCHA !’ IT’S A SHOCKER !
Eagles At Redskins – ‘HOMETOWN TEAM FOREVER’ SHOCKER !

SUN 8:15 PM EST (1)
Panthers At Giants

MON 8:30 PM EST (1)
Packers At Bears

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Sports

My NFL Weekend Game Picks: The Results Show

THU 8:15 PM EST (1)
Saints At Bears – YES !

SUN 1:00 PM EST (9)
Buccaneers At Falcons – YES !
Redskins At Bengals – NO !
Titans At Texans – NO !
Packers At Jaguars – ‘I-10′ SHOCKER OF THE WEEK – YES !
49ers At Dolphins – YES !
Seahawks At Rams – NO !
Bills At Jets – YES !
Chargers At Chiefs – YES !
Lions At Colts – YES !

SUN 4:05 PM EST (1)
Vikings At Cardinals – NO !

SUN 4:15 PM EST (3)
Steelers At Ravens – ‘BOYS-‘SKINS DESTROYERS’ SHOCKER OF THE WEEK – YES !
Broncos At Panthers – YES !
Patriots At Raiders – YES !

SUN 8:15 PM EST (1)
Giants At Cowboys – ‘NORTH TEXAS’ SHOCKER OF THE WEEK – NO !

MON 8:30 PM EST (1)
Browns At Eagles – YES !

THIS WEEK – 11-5 (.688) – ‘DIVISION CLINCHER’

OVERALL – 145-78-1 (.650)

Be sure to check out my fresh new picks for this upcoming weekend’s games tomorrow afternoon here on the big green blog. You won’t regret it pal.

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Tuesday Night Grab Bag O’ Thoughts

Every Tuesday night the world listens to me. Hear me now:

1.  Aside from the Carolinas, Georgia, and Florida the entire rest of the free nation from coast-to-coast and from border-to-border is shivering in a deep icy freeze. Even much of California, Nevada, Arizona, New Mexico, and Texas is socked-in to a deep freeze. Here in Homestead we’ve got fast-moving tropical showers moving in from the Caribbean. It’s December in Paradise !

2.  The 17TH season of “Survivor” held in Gabon Africa is now done and over with, and it was quite the entertaining season finale this past Sunday night on CBS-TV. I’ve seen every single episode ever made since it became an overnight sensation back during the Summer of 2000. The 18TH season has already wrapped-up its filming up in the Brazilian Highlands. It premieres in February 2009.

3.  Yesterday I was on a portion of Campbell Drive that is off-limits to most vehicular traffic. It’s located on a secluded portion of Homestead Air Reserve Base east of the South Dade Labor Camp neighbourhood. The original road surface of Campbell Drive still exists. It’s not in very good shape though. Once upon a time the main gate to the base was right there at the intersection of Campbell Drive and Tallahassee Road (now Speedway Boulevard). Today’s Labor Camp was once part of Base Housing.

4.  Gas prices just keep on dropping. It’s in the $1.40s and $1.50s across much of the free nation. There are actually some analysts out there who state that gas prices could actually drop below $1 per gallon in 2009. These are the same analysts that forecasted gas to reach $10 per gallon earlier this year.

5.  I’m eating at the Outback Steak House this Friday night for the first time in recent memory (many years). I’m totally looking forward to that. Afterwards I’m heading off to see a movie – “Yes Man“. It sounds like someone is dating again !