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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Life People

Bedtime Stories

TONIGHT at my Singles Life Group we talked about ‘Quality Time’. It’s yet another one of ‘The Five Love Languages For Singles‘. We talked about quality conversations, quality listening, and quality activities.

Here are some relatively short answers from me regarding some questions to ponder:

1.  To what degree was the love language of quality time spoken by your parents to each other, and to you ?  [Never.]

2.  Are you energized when you spend quality time with others, or does it tend to deplete you emotionally ?  [For the most part I’m energized, but if I’m part of – or not part of – a heavy conversation in which my particular responses would be totally different than everyone else’s – and everyone has a ‘feel-good’ story while I have a ‘bring-everyone-else-down’ story then that can be depleting emotionally.]

3.  With whom have you spent quality time this week ?  [Travis, Paul, Jesse, Alex, Anne, and Annie for a brief impromptu hour this past Monday morning at the Life Pointe Church offices, and Patricia, Venus, Tammy, and Evelin tonight at Life Group.]  Was your time together primarily quality conversations or quality activities ?  [Quality conversations.]

4.  Reflect on the dialects of quality time (conversations, listening, activities). Which dialect is most important to you personally ?  [Activities. I prefer doing things rather than talking about doing things.]  Where do you see the greatest need for improvement in your relationships with others ?  [Conversations – I’m not a good talker; however, if you knew me in a previous life more than perhaps two years ago then you’d think that I had completely broken out of my safety shell since then. In my previous life my viewpoints meant little to nothing to mostly everyone else around me. I’m not used to the attention that I get nowadays on this fantastic journey when I participate in meaningful conversations. It’s all so very new to me.]

Quality time. Find it. Treasure it. Create memories.

Have a safe and peaceful Wednesday night everyone. THANK YOU so very much for taking the time to spend it with me reading what’s on my mind tonight.

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Food

Coming Soon To Homestead

WHAT ? – The Big Cheese Of Miami

WHERE ? – U.S. 1 – Former location of CiCi’s Pizza

OTHER LOCATIONS ? – One – U.S. 1 near SW 80TH Street in South Miami

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Sports

My NFL Weekend Game Picks: The Results Show

I now declare this blog to be a political-free zone effective immediately !

Let’s get back to business:

SUN 1:00 PM EST (8)
Jets At Bills – NO !
Lions At Bears – YES !
Jaguars At Bengals – NO !
Ravens At Browns – NO !
Buccaneers At Chiefs – YES !
Texans At Vikings – YES !
Cardinals At Rams – MILD UPSET SPECIAL ! – NO !
Packers At Titans – YES !

SUN 4:05 PM EST (1)
Dolphins At Broncos – NO !

SUN 4:15 PM EST (3)
Cowboys At Giants – YES !
Falcons At Raiders – YES !
Eagles At Seahawks – YES !

SUN 8:15 PM EST (1)
Patriots At Colts – YES !

MON 8:30 PM EST (1)
Steelers At Redskins – NO !

THIS WEEK – 8-6 (.571) – ‘A FAILING GRADE’

OVERALL – 86-44 (.662)

Check out my fresh new picks for this upcoming weekend’s games TOMORROW !

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Driving Politics

Tuesday Night Grab Bag O’ Thoughts

It’s the Election Day Night edition of the ‘Grab Bag’. Here’s what I’m thinking:

1.  Smooth talking + saying anything + hundreds of millions of dollars + the media on your side = getting elected as our next President Of The United States Of America. The most qualified man for the job doesn’t always win.

2.  I’m a realist. I’m also a statistician. We’ll find out during the 9 PM EST hour for sure that Barack Obama has clinched the 270 electoral votes required to win the Presidency. When all is said and done I really believe that Barack Obama will take between 35 and 40 ‘blue’ states and win in a MASSIVE landslide.

3.  One party in control of the House, the Senate, and the White House – the Democrats – is the perfect antidote for the ailing Republican Party. We need a few years to reorganize and get our act together. We need to find and equip the next generation of young Republicans. Sarah Palin is an excellent start. Let’s work from there. We need something better for 2010 and 2012.

4.  If John McCain were to pull off the miracle upset and win this thing then we would have the same problem that we’ve had since the end of 2000. That would be bitter Democrats who actually believe that the election was stolen from them – only this time the bitterness would be racially-motivated. It’s harder to run this country and set its agenda for the next four years when half of the country disrespects you from the very start. President George W. Bush was obviously the most disrespected President in modern United States history. The same would happen to John McCain as well. A Barack Obama presidency would begin the healing process. I just hope that the media has the guts to report both sides of such a presidency – not just the ‘feel-good’ positive news.

*** ALERT *** – This final thought has absolutely nothing to do with politics.

5.  There’s a new breed of driver here in Homestead, and this breed appears to be multiplying. It’s the motorist that drives a bit below the posted speed limit (by as much as 5 to 7 MPH), yet still fails to come to a complete stop at stop signs and red lights. These are the ones that will pull out directly in front of you after plowing through a stop sign at no less than 10 MPH, and then slowly proceed up to a steady speed of perhaps 35 MPH – in a 40 MPH posted speed limit zone !

Those are my thoughts on this Tuesday night. Thanks for your time in reading ’em.