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.

Food

Saturday Morning Shenanigans

Post author By Chris M. Day
Post date August 16, 2008
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Greetings Mis Amigos,

I graciously present to you for your utmost reading pleasure another fine edition of the ‘Shenanigans’ on a Saturday morning. Usually the ‘Shenanigans’ has to do with one of my passions in Life – eating food – and this morning is no exception.

And so I deliver this morning’s ‘Shenanigans’ to you from the Cracker Barrel in Florida City (where all of the food is). I enjoyed ‘Momma’s French Toast Breakfast®’. That’s four delicious slices of their very own Sourdough French Toast totally soaked in pure maple syrup and two scrumptious eggs cooked to order (scrambled) with two juicy smoked sausage patties.

THAT’S WHAT I’M TALKIN’ ‘BOUT PAUL !

I used to eat a MASSIVE Saturday Morning Breakfast just like this every single week for many years over at IHOP in Naranja Lakes (same day, same time, same table, same waitress). Nowadays a MASSIVE Breakfast is a rare treat (ever since my MASSIVE heart attack elevated cholesterol reading). (Where’s my Lipitor ?)

And so that’s your ‘Saturday Morning Shenanigans’ for this gorgeous Saturday morning in Homestead Florida. May the good food be yours, and – oh yeah – REMEMBER THIS !

Blogging People

Friday Night Blogroll Review

Post author By Chris M. Day
Post date August 15, 2008
4 Comments on Friday Night Blogroll Review

Last weekend Travis delivered his ‘Sunday Wrap-Up’ from a new movie theatre church en San Antonio Texas.

Phil admits that he enjoys eating sardines, vienna sausages, potted meat, and spam – all in a can.

Ritz continues to remind his loyal blogging audience that his 18TH birthday is next week.

Rebecca is getting ready to move up north for college – all the way north to Tallahassee.

Luciana had a fun Sunday with her kids at church and at home.

Pastor Nathan is getting ready to celebrate 6 7 months since the official launch of InDependence Church in Weston Florida.

It was a slower than normal week of blogging all-around, but as vacations end, schools begin, and we return to a more normal daily routine the blogging shall once again pick back up again. Have a great weekend everyone !

Astronomy Hoaxes Internet

Thursday Night Internet Hoax Hall-Of-Shame

Post author By Chris M. Day
Post date August 14, 2008

The Red Planet is about to be spectacular !

This month and next, Earth is catching up with Mars in an encounter that will culminate in the closest approach between the two planets in recorded history. The next time Mars may come this close is in 2287. Due to the way Jupiter’s gravity tugs on Mars and perturbs its orbit, astronomers can only be certain that Mars has not come this close to Earth in the last 5,000 years, but it may be as long as 60,000 years before it happens again.

The encounter will culminate on August 27th when Mars comes to within 34,649,589 miles of Earth and will be (next to the moon) the brightest object in the night sky. It will attain a magnitude of -2.9 and will appear 25.11 arc seconds wide. At a modest 75-power magnification Mars will look as large as the full moon to the naked eye.

Mars will be easy to spot. At the beginning of August it will rise in the east at 10 p.m. and reach its azimuth at about 3 a.m.

By the end of August when the two planets are closest, Mars will rise at nightfall and reach its highest point in the sky at 12:30 a.m. That’s pretty convenient to see something that no human being has seen in recorded history. So, mark your calendar at the beginning of August to see Mars grow progressively brighter and brighter throughout the month.

Share this with your children and grandchildren.

NO ONE ALIVE TODAY WILL EVER SEE THIS AGAIN

This widely-circulated perennial E-Mail defies all astronomical logic, and it is of course an Internet HOAX !