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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Travel Weather

Weather In Paradise

Here’s the weather forecast for Homestead Florida for the next 7 days:

Saturday – Partly Sunny, High In The Low-80s
Sunday – Partly Sunny, High In The Low-80s
Monday – Partly Sunny, High In The Low-80s
Tuesday – Partly Sunny, High In The Low-80s
Wednesday – Partly Sunny, High In The Low-80s
Thursday – Partly Sunny, High In The Low-80s
Friday – Partly Sunny, High In The Low-80s

I see a trend developing here.

HOMESTEAD:  OPEN FOR BUSINESS

Directions To Paradise – Take I-95 south until it ends and merges with U.S. 1. Take U.S. 1 south until you reach numbered streets in the lower-300s. WELCOME !

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Commerce Food

Starbucks On A Saturday Morning

Florida City Florida is now officially on the map … now that Starbucks is open for business in town at the former longtime location of Miami Subs where Palm Drive (SW 344TH Street) meets Useless-One (U.S. 1).

My first impression of the outside of the place ? – The parking lot is ridiculous. I would have thought that they would have blown up the previous parking lot and started anew, but instead they just painted over it and re-striped it in a haphazard manner. Oh well. At least I found an open parking space (on a slight angled slope).

I walked inside of the joint, and it was music (loud) to my ears. It is paradise inside. I looked around for this dude, or this dude, or this dude, and none of them were inside camping out. I guess 7 AM on a Saturday morning is just a bit too early for them. Why I do more before 7 AM than they do … oh never mind.

I ordered the GRANDE Peppermint White Chocolate Mocha ($4.05) as well as a Sausage, Egg, & Cheddar Sandwich ($2.95). They didn’t have any peppermint left, so they offered (and I gladly accepted) the regular White Chocolate Mocha (that I am so familiar with). I grabbed my loot, and I took it all home with me. The sandwich was hot and scrumptious. The mocha (still drinking it) is warm and tasty.

I am truly impressed with this particular location of Starbucks, and I shall return to it on a regular basis – poorly-constructed parking lot notwithstanding.

Bring on the other 3 planned Starbucks in and around Homestead – especially the one less than a mile from my workplace. Once that one opens for business we might as well have our ‘Commander’s Calls’ there because half of the base will be there lined up for coffee before each work day begins.

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Blogging

Friday Night Blogroll Review

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Career God

Wonderful Week At Work: Completed

I got off from work at 11:30 AM this morning, and it was the completion of another wonderful week.

The leadership of my building (including me) worked on a major time-consuming project all this week – a grande PowerPoint Presentation that was pretty much all about us and the work that we do. We did it in preparation of a ‘welcome briefing’ for one of our new Commanders on base. That briefing took place this morning in our building’s Conference Room. It began at precisely 9 AM, and it lasted for nearly 2½ hours. I think that we totally blew away our new Commander with the show, and he was most appreciative of the effort. At one point during the briefing the top guy of our building unexpectedly told me to stand up, and then he proceeded to shower me with praise upon praise for a couple of minutes regarding many of my various accomplishments since arriving in that building just a little over 4 months ago. That made me feel so great !

After 20 years I’ve finally found a place on base for me where I actually look forward to going to work each and every morning. At the end of each work day I always look back at it feeling sincerely happy and totally satisfied that I gave it my all, and that my fellow co-workers truly appreciated what I did for them during the course of the day. I finally have co-workers who consistently respect me for my technical expertise and experience.

I am so truly greatful to God to be living in this current life of mine – the Renaissance of my personal life – as well as the Renaissance of my professional career. There’s no looking back now to what my life and career used to be. It’s all about what it is in the now, and this now shall continue infinitely as long as I continue to progress forward on God’s fantastic journey for me !