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Tuesday Night Grab Bag O’ Thoughts

1.  After a rare one-week hiatus the legendary ‘Grab Bag’ is back with an all-new edition. Last Tuesday night at this time I was at sea in the Florida Straits a few hours southwest of Key West on my way to Cozumel Mexico aboard the Fun Ship Carnival Imagination. In case you missed it I blogged my ‘Carnival Imagination Grab Bag O’ Thoughts‘ last Friday night.

2.  I enjoyed a 231-hour vacation from the mid-afternoon of Friday September 04TH through the early-morning of Monday September 14TH. That’s about 69 hours before the cruise, 92 hours on the cruise, and 70 hours after the cruise. My cruise was virtually smack in the middle of my extended vacation bookended by dual three-day weekends. It’s crazy how those numbers worked out that way !

3.  I watched and enjoyed the series premiere of ‘The Jay Leno Show‘ last night, and so did a lot of you. It was a runaway smash in the ratings. I’ll be DVRing it tonight because I’ll be watching the LIVE season finale of ‘Big Brother 11‘ tonight. This was the most successful season ever as far as viewership is concerned. I will definitely miss it during the off-season.

4.  My beloved Washington Redskins are in familiar territory – dead last in the rough and tough NFC East division. They lost their season opener to the Giants of New Jersey 23-17, but the game really wasn’t as close as the final score. I’m thinking that my ‘Skins should have an easier time this Sunday afternoon in their home opener against the lowly Rams. They are favoured by 10 points with an over / under of 36.5, so that equates to (roughly) a 23-13 win. I’d rather see a blowout such as 42-3.

5.  We’re about a month away from seeing cold fronts reach and sweep through America’s Riviera on a regular basis. Those frontal systems from the north and west will drop our humidity and temperature ever so slowly. It’ll be an El Niño winter, so don’t look for the unusually frigid and bone dry winter season that we went through late last year / early this year. Look for a wetter and milder than normal ‘dry’ season. Last season we had between 15 and 20 mornings that started in the 30s and 40s. I’m forecasting less than 10 of those such mornings for the upcoming winter season.

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The Major’s Friday Night Disco Party

For the 14 of you who wish to know all about my Carnival Imagination cruise be sure to hit up the big green blog tomorrow (Saturday) morning. I’ll have it all for you ‘Grab Bag O’ Thoughts’ style. You won’t regret it pal !

OK it’s been over 100 hours since our last blogging session together, so let’s get back on schedule here:

Disco Ball

I’m a big fan of Elton John‘s music through the decades. I’ve got favourites of his from the ’70s, ’80s, and ’90s. Fast songs. Slow songs. Rockers. Ballads. Some of the greatest songs of my entire lifetime came from Sir Elton.

During the Disco era of the late-1970s Elton kinda sorta took a breather from the action. After all his style of music was not exactly dance floor ready – or was it ? 

He actually gave it one shot at the very end of the era during the late Summer of 1979 (although it was actually recorded two Summers earlier). That one shot turned out to be one of the last remaining Top 10 Disco hits during its dying days. For a Disco song from Elton John this one was surprisingly a bit on the mellow side.

Here’s one of my favourite Elton John songs of all-time. Here’s “Mama Can’t Buy You Love” – a Top 10 Disco Smash !

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The Major’s Tweets

This blog is going on a short hiatus after this post. It shall return this Friday night with my weekly ‘Disco Party’ followed by an all-new ‘Retro’ on Saturday night.

I’ll be tweeting today (Monday) and tomorrow (Tuesday) via ‘Junkyard Dog’ (my antique cell phone), and then you won’t here from me again until Friday morning.

But first before I leave you I’ve got my TOP 5 most amusing (and interesting) tweets of this past week – in case you missed any of them:

5.  I’m watching “I Love You, Man” for the first time on DVD courtesy of my good friends over there at Netflix. HILARIOUS !  [Sep 05th from web]

4.  Now hear this ! 22 Sundays in a row of NFL action begins next Sunday. TOUCHDOWN !  [Sep 06th from web]

3.  Rated # 1 for Breakfast in my mind – It’s the Dunkin’ Donuts that straddles the Homestead / Florida City city line. That places ROCKS !  [Sep 05th from web]

2.  Memo To Self: Get Lipitor refilled tomorrow at Publix. I’ll need it next wk in conjunction with my 6,000 calorie per day diet. I heard that. [Sep 02nd from web]

1.  I can smell the long holiday weekend from here, and it smells hot and delicious !  [Sep 04th from Junkyard Dog]

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Thursday Night Mini Thoughts

– It was pouring down rain at work for about an hour or so just before I left.
– Meanwhile here at home there’s no sign of rain (aside from the thunder).
– The sea breezes are colliding directly over the air base.
– I’ll be embarking on my Carnival cruise in just 92 hours.
– I’m getting more and more excited by the hour.
– But first there’s just one more day of work before my 9-day break.
– There will be no blogging next Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thursday.
– But I will send out a few Twitter tweets from Key West next Tuesday.
– I won’t have cell phone service from Tuesday afternoon until Friday morning.
– No cell phone service ?  Now THAT’S paradise !
– A spokesperson from Developers Diversified Realty hit up my blog today.
– Check out this hot new web site – shophomesteadpavilion.com.
– My Washington Redskins are currently in the great state of Florida.
– The’re up in Jacksonville to take on the Jaguars in their preseason finale.
– I won’t see it because it’s not a nationally-televised game.
– The Dolphins are over in The Big Easy to battle the Saints tonight.
– That game will air locally on CBS-4 Miami.
– The regular CBS primetime lineup will air on MY-33 which becomes CBS-33.
– That includes “Big Brother 11” – tonight at 8 PM on CBS-33.
– Tomorrow night here on the big green blog it’s the weekly Disco party.
– So grab your crisp all-white leisure suit and let’s get a steppin’.
– I’ve also got an all-new ‘Retro’ for you on Saturday night.
– It’s very mid-1990s, and it’s very Tropical Caribbean.
– Be sure to catch the next ‘Thursday Night Mini Thoughts’ in two weeks !