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Tuesday Night Grab Bag O’ Thoughts

You came here for a reason, and that reason is the sole fact that it’s Tuesday night here on this blog. Here’s what’s on my mind right this very minute:

1.  This afternoon’s 15-minute drive from work to home was more treacherous than normal due to horrendous drivers all around me. I could have been involved in nearly a dozen collisions if it weren’t for my spectacular defensive driving techniques. I’m safe like that.

2.  For the past several months my front patio area had been a haven for hundreds and hundreds of flying gnats and other assorted subtropical insects that swarmed the area (and me as I walked through them while attempting to hold my breath). That is until I had my Orkin guy hose down the area yesterday afternoon with an environmentally-friendly concoction of water and poisons. Now my front patio area is clear of pests, and I can see clearly now the bugs are gone. Thank You Orkin Dude !

3.  I got a haircut at Woody’s Barber Shop yesterday morning. My barber casually remarked about my ‘white’ hair, and then he guessed that I was about 31 or 32 years old. Once I proudly told him that I was almost 41 years old he remarked that my hair is just fine for my age. That’s how you earn a nice tip $ !

4.  EVERYONE was talking about what they were doing during that unexpected ferocious thunderstorm that plowed through most of South Miami-Dade County on Sunday night after 9 PM. It rained all night long into Monday morning, and the base officially got 2.21 inches of the wet stuff when all was said and done. Rain is good.

5.  I visited the Life Pointe Church offices today during my Lunch hour. Anne J. and Paul H. were hangin’ out with me. Jesse S. was working on ‘special projects’ behind closed doors in his office. Enjoy it while it lasts Jesse. You won’t have your own office at the new place.  😉

6.  I am convinced that Anne J. and Paul H. know more about cell phones and computers than I do. I think that most people under the age of 40 know more about cell phones and computers than I do. My professional occupation may be that of a Computer Systems Administrator, but that’s actually not my original job. The roots of my current job can be traced back to when I originally started out as a Data Analyst / Statistician. I’ll be utilizing some of those real skills o’ mine for some new projects for Life Pointe Church that I can’t wait to get started on.

7.  ‘The Fortune Cookie Message Of The Week Club’ has apparently inspired Pastor Travis to do a month-long message series at Life Pointe Church based on the original concept. Hey it was either that or ‘The Road Rage Files’. It makes more sense to do the former.

8.  “The Simpsons” has been yanked off of a Venezuelan TV channel because it may be inappropriate for children. It’s been replaced by – “Baywatch Hawaii“. Read more about it.

9.  I grabbed the Southwest Taco Salad at Wendy’s for the first time ever today. It was unlike anything I expected. I ate the whole thing, but I probably won’t get that ever again. It’s just not my thing. It was too spicy for me. I’m not into spicy. I’m a member of the bland nation.

10.  Can you believe that next Tuesday night will mark the 6-month anniversary of these ‘Tuesday Night Grab Bag O’ Thoughts’ ?  Time flies when you’re thinking out loud !

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Bedtime Stories

Greetings Friends. It’s time for the 30TH edition of the ever-so-popular ‘Bedtime Stories’ series here on this blog. ‘Bedtime Stories’ is kind of like my version of ‘The Tonight Show‘ – a long-running staple that you can always depend on to be there with a fresh new edition on most nights.

The ‘Life Pointe Church Sunday Morning Tossed Salad’ is pretty much my ‘Meet The Press‘ on here. If it’s Sunday – then it’s ‘Tossed Salad’ day !

I’m not the only dude that recaps his Sunday morning experiences at Life Pointe Church. Pastor Travis created the concept. Check out his ‘Sunday Wrap-Up’. Trav’s real bro Phil (P.J.) has run with his ‘Sunday Life Pointe Talk Soup’ for 5 weeks now. And then there’s the ‘Ritz Crackah‘ who has his ‘Sunday Goosfaba’. (‘Goosfaba’ is a variation of ‘Goosfraba’ which is an Eskimo word that was made famous in the 2003 box office smash ‘Anger Management‘.)

I’ll be back at work bright and early tomorrow morning to kick-off a fresh new week at my job. I’m making it a special point to get away from the base during the Lunch hour to finally get a haircut and then to eat Chinese Food for Lunch. Be sure to check out ‘The Fortune Cookie Message Of The Week Club’ tomorrow (Monday) afternoon.

Have a safe and peaceful Sunday night everyone, and until we hang out again here on the blog remember this:

Big Hole, Kimberley South Africa

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Saturday Night Checklist

1.  Get all dressed up for an evening of all-night clubbing with Nathan in Weston.

2.  Get all dressed up for a fond farewell dinner at the base for the Chief of the building that I work at.  CHECK !

3.  When I return home late tonight watch a 6-hour marathon that I have on tape of a week’s worth of “Monday Night Raw”, “ECW”, and “Friday Night Smackdown”.

4.  When I return home late tonight get a good night of restful sleep in preparation for tomorrow morning at Life Pointe Church. Blatant Plug:  Be sure to catch an all-new edition of the ‘Life Pointe Church Sunday Morning Tossed Salad’ tomorrow at a special later time on Sunday night here on this blog.

5.  Bring my stapled, collated, and binded 24-page dissertation with me to Travis‘s house tomorrow afternoon on how to improve upon the ‘Moonlight Easter Egg Hunt’ for 2009.

6.  Bring my simple list of 10 items of interest with me to Travis’s house tomorrow afternoon.

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Friday Night Blogroll Review

It’s Friday Night friends, so let’s get it all started:

Travis is doing quite a bit of traveling during this month of April.

Phil (or as I like to refer to him – P.J. – because that sounds cooler) presented his ‘Chunked Thoughts’ on a Thursday. It’s the funnest 3 minutes of reading this week on any blog other than my own.

Blake loves to eat !

Jesse is getting ready for his 29TH birthday. For some reason I thought he was younger than that – like 25 or 26.

Luciana is looking forward to serving with me at the Kids Life Registration table on Sunday morning. It’s going to be fun !

Nathan explains how ‘God Is Causing Accidents In Weston’.

Nathan & Harmony’s son is quite the abstract artist, and he also likes to throw colourful parties.