Category: Blogging

1.  The MASSIVE power outage that affected MILLIONS this afternoon in North, Central, and South Florida did not affect me where I work (Homestead ARB), where I play (Publix in Homestead), where I drive (Homestead), and where I live (Homestead). Power was never lost at any of these locations near and dear to me. CNN, MSNBC, and Fox News are all over this International story.

2.  The highest concentration of nasty cold and flu germs known to mankind can be found on the handle of a grocery store shopping cart or basket. If you go to the grocery store often then wash your hands thoroughly with warm water and soap.

3.  My car is a target for bird droppings. I have a silver car that’s peppered with white streaks and polka-dots all around it.

4.  I look at a pot of hot steamy collard greens and think to myself, ‘YUMMY !  Give me a pound of it !  I’ll eat it all right now !’

5.  Guys who don’t shave on a regular basis are just plain lazy. That includes me sometimes.

6.  Most people relay weather forecasts to their friends and family based on what ‘they’ say on the radio or on television. I relay weather forecasts to my friends (and readers of this blog) based on what I have personally forecasted through my own extensive analysis and research. I am generally accurate about 80 to 90 percent of the time.

7.  This season’s cast of “Big Brother” on CBS may just be the most dysfunctional and immoral cast so early in the game in the show’s history. It’s also the lowest-rated season ever (by far), so longtime viewers don’t appear to be interested in it.

8.  Can anyone recommend a good interior decorator for me ?  I have a bunch of exciting ideas floating around in my mind on various enhancements and repairs that I’d like to make to my living room, bedroom, and bathrooms. I’d want one of those deals where the interior decorator walks around my home, makes various suggestions, and then goes out and buys the merchandise and has it installed based on what I approve. I have a certain amount of money set aside for such a scenario. I don’t want to sweat at all with this project. All I want to do is approve or disapprove of ideas that are suggested to me. I want everything else done for me.

9.  You always remember your first car. Mine was a beige 1980 Chevy Citation. It had a factory-installed AM radio in it. Oh yeah – and a bad muffler (with a hole in it). Good Times !

10.  If this blog cheers you up, puts a smile on your face, or outright makes you laugh then I’ve succeeded with my mission here. This blog entertains me when I write it, but most importantly it should also entertain you.

It’s Friday night y’all, so let’s celebrate with some of my favourite blog entries of this past week:

Travis is talking to the powers of the City Of Homestead about a misunderstanding regarding Life Pointe’s planned Helicopter Easter Egg Drop.

Kelly and Travis got engaged 9 years ago this week.

Nathan told the amusing story of how his wife Harmony met a couple of snowbirds that arrived at the wrong church last Sunday. (I did not see this happen. I must have been watching the small explosion on stage at the time.)

Harmony finally declared that she is indeed a Pastor’s wife.

My brother loves to watch “Carpoolers” every week on ABC.

Another weekend is upon us again, and this blog will be busier than ever to keep me entertained – but most importantly to keep you entertained. Check out this wonderful weekend lineup:

FRIDAY – Friday Night Blogroll Review
It’s what’s happenin’ at some of my favourite blogs in the blogosphere.

SATURDAY – The Major’s Walk-A-Thon
I’m planning a record-breaking 1.7-mile walk bright and early this Saturday morning, so I’m sure that I’ll have plenty of time to exercise my mind as I exercise my body right here within my own beautiful neighbourhood. Read all about it after-the-fact during the cooldown.

SUNDAY – Life Pointe Church Sunday Morning Tossed Salad
After a weekend off I’m ready to return to where it’s all goin’ on in Homestead every Sunday morning. I missed everyone last weekend, and I can’t wait to get back in action again as we serve, praise, worship, and learn all about our loving Lord.

PLUS – The Chris Day Club
It’s another installment of the club that’s so exclusive that you have to have my name in order to be a member of it. Be there as another dude on the web named ‘Chris Day’ is inducted into this cool club.

It’s all happenin’ this weekend – right here – on ‘The Major’s Life Blog’. Be sure to check back often for updates !

It’s Tuesday night in Europe (as I type this at 10:38 AM), so I’m ready with 10 items of interest for this week’s ‘Grab Bag’:

1.  I took the day off from work today. I scheduled this day off weeks ago to coincide with the three-day holiday weekend. That makes it a four-day holiday weekend for me. It worked so well in conjunction with Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.’s Birthday that I decided to do it all over again.

2.  I gave blood this morning at Quest Diagnostics on Krome Avenue in Homestead. Because of that I intentionally fasted for more than 16 hours beforehand. The fast came to an abrupt end this morning at 8:30 AM at the Cracker Barrel in Florida City.

3.  ‘Reunited And It Feels So Good’:  I’ve been reunited with my former longtime waitress at IHOP. Now she’s my new waitress at Cracker Barrel. I received top-notch service and conversation, and she assisted me in picking out the perfect breakfast of champions.

4.  I dug right in to my MASSIVE four-slice plate of French Toast with authentic maple syrup. You know you’re eating a MASSIVE meal when the two eggs (scrambled with American cheese mixed in) is a side item !

5.  Travis and Kelly recently took their kids to Wannado City where kids work various dream jobs, earn wongas, and then spend their hard-earned wongas. If they had a Wannado City for adults then I think that I’d like to be a television weatherman, a commercial voice-over announcer, a radio deejay, and a zookeeper. Say what ?

6.  My little brother recently started up his own WordPress blog. He’ll be reviewing pop culture on it (movies, television shows, music, etc.). Here’s some special advice to my brother. If you post then they will come. People pretty much know what they are going to get and when they are going to get it here on this blog with all of the regular and recurring topics and features on various days of the week. You are here on a Tuesday because you expect to find the ‘Grab Bag O’ Thoughts’, and you found it. Start small, and gradually build your loyal blogging audience. The blogosphere is awaiting.

7.  ‘When Eras Collide’:  I had a vivid dream last night that included my brother, our childhood Manx cat (Fluffy), and my Life Group at Anne’s house. In this dream my vibrant (late-1980s era) cat jumped out of Anne’s window into her backyard and killed a creature with a long bushy tail (possibly a skunk) dead in its tracks. I ran after Fluffy which was rather easy to do because once she realized that she was actually outside she became terrified. (She was always an indoor cat.) I picked Fluffy up, brought her back inside, and we continued on with our Life Group fellowship.

8.  If Homestead ever starts getting on your nerves then simply go on a short road-trip somewhere else. When you return rejuvenated then you’ll realize just how much you really love and appreciate what we have here. Homestead Sweet Home.

9.  In 1984 President Ronald W. Reagan did not make age an issue of the campaign. He did not exploit, for political purposes, his opponent’s youth and inexperience. It’s 24 years later, and the more things change the more they stay the same. Meet John McCain and Barack Obama.

10.  Spring Break 2008 has begun all across the great United States Of America. Sins are being committed, souls are being lost, innocence is being stolen, and Satan is a busy man hard at work to put all of this in motion. If you wake up from the darkness then I can show you all the things that you heard about from ‘Up Above’. There is light at the end of the tunnel. Walk with me.