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The Major’s Walk-A-Thon

Time: 6:28 AM – 7:14 AM
Sky: Partly Cloudy
Temperature: 65°F
Dewpoint: 57°F
Relative Humidity: 75%
Winds: E 6 MPH
Barometric Pressure: 30.30 Rising

Here are my thoughts in 15 words or less:

– It’s my 2nd walk around my neighbourhood of 2009.
– The last time I did this was the 1ST Saturday morning of January.
– That was way too long ago.
– I hadn’t done it since then due to a wide variety of reasons.
– Some of them were too legit to quit – like I was out-of-town.
– Some of them were poor excuses not to walk – such as ‘too cold outside’.
– Hopefully I can get back into my groove again on Saturday mornings.
– That is until it gets ‘too warm outside’ by the time mid-May rolls around.
– This morning was the last morning of Standard Time until November.
– That means dark early mornings begin tomorrow.
– The Sun rose at 6:39 AM EST this morning.
– I began my walk 11 minutes before that.
– Tomorrow morning at 6:39 AM EDT it will be pitch dark outside.
– I don’t need daylight at 7:30 PM at night.
– I need it at 6:30 AM in the morning.
– I’m not a fan of Daylight Saving Time.
– That’s right – it’s not ‘Savings‘ – it’s ‘Saving’. Look it up.
– Oh yeah – about this morning’s walk:
– I walked for 46.6 minutes.
– That made it about a 2.5-mile walk.
– That made it the longest walk ever !
– It nipped my previous 43.2 minute / 2.3-mile walk.
– My neighbourhood smelled good all around.
– I smelled dozens and dozens of varieties of breakfast in the air.
– It all made me hungry for some home-cooked food.
– Too bad I don’t cook.
– But Burger King does !
– After this past rollercoaster of a work week I needed this walk.
– It made me feel good.
– It cleared my mind.
– I haven’t felt this refreshed in a long time.
– I’m ready to rock and roll.
– I’m ready to file my income taxes.
– Be sure to catch the ‘Saturday Night Retro’ tonight.
– You won’t regret it dude !

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Monday Night Countdown

Let’s go GREEN !

There we go. I thought of this week’s countdown earlier today while eating my MASSIVE Chinese Food Lunch.

It’s my favourite green vegetables:

5. Lettuce – I can’t enjoy a MASSIVE half-pound swiss cheeseburger at Fuddruckers without lettuce – lots of it – shredded style. Perhaps I’ll be able to squeeze in a Lunch at Fuddruckers while in the northeast suburbs of Dallas Texas later this week. Danny ?

4. Celery – Give me a whole bunch of celery stalks and a bowl of french onion dip, and I’m good to go. I can’t eat just one. I’ve got to eat at least 21 !

3. Broccoli – It used to be my favourite green vegetable, but it’s slipped a couple of notches over time. If it’s not cooked properly then I don’t like it as much. It’s got to be cooked / steamed hard so that it’s soggy to the taste.

2. Spinach – I love to eat spinach. It makes me strong like Popeye The Sailor Man. If the spinach is creamed then it’s even tastier. A Thanksgiving Dinner is simply not complete without creamed spinach.

1. Collard Greens – Publix makes them pretty good, and so does Shiver’s in Naranja Lakes Florida (a local BBQ joint). This has recently climbed to the top spot because although my experiences with collard greens is admittingly limited I must state that the collard greens at Shiver’s is possibly tastier than anything else on the menu – including the sweet potato fries. In fact it may just be the most delicious food item that’s available for consumption on U.S. 1 in Miami-Dade County !

That’s how I rock and roll this week with your ‘Monday Night Countdown’. This blog is now going on a short two-day hiatus. I’ll be back on Thursday night to kick it into high gear with a fresh new ‘Thursday Night Mini Thoughts’. Until then – keep it real my vegan friends !

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Thursday Night Mini Thoughts

Post author By Chris M. Day
Post date February 19, 2009

– Let’s not confuse these with my ‘Tuesday Night Grab Bag O’ Thoughts’.
– These are my ‘Thursday Night Mini Thoughts’ – in 15 words or less.
– If Twitter collided with my blog then this would be the result of it.
– The 100,000TH view of this blog should occur within the next 24 hours.
– We’re averaging over 850 views per day / over 35 views per hour.
– The busiest day ? Tuesday ! Grab that thought !
– Publix is my playground amusement park.
– I’m a regular at 2 of them in Homestead less than 3 miles apart.
– I totally dig their pre-packaged Turkey & Swiss sandwiches.
– I had one for Lunch today.
– They look ordinary, but they are MASSIVE in flavour !
– They fill me up nicely.
– I weighed in at 175 pounds after I returned home from my vacation / cruise.
– I’ve only lost about 3 pounds since then.
– I need to get back into the mid-to-upper-160s.
– I begin a 159-hour vacation from work next Monday afternoon.
– I’ll be driving over 1,800 miles next week – but less than 800 in my own car.
– This blog will go on another hiatus next week – but only for 2 days.
– In a few hours I’m issuing a ‘Homestead Cold Weather Alert’.
– I have some more data to analyze before I do so.
– It won’t be as cold as originally thought.
– Nevertheless it will feel cold after today’s temperatures in the low-80s.
– We may see some significant rain next week.
– We need it. That frost last month totally burned and killed the grass.
– We’re just a few months away from the start of the new hurricane season.
– We’ll be introduced to Ana, Bill, Claudette, Danny, Erika, Fred, and Grace.
– Don’t remind me.