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Blogging God

Life Pointe Church Sunday Morning Tossed Salad

1.  Anne J. was the first to arrive at the movie theatre this morning, and she greeted me with open arms once I arrived. Actually she greeted me and told me to open my arms so that she could put stuff on them that came out of her car. Anne’s car is a ‘Mobile Life Pointe Church On Wheels’ at 7 AM every Sunday morning. I’M SAYIN’ !

2.  Richie Nieves and Mark Martinez (in his final LPC appearance) put up Pastor Paul‘s Information Booth this morning. It only took them about an hour and 15 minutes to do so. Pastor Paul can usually do it blindfolded with one hand tied behind his back in about 15 minutes or less. OK I’m exaggerating here, but the point that I’m trying to make is that only Pastor Paul can put that thing up and make it look great within a minimal period of time. That’s why everyone refers to it as ‘Pastor Paul’s Information Booth’.

3.  Pastor Travis took a well-deserved break this week to allow Pastor Paul to lead this week’s message. As part of our extended ‘Got Funk ?’ message series Paul spoke on ‘The Funk In Death’. I don’t have any of my notes from this morning’s service because of what happened this afternoon following the services. Pastor Travis and Pastor Paul are expected to post their ‘Sunday Wrap-Up’ and ‘Sunday Stew’ respectively. Additionally Marcela is substituting for the working LL Phil J, and she admitted that there could be trouble if she doesn’t follow through with her promise to post the ‘Sunday Talk Soup’. Look for those synopses to appear at a blog near you later tonight or early tomorrow.

4.  At 12:15 this afternoon I went out to my car in the movie theatre’s parking lot, and it would not start. The battery was low, and it wouldn’t crank. ‘Service Vehicle’ appeared on the computerized display on the dashboard. I ended up riding with Paul and Nathan in the ‘Hollifieldmobile’ over to the LPC offices, and then we picked-up the rest of the Hollifields and ventured east over to Homestead Bayfront Park.

5.  If you’re looking for a down-and-dirty scandalous report from the beach regarding our baptisms then prepare to be disappointed my friend. Everything went fine and dandy at the beach. One of the lifeguards that was a huge part of the April 13TH melee even came over to us and very politely asked us to move slightly over to the left-hand side of the beach area so as to not block the front side of one of the lifeguard stands. We did so, and then we proceeded. About a dozen new believers went public with their new faith in God. We had an audience in excess of 100 including virtually every other soul that was in the water looking on from beyond. It was a beautiful picture and a beautiful event on a beautiful day at the beach. God was smiling down at us, and the devil was running away from the scene of the crime as fast as he possibly could without even looking back.

6.  I won’t be at Life Pointe Church next Sunday morning. In fact I won’t even be in Homestead or Florida. I’ll be on vacation elsewhere. Be sure to check out the previously identified blogs for the happenings of next Sunday morning. I’ll be back with your next exciting edition of the ‘Tossed Salad’ on Sunday July 06TH. I’ll see you cats then !

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Commerce Shopping

Homestead Pavilion

Here’s what’s definitely going in to Phase 1 of the nearly 400,000 square foot shopping and entertainment complex that is currently being built north of Campbell Drive at Florida’s Turnpike in Homestead:

Circuit City
Kohl’s
Mattress Giant
Michaels
Ross
Sports Authority
Staples

Negotiations are currently ongoing for the following businesses:

LongHorn Steakhouse
Olive Garden
Petco

Most of these businesses plan to have their grand openings during the month of October 2008 (weather-permitting). A few of these businesses (such as Ross) will delay their eventual opening until the early portion of 2009.

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Food Humor Travel

Saturday Morning Shenanigans

SHENANIGANS FACTOID – It’s exactly 2.3 miles from my parking space at home to my parking space at the Cracker Barrel in Florida City (where all of the gas stations are food is).

This morning I walked in to the joint a few minutes after opening time at 6 AM. My longtime waittress of the past 35 5 years greeted me at my car the entrance to the restaurant portion, and she was thrilled totally ecstatic to see me. The feeling was mutual. She knows what I like to eat !

Based on Tammy’s suggestion alone I enjoyed the Wild Maine Blueberry Pancake Breakfast (with scrambled eggs with melted American cheese inside and also succulent smoked sausage). Are you paying attention Paul ?  This was truly one MASSIVE meal, and I’ll be recovering from it (in a good way) for the rest of the morning.

You know I never realized that wild blueberries grew rampant all throughout the great state of Maine. According to this educational web site courtesy of the University Of Maine the state has ‘60,000 acres of wild blueberries (that) grow naturally in fields and barrens that stretch from Downeast to the state’s southwest corner’. When I typed in ‘blueberries’ and ‘Maine’ within a Yahoo ! search engine box I got back the first 10 of some 932,000 results !  I also learned that Maine is the largest producer of wild blueberries in the entire world !  Maine sounds like a very delicious state to me ! 😀

And so these are my ‘Saturday Morning Shenanigans’ for this week. Thank you for allowing me to share them with you. Until we meet again please enjoy this interesting short film all about wild blueberries:

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Blogging Travel

Bedtime Stories

Hey kids it’s time for the 55TH edition of the ‘Bedtime Stories’ – and the first in 16 days. A loyal and faithful fan of this blog called in to the blog’s toll-free hotline this afternoon – OK who are we kidding here – it was Ela !  Anyway she was inquiring as to why there were no more ‘Bedtime Stories’ on here. I explained to her that ‘Blatant Promotion’ was the new ‘Bedtime Stories’ for the summer. She stated that while ‘Blatant Promotion’ was fine and dandy she still wanted her ‘Bedtime Stories’ every so often. So back by popular Ela’s demand here we are with the Friday night edition of the ‘Bedtime Stories’. It’s brought to you by American Airlines – Doing What We Do Best !

I’m looking forward to going on vacation in just about a week from now. Next weekend my ‘Saturday Morning Shenanigans’ will occur at an altitude of approximately 35,000 feet as I fly from Miami International Aeropuerto (MIA) to Dallas-Fort Worth International Airport (DFW). I’ll be in the Dallas area for less than a day, and then it’s on to San Antonio with my little brother. We’ll be living and playing on the River Walk for about 4 days.

As long as my brother has his laptop with him I’ll continue to blog at least one entry per day – at the very least to keep the current streak alive. This is the 210TH day in a row that I have posted a blog entry on here. I haven’t missed a single day since the Saturday after Thanksgiving when we had our soft opening here on WordPress. I’d hate to end that streak while on vacation. If anything I should have more time to blog, so I’ll see what I can do by the River.

I’ll be back on the big blog again tomorrow for some more fun, so be sure to hang out on here. I hope that each and every one of you has a safe and peaceful night tonight. Take good care of yourselves, get a lot of rest, and let’s all be refreshed again in the morning. Oh yeah – and remember this: