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Tuesday Night Grab Bag O’ Thoughts

It’s the most spontaneous blog entry of the week – totally unrehearsed:

1.  I have nothing personal against bugs. I just don’t want them on me or in my home. Bugs can be very useful to humans. The’re not useful when the’re on my skin or in my bathtub.

2.  I picked up a business card of one of my favourite Homestead Chinese Restaurants at Lunch today. They did a very nice job with them. I especially adore the phrase ‘we open late’ on the card. It’s not that they actually open late (in the day), but that the’re open late (at night).

3.  Incidentally I have a new business card nowadays to replace my previous one. If you want one then feel free to ask me for one the next time that you see me.

4.  My next vacation is booked. I’m flying to Dallas Texas at the end of June, and then me and my brother are driving from there to San Antonio Texas where we will literally spend 3 days on the River Walk. He’ll be attending a conference there, and I’ll be relaxing. After the conference we’ll be driving back to Dallas, and I’ll be flying back home from there on the 4TH Of July.

5.  Homestead has piles and piles of dirt everywhere. Everything appears to be under construction. The largest outdoor shopping mall in the history of Homestead is currently being built – all 400,000 square feet of it. Once it’s up-and-running Homestead will look and feel just like Kendall, and that’s not necessarily a bad thing.

6.  It takes me about 12 minutes to drive to work at 6 AM weekday mornings. It takes me about 50% longer – 18 minutes – to drive back home at 3 PM weekday afternoons. Homestead’s highways are 50% busier at 3 PM than they are at 6 AM.

7.  Travis and Kelly keep inviting me over to their home to watch “Survivor Micronesia“. I would accept their invitation if I were caught up with this season’s episodes. Right now I’m still 4 episodes behind. (The’re on tape.) This past weekend I unintentionally watched a ‘lost’ episode of “Survivor Fiji” from last year that I still had on tape (but never saw). It was actually a really good episode too.

8.  Europeans don’t understand why we’re complaining so much about spending up to $4 on a gallon of gas. They make much less money than we do on average, and they pay more than twice as much as we do for the equivalent of a gallon of gas. Once again to recap – the ratio of the cost per gallon of gas versus our average household income – is the lowest of any country in the entire world.

9.  I have never flown in an F-16 fighter jet, and I have no desire to do so. I get motion-sickness extremely easily.

10.  I used to own and operate a pop music web site that – in its heyday – was MASSIVE down under in Australia and New Zealand. Do I still have any fans remaining from there ?  If so then let me know. Identify yourselves ! 

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Bedtime Stories

Since the Saturday after Thanksgiving 2007 not a single day has gone by here on this blog without at least one posted entry. That’s 163 days in a row, so why stop now ?  The continuous blogging streak continues.

This is Day 164, and this is the Monday night edition of ‘Bedtime Stories’. I do it for all of my thousands hundreds of fans worldwide.

TODAY was one of those rare days where it was rather slow at work, and extremely hectic here at home. We had wide area network (WAN) technical difficulties throughout the day today, so there were long periods of time in which our computers were essentially useless with no internet, no web, and no E-Mail. I like to refer to that period of time in which computers had no internet, no web, and no E-Mail – as 1993 !  😉

I pretty much came home from work this afternoon to use a computer that actually works – that is – connected to the rest of the world.

Monday is always a busy day here at home on my computer. Nowadays it’s even busier as I do a lot of post-Sunday follow-up work for my church. As usual I’m not even close to being done with it all, so the fun shall continue tomorrow (Tuesday) afternoon. I adore serving God’s people at Life Pointe Church. My Life is purpose-driven. I am alive.

Also TOMORROW – Be sure to check out the most spontaneous weekly series here on this blog, as it’s another thought-provoking edition of the ‘Tuesday Night Grab Bag O’ Thoughts’. You just never know what 10 items of interest could be on my mind on any given Tuesday night.

Have a safe, peaceful, and relaxing Monday night everyone, and until we chill-out again here on the blog remember this:

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Life Pointe Church Sunday Morning Tossed Salad

1.  Before we get to Sunday morning at Life Pointe Church at Flagship Cinemas in the east of Homestead I must first mention Saturday at Life Pointe Church at our fresh new offices in Uptown Homestead (NW 15TH Street a half a block west of Krome Avenue). I had planned to stop by and check out the new office space and maybe even help out a bit for perhaps an hour or two. As I was getting ready to leave Richie told me to grab a paint brush and get to work pronto. 8 hours later I had wrapped-up a fun-filled day with my friends as we painted that place blue, green, and brown. I plan to move in to my new office this Thursday.  😉

2.  I came up with the idea of a Father’s Day barbeque, official ribbon-cutting ceremony, and open house of our new offices in June following Sunday morning services. Paul said, ‘That’s a good idea. Put that on your blog.’ Travis added, ‘Yeah we can do that. Tell Paul.’

3.  Venus D. came up with an interesting idea for Mother’s Day next Sunday morning, and she got Tere and Patricia to join the bandwagon and rubber stamp it (naturally). She wants all of the LPC dudes to dress up in full tuxedos next week so that they can wait hand and foot on each Mom and then escort them into the main theatre. I vetoed the idea, suggested an equally degrading idea for Father’s Day, and then Anne J. playfully hit me like nobody’s business !  I’M SAYIN’ !

4.  ‘The Fortune Cookie Message Of The Week Club’ (TM) has inspired this month’s message series at the LPC. Pastor Travis spoke on fate and destiny. The future is definite. Your future is changeable. God polishes your missteps and causes them to work in synergy with His best hope for your Life. Your path is determined by your next actionable decision. God is omniscient; therefore, He knows how it all turns out. He calls us to Himself for redemption.

5.  Pastor Paul bookended Pastor Travis before and after the message with communion before and time set aside for completing our connection cards after. The connection cards are an extremely valuable tool for keeping in touch with us and ensuring that we have your correct information on file. It also lets us know how we’re doing as a church family. You can utilize the connection card to write down your comments and prayer requests. You can also use it to request additional information about becoming a follower of Jesus, getting baptised, serving, and then ultimately becoming a member of Life Pointe Church. Use the connection card regularly no matter if you an occasional attender of our services or a long-time member. We need to constantly hear from you. The connection card is an excellent form of communication between you and your LPC staff.