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Friday Night Blogroll Review

Post author By Chris M. Day
Post date December 21, 2007

Jesse’s got the trailer up for the new message series at Life Pointe Church in January. The video is awesome. The message series sounds very interesting. I’m looking forward to the start of the new year at Life Pointe Church !
Ritz picked his Top 10 Albums and Top 10 Songs of 2007, and he likes a lot of the great music that I like – particularly The Almost, Demon Hunter, Family Force 5, Haste The Day, Relient K, Switchfoot, and 12 Stones.
Nathan posted his own ‘Road Rage File’. He nearly countered an act of road rage with an act of neighbor rage, but then he calmed down.

Winter Solstice

Post author By Chris M. Day
Post date December 21, 2007

The Sun finally reaches its southernmost point in the sky at precisely 1:08 AM EST early tomorrow morning (Saturday December 22ND) when it shines directly over the Tropic Of Capricorn. At that precise moment it will then begin its 6-month journey northward again.

It’s the First Day Of Winter tomorrow all across the Northern Hemisphere – and the First Day Of Summer south of the Equator.

From this past Tuesday December 18TH through next Tuesday December 25TH the Sun is at its lowest point in the sky for the year at its peak altitude above the horizon – 41.1° due south – at around 12:20 EST each day here in Homestead Florida.

We’re down to 10 hours and 33 minutes of daylight (from sunrise to sunset) here in Homestead. That makes it our shortest day / longest night of the year.

Our earliest sunset of the year (5:30 PM) actually occurred back on November 29TH and 30TH. Since then the Sun has been setting just a tiny bit later each day (5:36 PM tonight). Our latest sunrise of the season (7:09 AM) is still nearly a month away. It won’t start to get lighter earlier in the morning until January 21ST 2008 !

So enjoy the longer days starting tomorrow – just a tiny bit each day at the end of each day.

Blogging Holidays

My 111-Hour Christmas Weekend

Post author By Chris M. Day
Post date December 20, 2007

I’ll be at work tomorrow, but then at 3 PM EST I’ll be driving home for Christmas – home as in right here in Homestead.

It’ll be a 111-hour weekend for me. Earlier this month President George W. Bush signed an Executive Order declaring Monday December 24TH as a day off for Federal employees. Thank You Sir !

I have a lot of ‘catching-up’ work to do at home during this upcoming holiday weekend, so I am so looking forward to these 111-hours (minus of course the nighttime sleeping that I am planning). I hope to get in 8 hours a night of quality sleep on Friday, Saturday, Sunday, Monday, and Tuesday, so that’s 40 hours (or 36%) of my weekend that will be ‘downtime’ for me. I must make the best of the remaining 64%.

Look for fresh new blog entries all holiday weekend long including (but certainly not limited to) the following:

Friday Night Blogroll Review
Casavana On A Saturday Morning
My NFL Weekend Game Picks
Life Pointe Church Sunday Morning Tossed Salad
The Legend Of Fluffy The Manx Cat
Starbucks On A Monday Morning
The Christmas Cards Of The Year Club
Tuesday Night Grab Bag O’ Thoughts

Food God

Life Pointe Church Sunday Morning Tossed Salad: Special Wednesday Night Edition

Post author By Chris M. Day
Post date December 19, 2007
2 Comments on Life Pointe Church Sunday Morning Tossed Salad: Special Wednesday Night Edition

1. TONIGHT we had our Volunteers’ Christmas Dinner at the original church on Old Dixie Highway for all of those that serve on Sunday mornings at Life Pointe Church. There were over 100 servers in attendance, and we served ourselves to about 100 pounds of delicious food courtesy of Pollo Tropical (Chicken On The Grill !).

2. Pastor Paul was the Master Of Ceremonies, and he did a fantastic job welcoming us, thanking us, blessing the food, and then entertaining us like only he can. The after-dinner entertainment included a fun ‘Christmas wish’ game and a festive Christmas sing-along. Paul likes to talk about me and my fantastic journey. I like it when he talks about me. I’m proud of my new Life and all of my loving friends at Life Pointe Church.

3. I instantly spotted and identified Venus’s gourmet banana nut bread before she revealed to me the obvious – that it was indeed made by her and pulled out of the oven right before she left her home. I suggested to Venus that the banana nut bread would be a perfect snack for the Hospitality team on Sunday morning.

4. Jesse and Terry were taking pictures of the festivities, and I tried hard to sneak myself into a few of their snapshots that I wouldn’t otherwise be in. Some people hide from cameras, but I seek them out. I’m looking forward to seeing the lovely picture of J.T. & Anne … and ME !

5. After seeing all of the little kids running around and laughing and yelling and screaming on stage and elsewhere I now have an even bigger appreciation for the fine work that the ‘Kids Life’ leadership does each and every Sunday morning. I don’t know how you all do it, but keep doing it.