Last night we went to eat at Fleming's Steakhouse. It was a very nice restaurant that had a very loud and festive atmosphere! They boast about 100 wines by the glass at the restaurant which is an impressive list.
We started with an appetizer of Wicked Cajun Barbecue Shrimp that had a very robust and spicy taste. We then ordered our main course which was MEAT!! I have the Prime New York Strip (16oz) and Sondra had the Prime Bone-In Ribeye. Hers was well done and i ordered mine medium. We had two sides: Fleming's Potatoes and Chipotle Cheddar Macroni and Cheese. The sides were very good. I had to send my steak back as it was under cooked. They were very willing to make it correct for em and i was glad of that.
It was a very nice night and we really enjoyed each other!! If you get a chance to dine at Fleming's i think that you will not be unhappy with the food.
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Saturday, December 22, 2007
Mack: Christmas (not toooooooooooooooo sappy)
Thanks to Mack Hall for letting me publish this.
It's Not Over Until January 6th
Every year some folks take up their crayons and write querulously to the newspapers to demand that Christ be returned to Christmas, as if the newspapers are somehow at fault because Christmas is not what the writers of letters to the editor think it ought to be.
The real irony is that for much of Christian history Christ was not in Christmas because there was no Christmas at all.
Christmas as a Feast of the Church was formally established by Pope Julius I in 350. Even then our poor, ignorant, superstitious ancestors only went to church on Christmas to worship God, and failed to buy masses of made-in-China stuff.
Over time, European nations slowly developed the concept of the twelve days, keeping Christmas from the 25th of December until the Feast of the Epiphany, or Three Kings, on the 6th of January. This worked well in agricultural societies in cold Europe because unless Sven and Gunter wanted to throw snowballs or hunt wolves or count icicles or something there wasn't a whole lot to do in mid-winter except stay indoors next to the fire.
While Martin Luther was rather fond of Christmas – and was devoted to the Blessed Mother, too – other reformers said "Bah, humbug!" to Christmas and forbade it under penalty of law. In England and in the colonies Puritans and their spiritual descendants, including Baptists and Methodists, were sternly opposed to the celebration of Christmas as Romish superstition. To this day some evangelical congregations will not open the church doors when Christmas falls on a weekday.
In Scotland, Christmas was banned for over four hundred years, and not restored until 1958. 1958. Not 1658 or 1758 or even 1858. 1958. Put Christ into Christmas? Nae, laddie, ye'd better not be thinkin' such evil thoughts.
Christmas as we know it is pretty much an invention of Charles Dickens, who imagined a merrie old English Christmas that never really was and wrote it into his books. Dickens' Christmas is little more than some vague, fuzzy good feelings and some innocent partying, although he does allow his characters to walk to divine services on Christmas morning.
Christmas trees are a German tradition (someone will bring up the pagans at this point, and I say that if the pagans thought well of trees, good for them) Prince Albert of Saxe-Coburg-Gotha remembered the Christmas trees of his youth and popularized them in England. American anglophiles followed the lead of Victoria and Albert, and Christmas trees became a symbol of Christmas in the English-speaking world late in the 19th century.
Christmas was and is a Feast Day of the Church, a day in which the Incarnation is realized. Its other main purpose seems to be to serve as an institutional inadequacy for grumpy people to fault.
Well, grumpy people, that's all right. Perhaps we do eat more than we should on Christmas, and buy too much stuff, and indulge our children more than we ought to, but it's all a great deal of fun anyway.
Let the children have their night of fun and laughter,
let the gifts of Father Christmas delight their play.
Let us grown-ups share to the full in their unstinted pleasures
before we turn again to the stern task and the formidable years that lie before us,
resolved that, by our sacrifice and daring,
these same children shall not be robbed of their inheritance
or denied their right to live in a free and decent world.
And so, in God's mercy, a happy Christmas to you all.
-- Winston Churchill, 1941
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I am not one of The People.
Friday, December 21, 2007
Thought for today...
The Godfather: Hold your friends close but your enemies closer. Posted via my LGVX8600 phone.
Wedding Anniversary...
Today is mine and Sondra’s 5 Year Wedding Anniversary!
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Thursday, December 20, 2007
Wednesday, December 19, 2007
Thought for today...
Robert E. Lee-It is well that war is so terrible or we should grow too fond of it. Posted via my LGVX8600 phone.
Tuesday, December 18, 2007
Korn - Evolution
What a GRE8T TRACK!!! I have loved this song since the first time i listened to it. Good video also.
Front 242 - Welcome To Paradise
Another Classic abeit a remix off the Fron By Fron Album form 1987. I saw them in Houston Texas 1993 at Lollapalooza.
Delerium ft. Sarah McLachlan - Silence [Tiesto Remix] Video
This is a very good mix of this song. It pushed Delerium to the BIG TIME. I have followed Delerium since about 1993. They are the group Frontline Assembly.
2 More Videos...
Rob, Jeff, Bob, and Mark on a jump located on lower Buttermilk. It is located near the stairs that you have to carry your bike up. I shot this video.
This is Mark going down a set of stairs in the Forest Hill Park or Forest Hell as it is sometimes called!
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This is Mark going down a set of stairs in the Forest Hill Park or Forest Hell as it is sometimes called!
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FCC Votes for Big Media: Throw the Rules Out
Dear Friend,
The Federal Communications Commission approved new rules that
will unleash a flood of media consolidation across America. The
new rules will further consolidate local media markets -- taking
away independent voices in cities already woefully short on
local news and investigative journalism.
Congress has the power to throw out these rules -- and if
100,000 people demand it, they'll have to listen. Click on the
link below to sign the open letter to Congress urging them to
stop the FCC and stand with the public interest.
http://action.freepress.net/campaign/sbmopenletter/
http://action.freepress.net/campaign/sbmopenletter?rk=j1xhEsM1uyCvW
Sunday, December 16, 2007
A Buttermilk Trail Map.
You start at Reedy Creek Park that is off of 42nd about two blocks East down Riverside Drive. The trail goes West along the James River called "Upper Buttermilk” to the "Nickel Bridge (161). You then have to ride over the bridge to the North side of the river. This is called The “North Bank” and you bike East through the cemetery to Tredegar Street. You then go South on the footbridge under the Robert E. Lee Bridge (301/1). That brings you to Belle Isle.
You can ride all over this area with a number of trails that are from beginner to expert. You will encounter many people on B.I depending on what time of year it is. After this, you then go on the "Lower Buttermilk" trail biking west, skirting Riverside Drive and the train tracks along the banks of the James River. After completing this section, you will end back up at Reedy Creek Park where you began. This loop, depending on how much you ride on Belle Isle, will give you about 9.5 miles.
You can ride all over this area with a number of trails that are from beginner to expert. You will encounter many people on B.I depending on what time of year it is. After this, you then go on the "Lower Buttermilk" trail biking west, skirting Riverside Drive and the train tracks along the banks of the James River. After completing this section, you will end back up at Reedy Creek Park where you began. This loop, depending on how much you ride on Belle Isle, will give you about 9.5 miles.
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A Buttermilk Look at the trails...
I found this vid on YouTube. I gives you a look at the kind of trails that we ride on when we go to Buttermilk. It is a very demanding ride!!
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Another Video of Biking...
This is Jeff and Me doing a little jump on Belle Isle. It is part of the Buttermilk Trail System. We rode it yesterday. You have to ride on a foot bridge that is beneath The Robert E. Lee bridge. The Quality is very good. I am in the red jersey.
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Saturday, December 15, 2007
The Blog...
Well folks as you can see on the right side of the blog, the map is blank. The archived it o their site as it is a yearly map. From December 14, 2006 to December 14, 2007 I had nearly 8100 unique visits to my site. Please help me bring in this year and lets try to bust that total!!!
I appreciate all of your patronage and continued support on my site!! It is successful because you all help make it that way!
Thank you and please keep that visits coming!!
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I appreciate all of your patronage and continued support on my site!! It is successful because you all help make it that way!
Thank you and please keep that visits coming!!
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Mountail Biking Clips
These were taken with my Cam Phone. The quality is not that good and i am going to get some better videos tomorrow. But Watch them anyway!!
Rob doing a stunt.
Rob and Jeff Double Jump.
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Rob doing a stunt.
Rob and Jeff Double Jump.
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Mountain Biking...
We went to the Buttermilk Trail System this morning. It was about 38 degrees and cloudy. We ended up getting 11.39 miles or ridding today. I have some pics and video to put up next week as soon as I get them. Yester day I was able to get in 9.38 miles so I feel really tired but also good after nearly 21 miles for 2 days!!
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Friday, December 14, 2007
Birthday...
I just wanted to wish my Wife a VERY HAPPY BIRTHDAY!!!
I love her very much!!!
xxxoooxxx
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I love her very much!!!
xxxoooxxx
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Mountain Bike Stuff...
My Wife bought me a set of Kenda Nevegal 2.35 inch tires for our Wedding anniversary. I installed them lastnight with Mark's assistance. My old tires were 2.2 inch tires.
She also bought me a XPORT Splistream 4-Bike 2'' hitch rack for my truck. The rack is made by Thule.
I am going to do a ride with Jeff today at Pocahontas Park and them do Buttermilk tomorrow morning with Mark and a few other people. I hope to get in about 15-18 miles over the next 2 days.
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Thursday, December 13, 2007
Work Update...
Well folks, it happened…
I am going back to days! It has been nearly 11 months that I have been on the night shift and starting on Monday, I go back to working like most of the world and I will be on the day shift. It is going to take me a little time to get adjusted to being on days. I am glad and I was going to have to go back in January anyways, it just happened a little early. Have a good night and a good weekend.
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Inwards, into the worlds of thought, into Eternity". ITN
Wednesday, December 12, 2007
Funny Pictures...
A friend IM'ed me this link the other day. She has some very funny drawings. There are just too many to view tonight.I just placed a few that i really like.
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One thing that pisses me off...
You know when you are driving down a road and you have various vehicles that are beside you traveling at your rate of speed and then someone tries to get out ahead of the pack. Well, Minivan drivers piss me off!! These West End Wandas act like they are driving a racecar and will nearly run you off the road to get ahead of you! One tried to overrun me on a very small 2-lane road several days ago and they always try to blow you away on the toll road. I try to do the speedlimit and a Minivan came speeding by me the other night and the funny thing is that we both got to the toll at the same time!! They are not high-performance 500 hours powered vehicles, they are nice passenger vehicles. People, SLOW DOWN in them!! The soccer game will be there when you arrive and the Starbucks will still be open!!
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Tuesday, December 11, 2007
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