Author: Brent Evans

morning babble / Friday 08-19-22

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Welcome Friday!

3-Day Fast officially over! Last night on Instagram, I posted about having a beer via Dogfish Head and wings via our nearby pizza place – Valle’s. Wonderful. I didn’t make it to ice cream date – couldn’t do it. But that’s okay. I paced myself with the wings to satisfy the belly and not overdo it. That’s never fun.

135 days until EXIT PLAN

Sad news to deliver later

New Music Friday:

• Coming out next Friday (the 25th), we’re going to get the new deluxe edition album of Versions of Me from the Brazilian pop superstar – Anitta. A couple days ago, she dropped a video with the one and only Missy Elliott. The song “Lobby” will be included on this new deluxe album, but today we can hear the song and watch the video. (clip) That’s Anitta and then you have Missy (another clip). And she makes me naughty smile. That’s a fun song. You can go back to revisit the Anitta album Versions of Me, but the deluxe one with the “Lobby” song – next Friday.

• Several weeks ago, the Red Hot Chili Peppers announced another new studio album: Return of the Dream Canteen coming out on October 14th. I had fully expected a new song with that announcement, but was totally wrong. Today though, they finally delivered one as well as a new video (clip) Anothony Kiedis looking like Moe from the 3 Stooges (clip) Anyway, that song is called “Tippa My Tongue” – a lot of sex talk in there – hidden creatively – not as in your face as “Suck My Kiss.” Today – “Tippa My Tongue” / Oct 14th – the whole album, Return of the Dream Canteen

• Last night at midnight, K-pop superstars Blackpink released “Pink Venom,” their lead single off the upcoming album, Born Pink, which is out in its entirety on September 16th. Also, last night their video dropped (Video). They’re fit individuals. Anyway – When I last checked over 35 million views already. Since midnight last night. Looks like I’m taking second place.

• Finally, let’s chill it out some with one of my favorites to relax to: Old Sea Brigade. The guy behind it all is Ben Cramer. I’ve enjoyed all his past albums. Currently though, he seems to be slowly releasing song by song his new album 5AM Paradise which is due out in its entirety on October 28th. Today, we get “Monochrome” which appears to be the 4th song from this upcoming new album. He did a video too. I’ll provide a link.

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QUOTE OF THE DAY:
“This Life is More than Just a read through.” – by Anthony Kiedis

morning babble / Thursday 08-18-22

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HAPPY FRIDAY EVE!

136 days until EXIT PLAN

3rd Day of the 3 Day Fast . . . and I’m feeling it.

AND – I didn’t work out.

Here comes the excuses / I have a busy day ahead.

I clean fish tanks and I’m a gloried water mover – water weights 8.3 lbs per gallon.

Coming out of the fast. How to do it.

WINGS & PIZZA & BEER at 6:27PM

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QUOTE OF THE DAY:
“The best of all medicines is resting and fasting” – by Benjamin Franklin

morning babble / Wednesday 08-17-22

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Day 2 of the 3 Day Fast – toughest one. Seems like there is no end in sight.

6:27PM tomorrow night (Thursday)

137 days until EXIT PLAN

Welcome to AMA Wednesday –

Via someone – “Why just a 3 Day fast?”

It’s a quick refresh for the body / “tune-up” / I don’t want anything longer. They really don’t suggest the longer fasts as frequently as the 3-day fast. So, if I have a 5 day or 7 day or even 10 day fast – they say that should be done quarterly or spread them out even more. I enjoy the monthly quick refreshers for the body. Regain my self-control. I believe it helps my allergy situation with the body reset. Lastly, it’s now an easy win for myself, but still not the easiest thing to do.

Other benefits of a 3 Day Fast – took this from the Siim Land’s website – www.siimland.com

Cellular Detoxification and Repair aka Autophagy. ‘Autophagy’ is a metabolic pathway that causes the organism to ‘self-digest’ itself and removes waste material from the cells[i]. Autophagy is required to maintain lean body mass and it actually inhibits the breakdown of muscle in adults[ii]. It’s also needed for healthy brain cell mitochondria[iii]. In the process, inflammation throughout the body and overall oxidative stress gets reduced^[iv].

In order to induce and achieve autophagy, you need about 14–16 hours of fasting, but it is even more likely to happen after 24 hours. This is also the brain fog starting to lift.

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QUOTE OF THE DAY:
“A little starvation can really do more for the average sick man than can the best medicines and the best doctors.” – by Mark Twain

morning babble / Tuesday 08-16-22

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Welcome to National Fasting Day – according to the fasting app – Zero App

They chose this day because of a fast that everyone can do today – the 16:8 intermittent fasting. 16 hour window of fasting / 8 hour window of eating.

Also, it’s National INXS Day – they turn 45! To celebrate, there’s all kinds of specialty releases today as well as a special TikTok streaming party.

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DAY 1 – easiest day because it is. The body hasn’t figured out yet what has happened.

Eat again on Thursday at 6:27PM

Fasting tips – how to get through these 3 days!

1. Stay busy. Don’t pick a week when you’ll be sitting around at home . . . near the kitchen. I enjoy packing my workdays during the week of a fast. So – typically, my Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thursday are full work days – nothing short and easy.
2. “Flavor Up” your water – I drink a lot of water during work days and even though this is a delicious way to go each and every time with your water, I save it for my 3 Day Fast times. In turn, it becomes a hidden “treat” for the fast. When you add a small slice of lemon or a couple slices of cucumber to your water, the water becomes “flavored” and is a glorious welcome to the taste buds. In fact, I have learned that during a fast, your senses begin to “fine tune” themselves. In turn, these simple flavor additives are dramatically enjoyed and felt by the body.
3. Start your day with a glass of water – add a lemon slice along with a pinch of salt. When consuming all this water during a fast, your body becomes depleted of electrolytes and in some cases, rather quickly. When this happens, there can be symptoms along the lines of cramping, fatigue, dizziness, and in severe cases even blackouts. So, supplement a with electrolytes (salt) in the morning . . . and that will set off your day right.
4. Caffeine is known to suppress appetite, so drinking the java or tea helps you get through the fast. Watch how much you ingest though – without anything on the belly, that caffeine hits the bloodstream quickly and BOOM! Your heart can go racing a little too quickly. This is always another time where I’ll treat myself with another type of coffee. A fancier dark roast bean because the tasting experience is heightened and I enjoy the better analysis that I can make on the coffee.

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QUOTE OF THE DAY:
“A diet changes the way you look. A fast changes the way you see.” – by Lisa Bevere

morning babble / Monday 08-15-22

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On Friday, I talked about my daughter and how you never know when it will be the last time in picking up your child. Several people reached out asking how old my little girl was. She’s 6 and since she is 6 . . . you know that we count even the months. So, she’s not just 6, but 6 1/2. It’s funny when you’re a kid you count by the months. BUT – I remember my Nana. Once she was 98, 99, 100. She celebrated monthly birthdays. Get me a cake every month!

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GOAL SETTING MONDAY

Disclaimer: I’m not a doctor / I’m just letting you know what I’ve learned

Well, 3 Day Fast is the goal for this week along with some other things. But – let’s talk fasting. To prepare for a fast, there are three common suggestions:

1. Remove Inflammatory Foods like alcohol and sugar. You shouldn’t be inhaling candy prior to the fast. No clubbing tonight either / or bar hopping.
2. Limit Carbohydrate Consumption – When carbs are limited and cut from a diet, the body will have an easier transition into ketosis. Meanwhile, others will move into the fat-burning stage more quickly than some
3. Start Restricting Your Feeding Window: Slowly restricting your feeding window and fasting for longer periods of time each day will help when one begins a fast that takes place over several days at a time.

Now, for me, I know that during my Meaty May / Low Carb Month, I had the most difficult time with my 3 Day Fast. I believe my body did move along more quickly into Ketosis – almost too quickly. I found myself so weak – immediately. Normally, I can run or workout during a fast. Not that month. That was extremely difficult. The month after (June), I remember inhaling a Burger King burger and then a 2 pack of Reese’s PB cups in the parking lot of my son’s baseball game. I was just fine again with the 3 Day Fast – no issues. For me, the transition was better because I had a better “base” to pull from? Again, I’m no doctor, but that’s how I felt.

Our typical meal on a Monday night is pasta with sauce & sausage AND some wine. So, I continuously abuse the first two suggestions. Tonight is that meal too.

I agree with the 3rd suggestion whole-heartedly. Shrinking down the eating window prior to a prolonged fast is always a good idea. I feel as if you are “readying the ship” for the fasting voyage. So, leading up to a fast – shrink that eating window – all in on that idea.

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QUOTE OF THE DAY:
“Fasting is not nearly so deadly as feasting.” – by J Harold Smith

morning babble / Friday 08-12-22

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Last night, my daughter fell asleep in bed with my wife while reading. I was in the house library reading and eventually came to bed. I scooped her up and she’s getting heavier. Not my little little girl anymore. They always say that you’ll never know when’s the last time you’ll pick up your kid. Last night, I held her a little closer as I walked her to her room and then climbed the stairs of her ladder to get her into top bunk.

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Per Pitchfork – Rage Against the Machine have canceled the European leg of their reunion tour, but will go ahead with their three-night run at Madison Square Garden, which was last night, tonight (Friday) and Sunday night. They wrote on social media that bandleader Zack de la Rocha had been instructed not to proceed with the intensive European run on the advice of his doctor. North American dates early next year are scheduled to go ahead.

El-P, who is supporting the reunion tour with Killer Mike in Run the Jewels, tweeted out that de la Rocha “trooped through what for most people would be an immediate tour ending injury like a true warrior and i know him and the rage crew truly wanted to keep going as we certainly did.”

New Music Friday:

• I always start my day with the New Music Friday playlist from Spotify. Today, it opened with “Super Freaky Girl” by Nicki Minaj – that was a wake-up. Fun song. Put the buds in. I couldn’t really play any of the video lyrics that I saw either. Anyway – that song was followed by Megan Thee Stallion and her song “Her”. Same thing – fun song, buds in the ear. Nicki just has the single out, but Megan has a whole new album out today. On that album with her – you’ve got Key Glock, Rico Nasty, Dua Lipa, Future and more. So full album today from Megan Thee Stallion. With Nicki Minaj – you get that single “Super Freaky Girl” – she make me blush. Oh – by the way – Nicki will receive Michael Jackson Video Vanguard Award at 2022 MTV VMAs (airs August 28th)

• The video clip at the beginning of the Babble was The Killers with “Mr. Brightside.” Nothing from them today, but we do get new Eve 6. Don’t worry – we’ll get there to why I played that song. First – you know Eve 6 because of this one (clip) and this (clip), but they really do have a lot more. I’m a fan. Anyway, today they came out with “Mr. Darkside.” They also announced that their first full-length record in 10 years will be coming out on September 23rd – it’s called Hyper Relevisation

• Danger Mouse makes a return today with his new album Cheat Codes which is a full-length collaboration with Roots front man Black Thought. 12 songs / 38 minutes. BUT – the song that I was listening to today featured A$AP Rocky and Run the Jewels on it – the song is called “Strangers” – it’s a smidgeon of Run the Jewels, so I’ll take it. But again, whole new Danger Mouse album today.

• Lastly, the Yeah Yeah Yeahs have returned with another single from their upcoming album Cool It Down, their first album in nine years. Today (or actually from Wednesday), we get “Burning,” which follows their earlier song “Spitting Off the Edge of the World.” Whole album drops – September 16th.

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QUOTE OF THE DAY:
“Without music, life is a journey through a desert” – by Pat Conroy

morning babble / Thursday 08-11-22

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HAPPY FRIDAY EVE!

3 Day Fast is next week! We’ll learn words like “Autophagy”

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Last Thursday, I talked about ordering some records and I got them. In particular, I got my Lead Belly record from Third Man Records – Huddie (hyoo-dee) “Lead Belly” Ledbetter.

Via Third Man Records: Louisiana delta native Huddie “Lead Belly” Ledbetter is the master of twelve-string blues guitar. His story is one of high-highs and low-lows, from serving stints in prison after killing a man in a fight for a woman’s heart, but then eventually earning early release by entertaining his fellow prison-mates and penning a song for the governor, thus cementing his reputation of singing his way out of prison. His songs have been widely covered by artists such as Elvis, Nirvana, Johnny Cash, and the Grateful Dead.

Played at the beginning of today’s babble was Nirvana covering Lead Belly’s “Where Did You Sleep Last Night?” during the television series – “MTV Unplugged.” The show was recorded on November 18, 1993 and then aired on the cable television network MTV on December 16, 1993. MTV Unplugged in New York is the live album from Nirvana which was released on November 1, 1994. Kurt Cobain had died earlier that year in 1994 on April 5th.

Play the clip of show.

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QUOTE OF THE DAY:
“Dreaming of the person you want to be is wasting the person you already are.” – by Kurt Cobain

morning babble / Wednesday 08-10-22

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Happy Birthday, Lego! 90 years old. That toy ain’t going away either.

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Welcome to AMA Wednesday –

Via Ryan – “How’s the Plantar Fasciitis?”

Hoka Shoes – wearing them all the time. Not to bed.

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QUOTE OF THE DAY:
“True happiness is to enjoy the present, without anxious dependence upon the future.” – by Seneca

morning babble / Tuesday 08-09-22

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I worked out! About time, too.

145 days until EXIT PLAN

PODCAST TUESDAY!

Smartless with Jason Bateman / Sean Hayes / Will Arnett

Will Arnett – Great in person actor, but I loved him as a voice actor as LEGO Batman

Sean Hayes – playing Jack in Will & Grace – amazing, whenever he was on the screen

And Jason Bateman – that dude goes way back (clip) Did you hear that? “Gag with me a spoon.” Picking on Ricky from Silver Spoons . . . it took me awhile to come around and like Bateman. His character in Dodgeball was pure genius.

Anyway – these 3 guys together doing a podcast – wow! 3 distinct voices come through loud and clear too. Plus, they just make you feel that you are the 4th Musketeer of the group, the way they are just shooting the whatever and enjoying one another’s company.

I listened to the show when they had Jordan Peele on – who is now a big-time director. Most people know him from his legendary comedic time on Comedy Central’s sketch series Key & Peele. (clip) He has since directed two horror/thriller films: Get Out and Us. He’s now doing the media tour for his third film that he directed: NOPE. This podcast, I learned that he went to college and intended to be a puppeteer.

I know this is a Hollywood podcast and not some hidden gem of an individual, but it’s definitely a winner and I enjoy their presentation. They’ve got over 100 episodes now that vary with all kinds of guests: Ryan Reynolds / Jon Stewart / Halle Berry and on & on. Looking back, I remember listening to the very first one with Dax Shepard. Most current one is with Kerry Washington.

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QUOTE OF THE DAY:
“The distance between dreams and reality is called discipline” – by Paulo Coelho

morning babble / Monday 08-08-22

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Back at it on a Monday and after two weeks off the road for vacation and COVID – I did a weigh-in – puffy again / Not like Meatless March but still puffy. / 5 to 6 lbs off the target Brent weight

Just have to get it back into gear.

146 days until EXIT PLAN

GOAL SETTING MONDAY

Week ago, I talked about Benjamin Hardy and his “Peak State Checklist”

My wake-up time is currently set at 4:15am. I used to have it at 4:10am. I also have set the goal for 7 hours bed time – that’s not sleep but at the very least 7 hours in bed. I know – do the math and that means I’m in bed by 9:15pm. BUT – I enjoy reading in bed or on ice cream date nights – watching some Netflix.

Also, I added back into the mix some cold water in the shower. Nothing like last year in July with (list rules). Nope – I’m just doing a colder water during the last 2 minutes of the shower. I also floss my teeth again during this time.

Week ahead –

I’m going back to the goal of writing on Monday and Wednesday nights / Another Ice Cream Date for Thursday nights.

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QUOTE OF THE DAY:
“The greatest productivity hack is the willingness to turn people down” – by Mark Manson

Say “No” people. It’s okay to say “No.”