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morning babble / Wednesday 10-13-21

This is the scribble that leads to the babble. Sometimes it gets tidied up, but sometimes . . . not so much. When all else fails – go watch the video!

I ran #286 of the 5K runs.

Day 2 of the 3 Day Fast – this is my 10th one of the year! 6:10pm tomorrow night – I eat!

Thank you for allowing me into your world with my babbling. I truly look forward to this every day and it helps set me on a positive path. Some nights, I “show prep” and it’s nasty. It’s amazing how problems can nearly wash away with a good night’s sleep. Or sleep.

I selected all and deleted my emails in the inbox. I did remember one bill that was in there and searched for that – so I’m good. But that’s a new goal, every weekend – just clear it out. I did catch a recent email about a new book from an author that I follow, Robert Greene. I am now very excited for this one. It’s called: The Daily Laws: 366 Meditations on Power, Seduction, Mastery, Strategy, and Human Nature

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QUOTE OF THE DAY:
“Learn to stand back when the time is not yet ripe, and to strike fiercely when it has reached fruition.” – by Robert Greene

morning babble / Tuesday 10-12-21

This is the scribble that leads to the babble. Sometimes it gets tidied up, but sometimes . . . not so much. When all else fails – go watch the video!

I ran #285 of 5K runs in a row! / Countdown to 30,000 words – definitely took a hit yesterday as I was not able to do anything. Work messed me up. We’re hiring by the way – oh we are hiring. And so is everybody else.

JoJo Siwa update from Dancing with the Stars – I checked in with my expert daughter on the topic, “Great – She got two 9s!” I double checked with my son, “She’s gonna win.” However, she did not get the high score of the night. I guess that went to Melora Hardin who was on The Office – she actually got four 9s. Anyway, JoJo Siwa and Jenna Johnson danced to the Cinderella song, “A Dream is a Wish Your Heart Makes,” complete with Siwa dressed as Prince Charming. I’m on Team JoJo – otherwise, I’d probably get kicked out of my house.

3 Day Fast is underway – I can eat again on Thursday at 6:10pm

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QUOTE OF THE DAY:
“The straightforward and good person should be like a smelly goat – you know when they are in the room with you.” – by Marcus Aurelius

morning babble / Monday 10-11-21

This is the scribble that leads to the babble. Sometimes it gets tidied up, but sometimes . . . not so much. When all else fails – go watch the video!

Our dogs wake up sounding like they are hung over and have dry mouth. It used to be worse though. Now, we constantly keep a fresh bowl of water in our bedroom. It’s amazing how many times they get a drink of water throughout the night. I think I learned this tip from Howard Stern. He also puts ice cubes in his dog’s bowls.

Mr. February visited my house – Dave Cruise!

#284 of my 5K runs

18,211 – countdown to 30, 000 words

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QUOTE OF THE DAY:
“If everything is under control, you are going too slow.” – by Mario Andretti – he’s a driver of race cars.

morning babble / Sunday 10-10-21

This is the scribble that leads to the babble. Sometimes it gets tidied up, but sometimes . . . not so much. When all else fails – go watch the video!

#283 of 5k runs in a row

30,000 – still going for my word tally this month

3 Day Fast begins tomorrow night

How’s everyone doing? I don’t like today. In particular, I don’t like today – one year ago.

Lost my brother-in-law, Barry. So much more than the label “brother-in-law”. I looked up to him so much. He taught me so much. I figured out who I was just by knowing him.

Now, the story that I’m going to tell – I’m not too proud of, because I wasn’t the brightest person, but it was the only way I knew how to deal with it.

The Barry Whiskey Glass – go watch the video.

Books!

• The Boy, the Mole, the Fox and the Horse – Charlie Mackesy

Simply – go get that book – it’s amazing.

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QUOTE OF THE DAY:
“The greatest illusion is that life should be perfect.” – by Charlie Mackesy

morning babble / Saturday 10-09-21

This is the scribble that leads to the babble. Sometimes it gets tidied up, but sometimes . . . not so much. When all else fails – go watch the video!

Dunkin Day, but I actually did my 5k run already – did it on the mill. #282 in a row. Relaxing with my coffee now. I miss the blueberry bagel at Dunkin. Not that I would get it by itself with cream cheese or butter, but I would get it a part of my sandwiches. Bacon, Egg, and Cheese on a Blueberry bagel.

Risking my life out here with walnuts dropping

Wind Sock – my daughter made with one of those Kiwi crates a couple of years ago. Put it up in the summer.

AMA Saturday:

• Question #1 – When are you going to race again? Well, I initially said that I want to do the 10k run for the Turkey Trot in Newark, DE. I ran that before, but I’m now reconsidering doing it as a 10k, but do their 5k instead. I could be overthinking it, but the last thing I want to do here at towards the end of my goal for 366 days of 5k running is mess things up with another workout routine to stretch out my runs. I could be overthinking it. Plus, I would like to have 5k race where I officially get a time for the year. Not this Wednesday, but the following one – the 20th – there’s the University of Delaware 5K run. In fact, if you click on this, you’ll see me in the middle with the shades and Blue Hen cap running that race in 2019. It’s officially called the Blue Hen Homecoming 5K run. I’m trying to make that day work. My wife has class at U of D during race time, so I’m going to recruit someone to stand next to my two children.

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QUOTE OF THE DAY:
“Don’t say the day will come, bring on that day.” – by someone

morning babble / Friday 10-08-21

This is the scribble that leads to the babble. Sometimes it gets tidied up, but sometimes . . . not so much. When all else fails – go watch the video!

Happy Birthday to my niece, Emma – She’s one.

#281 of 5K runs – in a row!

30,000 countdown – 17, 115

New Music Friday:

• Adele has a new song out coming out next Friday (10/15) – It’s called “Easy on Me.” She had a teaser video come out earlier in the week. Adele says her new album was recorded to help her nine-year-old son understand why she and his father got divorced.

• “Everybody Wants to Rule The World” / “Shout” / “Sowing The Seeds of Love” – Remember all them? Tears for Fears, the duo of Roland Orzabal and Curt Smith, are back. Today, they announced their first album in 17 years. The Tipping Point is out February 25. Orzabal retained the Tears for Fears name as a solo project, releasing the albums Elemental (1993) and Raoul and the Kings of Spain (1995). Orzabal and Smith reconciled in 2000 and released an album of new material, Everybody Loves a Happy Ending, in 2004. The duo have toured consistently since then. I thought one of them was dead. I honestly feel horrible.

• Another song released from the Robert Plant and Alison Krauss duo – it’s called “High and Lonesome.” The whole album – Raise the Roof – is set for release on Nov. 19. They will tour in 2022 as well.

• Lastly, a fun sounding “ska” type song from a combination of We are the Union and Eve6. The song is called “Sound System”.

• Norah Jones has announced the release of her first-ever holiday album, I Dream Of Christmas, Norah Jones “I’ve always loved Christmas music but never had the inclination to make a holiday album until now,” Jones said. “Last year I found myself listening to James Brown’s Funky Christmas and Elvis’s Christmas Album on Sundays during lockdown for a sense of comfort. In January 2021, I started thinking about making a Christmas album of my own. It gave me something fun to work on and look forward to. website link “Christmas Calling” is the single being played now.

• When Christmas Comes Around… is the upcoming ninth studio album by American singer Kelly Clarkson. The 15-song collection features Ariana Grande (“Santa Can’t You Hear Me”), Chris Stapleton (“Glow”) and Brett Eldredge (“Under the Mistletoe”). In addition to original cuts, the set will feature covers of classics like “It’s Beginning to Look a Lot Like Christmas,” “Santa Baby” and “Jingle Bell Rock.” Next Friday – the whole album drop. Today, you can hear the single, “Christmas Isn’t Canceled (Just You),”

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QUOTE OF THE DAY:
“Life is so much easier when you don’t hoard your past.” – by Adele

morning babble / Thursday 10-07-21

This is the scribble that leads to the babble. Sometimes it gets tidied up, but sometimes . . . not so much. When all else fails – go watch the video!

Lot of birthdays this month – my daughter’s, my mother-in-law’s husband yesterday, Lauren (my niece) today, gotta another niece tomorrow (she’s 1 and I’ve met her once). My niece, Lauren, has a baby now too – that I’ve only witnessed growing via InstaGram. Next family get together – we’ll need to have a family tree laid out.

We lost some important people this month too. My Super Nana – 3 years ago on the 5th. She was 100, 9 months. This weekend, gonna be one year without my brother-in-law, Barry. And now last night, my business partner got news of his father in law passing.

Enjoy the now – people!

Kate Bowler’s first memoir, prompted by her stage IV cancer diagnosis at the age of 35, was titled Everything Happens for a Reason (and Other Lies I’ve Loved). Doctors estimated Bowler, then the mother of a new baby and author of her first academic book, had about two years to live. Website link.

“Trying to make our lives meaningful all the time is so stupid. And it’s one of the limits to the whole “Be Here Now,” mentality, mastery mindset crap. We can’t make every minute into a moment. Sometimes you just have to pay bills and show up for your friend and listen to her talk again about whether she should dump her boyfriend — and she should — and be in a faculty meeting and be in traffic.” / Website link

No Cure For Being Human – out now.

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QUOTE OF THE DAY:
“My hope: stay as awake to my love as to my fear” – by Kate Bowler

morning babble / Wednesday 10-06-21

This is the scribble that leads to the babble. Sometimes it gets tidied up, but sometimes . . . not so much. When all else fails – go watch the video!

Talk about Facebook down and Instagram / I’m not even on Facebook anymore. So, if anyone wants to help me spread the babble there . . . be my guest. I am on TikTok which is crazy. Open that app and crazy stuff is going on. I don’t even like these videos. Obviously, I’m on YouTube – please go subscribe and help it get more attention.

Vitamins – which ones?

1. D-5,000 by Thorne
2. Raw Probiotics by Garden of Life
3. Fish Oil 1200mg by Nature Made

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QUOTE OF THE DAY:
“It’s easier to poke holes in an idea than think of ways to fill them. And it’s easier to focus on the 100 reasons you shouldn’t do something rather than the one reason you should.” – by Wendy Kopp via Chase Jarvis

morning babble / Tuesday 10-05-21

This is the scribble that leads to the babble. Sometimes it gets tidied up, but sometimes . . . not so much. When all else fails – go watch the video!

Lethargic – that’s how I felt this morning. Not sure why. Wasn’t up late.

JoJo Siwa did good dancing again. It was an Argentine tango and on Britney Night – the song chosen was “Baby One More Time.”

I did finally run – #278 in a row of 5K runs.

Vitamins – take them 5 out of 7 days / I’ll review them tomorrow.

Trying to be more positive / It’s easy to tell the miserable, bad tales of the day. I almost think that you’re hoping someone else can top you OR you’re just out to make other feel your misery. I don’t want to anymore. I thought it was good venting it all out and not pack-pack-packing it away until BOOM!

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QUOTE OF THE DAY:
“The greatest success you can have as the person in charge is to orchestrate others to do things well without you.” – by Ray Dalio

morning babble / Monday 10-04-21

This is the scribble that leads to the babble. Sometimes it gets tidied up, but sometimes . . . not so much. When all else fails – go watch the video!

Back at it on a Monday! It was a busy weekend. I’m still getting used to seeing people again. I kinda got used to not seeing anyone. Anyway – one thing that gets me are compliments. When someone compliments my shirt, that’s great. BUT – now, I can never wear that shirt in front of you again. I mean, back in the day, trying to date, I guess you could have that “go-to” shirt to grab that guy or gal’s attention.

I ran! #276 was done yesterday on the mil. Today, #277 on the mill as well.

Countdown to 30,000 words for my book: Confessions of a Workaholic. Well, progress was made but not too much. I am now at 16,127 words.

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QUOTE OF THE DAY:
“Doubt kills more dreams than failure ever will.” – by Suzy Kassem