I’ve got my Lapsang Souchong to replace it the next several days.
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QUOTE OF THE DAY: “When you are dead, you do not know you are dead – the pain is only felt by others. The same is true for being stupid.” – by Mark Manson
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!
Couple quick things:
It’s my Mom’s favorite time of the year: Daylight Savings has Ended – In this day and age, our phones all do it for us as well as our computers. But – don’t forget the oven, microwave, clocks with hands on them.
I have to admit. I’ve been listening to Christmas music BUT – it’s been instrumental. I enjoy knowing these “happy” songs without the lyrics as I work or whatever. I’m not trying to rush anything, but Christmas music to me is Happy music. If I keep listening to my Godsmack or Slipnot, well . . . I can get angry or angrier. By the way, I’m not picking on Slipnot in any way shape or form. MGK (Machine Gun Kelly) learned that the hard way. Picked on Slipnot during a Festival that Slipnot was performing at . . . the audience boo’d him the rest of the way. Don’t mess with Slipnot or for that matter – anything Corey Taylor.
Lastly, speaking of Christmas, it’s that odd time of year when people who already have their outside Christmas decorations up are either really ambitious or lazy . . . because they’ve been up from last year.
Oh, I ran #311 / Muddy November continues – I didn’t drink the java. Only my Mudwater. Go get some MUD/WTR – http://fbuy.me/v/bevans11
Books (and Comics!) on a Sunday
Support your local Comic Book Store – mine is Captain Blue Hen Comics who are located in Newark, DE. If you are nearby that area, please go visit them. Check those hours though!
I did finish Scarlett with another one of my favorites, Brian Michael Bendis. I really enjoy the artwork by Alex Maleev
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QUOTE OF THE DAY: “Twenty years from now you’ll be more disappointed by the things you did not do than the ones you did.” – by Mark Twain via the Twitter account of Mr. Ryan Holiday (Babble G.O.A.T)
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! Shocker!! #310 for the 5Ks this year – all of ’em in a row.
Muddy November continues – no java yesterday. No offers from clients either – so that 4 day streak ended and now it’s Saturday. I might hit up a Starbucks for some sort of tea latte . . . just because I want one of those Pumpkin scones, which I know will be gone by December. For the 3 Day Fast, I’ll be having Black Tea because the MUD\WTR would break my fast. Go get some MUD/WTR – http://fbuy.me/v/bevans11
Oh, my daughter is doing well since her COVID shot yesterday. Arm hurts – swimming is probably out. AND – this is all I’m saying that might toe the line of a touchy subject. BUT – I appreciate the websites being sent to me explaining the possibility of how dangerous these shots could be. We all have opinions and I read it all. BUT – when you send me these websites, I am amused how my computer’s antivirus program prevents me from opening them. My computer got the COVID shot from McAfee and all of these dug up articles are being flagged that they will cause problems to my computer. Amused by that.
DAYLIGHT SAVINGS TIME ENDS TONIGHT – roll back those clocks an hour tonight!!
AMA Saturday:
Question #1 – Do you like your new wallet? No. I can’t get anything out of it. I understand that it probably needs to be broken in, but standing at the counter and trying to rip out a card is not fun especially when you yank out the wrong one. Good luck ever seeing my Amor Fati coin again – located within the middle pocket. Need Needle Nose Plyers to have that escape the clutches of this wallet. The one benefit – nothing is falling out. I am looking at one of my old-time favorites: THE HAVANA – COOL BLACK WITH BLUE INTERIOR It’s a wallet from J.Fold – I had one back in the day and loved it.
Question #2 – Are you going to do an NFT? I’m not going to say “no”. It really is blowing up. Via my Morning Brew newsletter I learned: “5,000 JPEG lovers schmoozed in NYC this past week for the non-fungible token conference NFT.NYC. In 2019, the event had just 460 attendees. Last quarter, more than $10 billion worth of NFTs were sold, up 700% from the quarter before, per DappRadar.” You can get the Morning Brew newsletter by clicking here to sign up. Don’t forget to sign up for more Babble, too – look on the right side of this page!
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QUOTE OF THE DAY: “When you arise in the morning, think of what a precious privilege it is to be alive – to breathe, to think, to enjoy, to love.” – by Marcus Aurelius but I got that one from the Instagram account of Marilyn Russell. You can find her on WOGL in Philadelphia. Check out her Remarkable Women feature by clicking here.
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!
Colder mornings and the kids are sleeping in more. Crazy. All hunkered down. We’ve got the heat on – it’s just colder. Mom’s gotta wake them up for school. I don’t see them in the morning. Again – crazy.
Daughter Violet aka Viva is getting her shot today / Aaron Rodgers should have too – he then could be playing this weekend.
Muddy November! 4th day in a row that I was offered coffee on location 1 dumped / 3 passed. No coffee . . . Go get some MUD/WTR – http://fbuy.me/v/bevans11
New Music Friday:
U2 released a new song called “Your Song Saved My Life.” It appears on the soundtrack to the upcoming animated film Sing 2, which Bono stars in. That movie hits theaters on 12/22.
Charli XCX will have a new album out next year called Crash – available in its entirety on March 18th. We already got to hear “Good Ones” which I talked about before and you can check out the video again – Lots of dancing . . . at a funeral . . . on a coffin. We all handled loss in different ways. Today though – we’ve got “Good Shapes”. No video though
By the way, this past Sunday (Halloween) – Limp Bizkit dropped their new album Still Sucks. I can’t deny – I am excited to listen to this entire thing
Travis Scott dropped two singles at midnight – “Escape Plan” and “Mafia” – two different sounding songs. Totally enjoyed the 1st release “Escape Plan”, but “Mafia” – I might like that one more now. Both are off his upcoming album Utopia – when it’s coming out – TBD
Holiday Music – Elle King “Please Come Home for Christmas” – I like it. Can’t find too much info on it. Even if you visit her website – as of this very moment though.
Holiday Music – Arkells just released new holiday original track, “The Last Christmas (We Ever Spend Apart).” The “B side track” is the band’s previously released original holiday song “Pub Crawl,”
Holiday Music – Steve Perry – the former Journey front man and Rock & Roll Hall of Famer – has a holiday album called The Season. It contains eight tracks which consists of six Christmas tunes and two New Year’s Eve favorites – don’t blink because it’s over in just over 25 minutes. But – you do get “Santa Claus is Coming to Town” as well as “Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas”
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QUOTE OF THE DAY: “Your Heart Is Just A Beatbox For The Song Of Your Life ” – by Sandi Thom – singer-songwriter from Scotland.
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!
Day #2 of No Java is in the books – Muddy November continues. I totally forgot to ask my daughter to mark it this time until it was too late. I was offered coffee from another client yesterday and politely said no. He did appear slightly befuddled since I had NEVER done that before EVER. I didn’t explain it either – always a little awkward especially when it’s someone who I don’t even knows about the Babbles or the 5K runs. It could turn into a long conversation and then my work doesn’t get done.
Quote of the Day yesterday was from Jay Acunzo. Click here to sign up for his newsletter. In a recent newsletter, he explains how he puts off things to the last minute – like his newsletter. By the way, I don’t have a newsletter yet, but you can get on my email list and I can keep you posted on when that unfolds. Visit my website.
Anyway – Jay Acunzo calls it… “imposterfectionism. It’s one part imposter syndrome, one part perfectionism. I NEED to feel my latest project is perfect or else I’ll be exposed as a fraud. Whatever the case, I know: I’m up against the clock. And that’s why I do this. Being up against the clock is the best way I’ve found to walk out on the wire. Without the safety gear, too. I don’t have time for it all. I don’t have the ability to concern myself with whether or not this entry is what I should be doing or not. It’s what I FEEL like doing. It’s what I CAN do. It’s ALL I can do, given the deadline looming.”
Some people would call it procrastination, but I’m with him. When you final have that deadline time, it’s amazing how you can focus down and get to the end time goal.
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QUOTE OF THE DAY: “If it doesn’t bring you income, inspiration, or orgasms, it doesn’t belong in your life.” – by Jordan Belfort – “Wolf of Wall Street” / Also, I got that one off of my friend Vanessa’s Instagram post.
Happy Hump Day everyone! See you tomorrow on Friday Eve!!
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 was tested early. First stop of the day – client didn’t know – but, whenever I visit, he has this really fancy machine and makes me a cup of coffee. Really expensive good coffee, too.
I was lethargic last night. Crashed before I journaled which is so unlike me. A podcast of Dave Chang’s is what got me to the mill today for my #306 5K run of the year!
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QUOTE OF THE DAY: “Prolific creators prefer imperfect action to perfect process and practice. In other words: Create Ugly.” – by Jay Acunzo
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 was the one that stayed back and handed out candy. I ate it along the way I did. I should have had a beer because that would have stopped me from my candy inhalation.
Tons of kids that were throughout the neighborhood – amazing, when in our first year here – I think 4 years ago? 3 groups of kids / 1 didn’t come down the steps because he was scared / the second scared my dogs because he was dressed as Scooby and began beating on the door to rattle them / Last one, some kid popped out from nowhere / no costume / no “Trick or Treat” or Happy Halloween – I gave him candy anyway. But again – this year – a ton of kids. We didn’t run out of candy but the thought was crossing my mind.
When my wife got back, she explained that there were like 4 houses giving out Jello shots to the parents – apparently, it’s a thing for our neighborhood?
305 of 5K runs for the year – still going!
Muddy November is officially on. My last liquid from the java bean known as coffee . . . was an Apple Crisp Macchiato from Starbucks. It was delicious.
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!
Moment of clarity / Mind racing with ideas of saving money, time, everything / Trying to figure out what I really did today that was different. I did relax in the house library, read a book – nothing on the phone, enjoyed coffee. I did have 4 Butterscotch Krimpets. Maybe that was it – I wouldn’t mind replicating that for breakfast tomorrow.
I ran #303 of 5K runs for the year! And yes – in a row.
AMA Saturday:
Question #1 – Are you doing another race?Yes – 49th Annual Newark Turkey Trot in Newark, DE on Saturday, November 20th. I’m doing the 5K, not the 10K. 2 years ago, I ran the 10K and I remember pushing it a little too hard and needing a rest from running in the weeks afterwards. I can’t rest this year.
Questions #2 – Are you really going without caffeine in November? No – nothing from the coffee bean. As for caffeine, I know that I’ll have some tea at times. Even the MUD/WTR has a bit of caffeine in it. 1/7th. But no coffee, espresso, lattes, none of that. Excited to see how it could save some time in the morning (I do a pour over) as well as money – I do enjoy treating myself to a cup of Joe or latte or something via the coffee bean.
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QUOTE OF THE DAY: “Working Hard For Something We Don’t Care About is Called STRESS. Working Hard For Something We Love is Called PASSION” – by Simon Sinek
