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 Monday – it’s a always a good one when your team wins on Sunday. You’ll see.
#256 on the mill / 5K run every day
The Dave Chang Show podcast is back. I totally enjoyed that on the mill. They were on hiatus and I didn’t know that they had come back. Reading his book.
Worcestershire Sauce – he butchers it. Had to listen to it asap because of tonight’s start of my 3 Day Fast – 9th one of the year. Last night, we actually pulled my fast breaking meal and ate that for dinner. Ribs and beer.
IMPORTANT – Reminder: I’m doing the 5K run for the St. Jude Walk/Run in Philadelphia on Saturday, September 25th. I’ve joined the team – XTU to the Maxx – which is with Charlie Maxx who you can hear middays on 92.5 XTU. To donate, please click here – anything you can do will be greatly appreciated for this great cause. “St. Jude won’t stop until no child dies from cancer”
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QUOTE OF THE DAY: “If you talk about it, it’s a dream, if you envision it, it’s possible, but if you schedule it, it’s real.” – by Tony Robbins
IMPORTANT – Reminder: I’m doing the 5K run for the St. Jude Walk/Run in Philadelphia on Saturday, September 25th. I’ve joined the team – XTU to the Maxx – which is with Charlie Maxx who you can hear middays on 92.5 XTU. To donate, please click here – anything you can do will be greatly appreciated for this great cause. “St. Jude won’t stop until no child dies from cancer”
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QUOTE OF THE DAY: “Life is rarely about what happened; it’s mostly about what we think happened.” ― Chuck Klosterman, Sex, Drugs, and Cocoa Puffs: A Low Culture Manifesto
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!
Forgive me – I’m a little all over the place today in my head. I did run. #254. Did it on the mill. It’s a beautiful day outside, but my allergies are just getting used to all this ragweed and I was up throughout the night. Why my wife tolerates that . . . well, when she’s asleep, she’s asleep. Ragweed goes away (for the most part) with the first frost – bring it on.
It’s 9/11 and we all know about what happened 20 years ago. Never forget – very true. Don’t ever forget, but sometimes reliving all the sad – I’m not so sure – at least for myself. We all deal with loss in different ways. So, today’s a day I listen a lot. If you want to talk about it, I’m here. I don’t really want to tell my story about where I was during that point of time – because it was rather insignificant to where some people were that day whose lives were lost or with people who directly lost their husbands, wives, children, or best of friends that day. Don’t ever forget.
Today is also my sister-in-law’s birthday. Happy Birthday, Danielle. I love you and I hope you have a wonderful special day. Make sure Keith gives you an extra long “why is he still squeezing me” hug from me. Happy Birthday to anyone else who’s day is today. Happy Anniversary to anyone who was married on this day. It’s still your day. Enjoy the now!
And then lastly – today has been looked forward to in this household because we are getting a pet bird. My son is. He saved for it. It’s no parakeet. It’s a Jenday Conure. Hatched back in July. No name yet. I’m thinking Byrd . . . with a “y”. I had a morning guy named “Byrd”. Hopefully by tomorrow, we’ll have an official name though. I got a recent picture of “Byrd”:
“Byrd”
Typically, I answer questions today and I was going to break down my morning routine. I felt that should just be held off for now until next week.
IMPORTANT – Reminder: I’m doing the 5K run for the St. Jude Walk/Run in Philadelphia on Saturday, September 25th. I’ve joined the team – XTU to the Maxx – which is with Charlie Maxx who you can hear middays on 92.5 XTU. To donate, please click here – anything you can do will be greatly appreciated for this great cause. “St. Jude won’t stop until no child dies from cancer”
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QUOTE OF THE DAY: “If you change your mindset, you have the ability to change your whole world” – credited to Damien Thomas
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!
Where are you Rolling Stone with music reviews? You get like two in this recent issue. However, I am enjoying the Silk Sonic interview with Anderson Paak and Bruno Mars.
I did listen to the Soup Dragons this past week – Love God. Today, I’m going to listen to their
Hotwired – Subsequent albums continued in the band’s own style and in 1992, they enjoyed their biggest US hit with “Divine Thing” which reached No. 26 on the Billboard Hot 100.[4] It also hit No. 3 on the Modern Rock chart and its video was nominated by MTV as one of the year’s best,[6] though beaten by Nirvana’s “Smells Like Teen Spirit”.[
This Sunday night is the 2021 MTV Video Music Awards – remember that? Still happening, host Doja Cat, Kacey Musgraves, Olivia Rodrigo, Justin Bieber, Shawn Mendes, Foo Fighters, and Jack Harlow. Isn’t that what set off Russell Brand.
I ran – 253 – 5K runs for the year on day #253
And the Evans family gets a new pet tomorrow.
New Music Friday:
In conjunction with their 30th-anniversary reissue of The Black Album, Metallica are releasing today – The Metallica Blacklist. Benefiting various charities. After months and month of releases, it’s a 53-track, four-hour compilation of different artists covering Black Album songs. Artists include: Phoebe Bridgers, Weezer, St. Vincent, J Balvin, Miley Cyrus, and the Neptunes.
Several weeks ago, we got “Visiting Hours” from Ed Sheeran. Before that, it was “Bad Habits.” Both off of his upcoming his fifth studio album, = (pronounced equals), to be released on October 29th. Today, we get “Shivers” – that’s a good sounding pop song.
Via Pitchfork, I read that Kacey Musgraves stated: “I wasn’t going to be a real country artist without at least one divorce under my belt.” She filed for divorce last summer and today has a new album out – Star Crossed. billed as a “tragedy in three parts” – you get 15 tracks.
Lana Del Rey’s next studio album Blue Banisters will arrive October 22. We also got to hear the LP’s latest single, “Arcadia.” AND – there is a self directed video for it – click here.
Eddie Vedder – the Pearl Jam frontman – has shared “Long Way,” the first single from his forthcoming solo album Earthling. He hasn’t had a solo album in ten years. I enjoyed the chill sound from Ukulele Songs and this song “Long Way” appears that way too – minus the ukulele sound.
IMPORTANT – Reminder: I’m doing the 5K run for the St. Jude Walk/Run in Philadelphia on Saturday, September 25th. I’ve joined the team – XTU to the Maxx – which is with Charlie Maxx who you can hear middays on 92.5 XTU. To donate, please click here – anything you can do will be greatly appreciated for this great cause. “St. Jude won’t stop until no child dies from cancer”
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QUOTE OF THE DAY: “Music is what our feelings sound like” – by Vera Farmiga
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!
Friday Eve!
I don’t think I complain about too many things on here – mainly because I’m trying to help set a good tone for the day for myself and for anyone watching. BUT – this one gripe I think is good advice too. When you get a voicemail message from someone, listen to it before calling that person back.
It’s voicemail, just listen. Otherwise, it’s simply poor usage of modern everyday technology.
IMPORTANT – Reminder: I’m doing the 5K run for the St. Jude Walk/Run in Philadelphia on Saturday, September 25th. I’ve joined the team – XTU to the Maxx – which is with Charlie Maxx who you can hear middays on 92.5 XTU. To donate, please click here – anything you can do will be greatly appreciated for this great cause. “St. Jude won’t stop until no child dies from cancer”
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QUOTE OF THE DAY: “The need for certainty is the greatest disease the mind faces.” – by Robert Greene via the twitter of Ryan Holiday
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!
Every one crashed on me early last night. So much so, I thought it was like 11pm or midnight. First day of school brought them all to sleep time fast. I forgot how much that school does that to my family. With Zoom – the kids are still bouncing off the walls afterwards. With actual school, they so tired!
MagMind – 6 hours sleep / broken down :38 min Deep, 2:58 Light, :15 Awake, & 2:25 REM
I ran – #251 of the 5K runs
IMPORTANT – Reminder: I’m doing the 5K run for the St. Jude Walk/Run in Philadelphia on Saturday, September 25th. I’ve joined the team – XTU to the Maxx – which is with Charlie Maxx who you can hear middays on 92.5 XTU. To donate, please click here – anything you can do will be greatly appreciated for this great cause. “St. Jude won’t stop until no child dies from cancer”
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QUOTE OF THE DAY: “Success consists of going from failure to failure without loss of enthusiasm.” – (keep at it) by Winston Churchill via Ray Dalio’s Principles book (page 522)
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!
Welcome to Not Monday / Happy New Year to my Jewish friends. Summer – all done after yesterday’s holiday. We actually visited White Clay Creek State Park. Old people busting a move make me smile. The Reggae Music made me remember Soup Dragons “I’m Free.” Going to listen to that album (Lovegod) today.
I ran / #250 of 5K runs in a row for the year.
On the mill, I enjoyed the Kevin Rose Show, who actually has two other podcasts going on – one for cryptocurrency and the other one for NFTs. But this show – just for regular people like us. He had Mathew Walker on who wrote Why We Sleep. He has changed his tune slightly with coffee intake. Stresses that coffee can be good, but pick the timing and dosage of the poison. Make sure you have it a good 10 to 12 hours before bed. AND – you can have up to 3 cups of coffee. Trying to determine the true “cup” of coffee is all over the place though. A cup = 8 oz. But, some people credit a cup of coffee to being 6 oz. The old Mr. Coffee measurements on the side of the pot used to be close to 5 oz. I deem my travel mug an official “cup”. That’s 16 oz though . . . probably shouldn’t have three of those.
IMPORTANT – Reminder: I’m doing the 5K run for the St. Jude Walk/Run in Philadelphia on Saturday, September 25th. I’ve joined the team – XTU to the Maxx – which is with Charlie Maxx who you can hear middays on 92.5 XTU. To donate, please click here – anything you can do will be greatly appreciated for this great cause. “St. Jude won’t stop until no child dies from cancer”
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QUOTE OF THE DAY: “Being poor is not having too little, it is wanting more.” – by Seneca via Ryan Holiday
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 Labor Day! Rosh Hashanah begins tonight (sundown) for all my Jewish friends. Early Happy New Year!
I’m doing my routine today, just shifted it a little later since there was a mini sleeping in. I am working on my 90 minute morning routine. Marked down a couple key start times for various things. Wake up / Bathroom / Hit the treadmill / Coffee Brewing / Dressed for the day / Journal time / Babble / Get the hell outta here time
I ran #249. Little tough on the shins after two days in a row of outside running – those hills
IMPORTANT – Reminder: I’m doing the 5K run for the St. Jude Walk/Run in Philadelphia on Saturday, September 25th. I’ve joined the team – XTU to the Maxx – which is with Charlie Maxx who you can hear middays on 92.5 XTU. To donate, please click here – anything you can do will be greatly appreciated for this great cause. “St. Jude won’t stop until no child dies from cancer”
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QUOTE OF THE DAY: “There’s a sunrise and a sunset every single day, and they’re absolutely free. Don’t miss so many of them.” – by Jo Walton via the MUD\WTR newsletter – click 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!
New Hat!
Great Comics from Captain Blue Hen Comics in Newark – all from Garth Ennis! I’m enjoying these, but I also have to dig into the current books I’m reading and wrap them up!
IMPORTANT – Reminder: I’m doing the 5K run for the St. Jude Walk/Run in Philadelphia on Saturday, September 25th. I’ve joined the team – XTU to the Maxx – which is with Charlie Maxx who you can hear middays on 92.5 XTU. To donate, please click here – anything you can do will be greatly appreciated for this great cause. “St. Jude won’t stop until no child dies from cancer”
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QUOTE OF THE DAY: “The phone gives us a lot but itakes away three key elements of discovery: loneliness, uncertainty, and boredom. Those have always been where creative ideas come from.” – by Lynda Barry via Austin Kleon’s book – Keep Going
2nd QUOTE OF THE DAY: “You have the best ideas in the shower because it’s the only place you still allow yourself to be bored.” – by Jon Acuff
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!
That could have been really bad. I did a Superman fall, but I got back up. Garmin alert was tried. Not by me, but by the watch. It knew that something was wrong.
#247 of 5K runs was completed though!
3 Day Fast – Not Labor Day Monday, the following Monday
This month, I’ll enjoy what I wrote in August and edit the junk out of it. All paperclipped up and ready to be enjoyed out loud (to myself) – Confession of a Workaholic. Another word tally goal will be set for October.
Other Goals for the Month:
Posting 2 Shorts – “Elevator to Girth” and “Empire”
Cold Shower Video – Top 10 things I learned during my cold showering
IMPORTANT – Reminder: I’m doing the 5K run for the St. Jude Walk/Run in Philadelphia on Saturday, September 25th. I’ve joined the team – XTU to the Maxx – which is with Charlie Maxx who you can hear middays on 92.5 XTU. To donate, please click here – anything you can do will be greatly appreciated for this great cause. “St. Jude won’t stop until no child dies from cancer”
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QUOTE OF THE DAY: “Reaching your destination begins with your first step.” – by someone
