brent evans

morning babble / Tuesday 09-28-21

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!

Little tired this morning. I watched that Eagles / Dallas game last night. I should have slept. The night started so good too with pasta, spicy sausage, red wine. We were playing the Italian Cooking Music playlist on Spotify when Tony Bennett came on. I think it was me that quizzed, “He’s still alive, right?” Saw him during the Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade.

I ran – #271 of 5K runs this year – in a row.

Also last night, my daughter (Violet) was watching Dancing with the Stars. She never had an actual show “live” – I mean, she’s seen football, hockey, baseball, but all of her shows are on Netflix, Disney+, YouTube. But – this show had commercials that you couldn’t skip. She came to me and said, “There’s something wrong. There’s been like 5 commercials.”

Yahoo News Headline: “JoJo Siwa just made history on “Dancing With the Stars” as the first contestant to compete with a partner of the same sex.”

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QUOTE OF THE DAY:
“No matter what age you are, there’s a lot of room for learning.” – by Tony Bennett

morning babble / Monday 09-27-21

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!

Well, I ran #270 of my 5K runs for the year – in a row – today on the treadmill.

Yesterday though – #269 – it was a 5K run for Faithful Friends – wonderful cause. Faithful Friends Animal Society is a private, nonprofit animal welfare organization with a No Kill shelter and community veterinary clinic. All animals in their care stay with them until placed into new homes.

And so, my run. Well, I set a personal record for 5K time, but unfortunately, at the end, I turned right, when I should have turned left. I then ran another .5 miles and came back to the finish line from the wrong side. I actually had to walk up to my wife and kids who had their backs to me and were looking for me to finish from the other way. Whoops!

Read some inspiration from the memoir of David Chang – Eat A Peach

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QUOTE OF THE DAY:
“People will forget what you said, people will forget what you did, but people will never forget how you made them feel.” – by Maya Angelou

morning babble / Sunday 09-26-21

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!

Yesterday – I did run #268 of my 5K runs for the St. Jude Walk / Run – done virtually – for the team that I was on XTU to the Maxx with Charlie Maxx as our leader. She does middays on 925 XTU in Philadelphia. Thank you to every one who donated and cheered me on.

Now, today – I didn’t run yet, because #269 of my 5K runs will be done at an actual event in person. I’m running the 5K for Faithful Friends as part of my kids’ school team (NCCL). We’ll be at Bellevue State Park in Wilmington for that family fun.

Treadmill shoes hitting the outside world for the first time today!

Books!

• I just finished and reviewed Austin Kleon’s Keep Going

• I’ve already read and enjoyed Austin Kleon’s Steal Like an Artist

• I put on my Christmas wish list, Austin Keon’s Show Your Work

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QUOTE OF THE DAY:
“Imitate the trees. Learn to lose in order to recover, and remember that nothing stays the same for long.” – by May Sarton

morning babble / Saturday 09-25-21

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 didn’t run yet. #268 of the 5K runs will be the 5K run that I’m doing shortly for the

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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”

Empire Update! I finished my short last night and submitted to my editors (Cecil & my wife). I’m not putting the blame on them for the delay though. It was all me. Once I get it back and can make my final tweaks – I’ll post and announce it!

AMA Saturday:

• Question #1 – What’s the pet bird’s name? Go watch the video. Ha.

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QUOTE OF THE DAY:
“A lot of people run a race to see who is fastest. I run to see who has the most guts.” – by Steve Prefontaine

morning babble / Friday 09-24-21

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!

Friday the 24th – Happy Birthday Day! 82 years young! Whew – the stories you can tell. Going to be having coffee with him shortly.

I ran #267. 99 more runs to go. Here’s a flashback to a video clip from April 9th.

My wife picked on me for playing that one. She said I should have gone with Jay-Z.

New Music Friday:

• 1st up – an ideal Christmas present for Brent. Being reissued is Nirvana’s Nevermind in order to celebrate the album’s 30th anniversary. The new editions are out November 12. The standard reissue will come with a bonus 7″. BUT – The Super Deluxe reissue of Nevermind features 8 LPs and the 7″. Featured across the LPs are the remastered Nevermind, as well as audio from four concerts: Live in Amsterdam, Netherlands (November 25, 1991), Live in Del Mar, California (December 28, 1991), Live in Melbourne, Australia for Triple J (February 1, 1991), and Live in Tokyo (February 19, 1992).

• Since we’re going 90s, do you remember “Steal My Sunshine” by Len. Well, Portugal the Man and Cherry Glazerr redid it. It’s good, but I think I still like the original.

• Nathaniel Rateliff and the Night Sweats have a new album coming out on November 5th. It’s called The Future. New song released today is “Love Don’t” – I really like it. The way the lyrics are sung, you experience the feelings.

• New Frank Sinatra? What? Reprise Rarities Volume 5. “Guys and Dolls” with Dean Martin and yes, Frank Sinatra.

• The entire new album from Angels and Airwaves dropped today – it’s called Lifeforms – 10 songs. I think we got like 4 of them already, but now you can hear the rest of the album. Tom DeLonge is the lead singer of this band. He’s a 1/3 of the Blink-182. Travis Barker – drums. And Mark Hoppus. Beat that Cancer!

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:
“I’d rather be hated for who I am, than loved for who I am not” – by Kurt Cobain

morning babble / Thursday 09-23-21

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!

Friday Eve

Thinking of Caff today.

Ever have one of those days or weeks . . . where you’re like “trust me. not good”. I mean, you just don’t even want to talk about it because it means reliving it and depressing the junk out of the listening party. Don’t worry – I have no story that I will bore you with, but damn – bring on the weekend. I got a whole lotta running ahead though.

Tell me something I don’t know.

It’s not all rainbows and butterflies, you know. Or rainbows and unicorns. Or butterflies and unicorns. Which is it or which came first?

Rainbows and butterflies came together first. The earliest was from an 1864 French book A Woman’s Philosophy of Woman

In the 1980s, unicorns made their entry, at around the same time that Hasbro began marketing its My Little Pony line of toys, which included both a Rainbow Ponies and a Unicorn Ponies collection.

Neal Whitman wrote an article about this.

#266 runs! 100 runs to go!

“Professionals stick to the schedule; amateurs let life get in the way.” – James Clear

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 art of living is more like wrestling than dancing, because an artful life requires being prepared to meet and withstand sudden and unexpected attacks.” – by Marcus Aurelius via Ryan Holiday’s the Daily Stoic 9/20

morning babble / Wednesday 09-22-21

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. #265 days of 5K running . . . in a row. Tomorrow – we reach 100 more runs to go. Because remember, my goal is through January 1st. That way I take care of all of those leap year individuals who did the same thing that I’m trying to do.

Happy 1st Day of Fall! But do you know what makes Fall the best season. It’s also called Autumn. Sorry for that simplified philosophy, but it’s just that easy. With Spring, Summer, Winter – that’s all you got. But, with Fall, you also have Autumn.

5 Things to consider removing:

1. one toxic person
2. one annoying customer
3. one topic that robs your attention
4. one belief that’s holding you back
5. one commitment that isn’t worth the effort

You don’t have to add things to your life to improve it. – James Clear

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:
“Goals are good for setting a direction, but systems are best for making progress.” – by James Clear, author of Atomic Habits

morning babble / Tuesday 09-21-21

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!

Tomorrow is the first day of Fall. I thought I missed it and it was yesterday, but then I checked last night and it’s tomorrow. I really thought it was always the 20th or 21st. I do have a reason on why Fall is the coolest season, but I’ll explain that tomorrow and it doesn’t deal with Pumpkin Spice. I saw someone post yesterday about Pumpkin Spice Egg Nog. I wouldn’t turn that down.

I ran! #264 of 5K runs this year – in a row.

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”

Also, doing the Faithful Friends 5K Run at Bellevue State Park in Wilmington this Sunday. Live and in-person.

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LONG QUOTE OF THE DAY:
“It’s impossible to please everyone. The question is whether you’re disappointing the right people. Part of setting healthy boundaries is deciding who you’re willing to let down – and who has the right to make you feel guilty. Not everyone deserves power over your emotions.” – by Adam Grant via the Instagram account of Kristen Bell – the actor.

SHORT QUOTE OF THE DAY:
“Many people fail to achieve originality because they generate a few ideas and then obsess about refining them to perfection.” – by Adam Grant via Originals (p. 37)

morning babble / Monday 09-20-21

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!

So, on Saturday, I broke down my entire morning routine and I got a couple “you’re going to do that every day” comments thrown at me. And I’m here to tell you that I didn’t follow it today. Hit snooze twice, skipped my journal writing, I did take the dogs out, I’m dressed, and yes, I ran. #263 of 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:
“You can destroy your Now, by worrying about Tomorrow.” – by Janis Joplin via Tracy Benjamin @ www.shutterbean.com

morning babble / Sunday 09-19-21

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!

More Tastykake love again today. So, yesterday I sadly reported that all the Butterscotch Krimplets were inhaled in the house of Evans, including a Little Debbie box of Pumpkin Spice Rolls, which I had gotten because of . . . them being “Pumpkin Spice”. I was then notified of Tastykake having “Pumpkin Spice Cupkakes” and placing it on my family’s grocery list. Well, I have loyal fan who tolerates these babbles and delivered a box to the house yesterday. Do I call her “Mom”? Maybe. But I am still very grateful. Thanks, Mom.

I ran my 5K with a friend of mine (Sal). Actually did a little over 5 miles and that felt good. Different area. Good tough hills. #262. This week on the mill. I will speed it up and get ready for next weekend for the Virtual 5K run for the St. Jude Walk/Run (Philadelphia) – for donations – click here or read more down below! And THEN, the very next day, I’ll be doing the Faithful Friends 5K run at Bellevue State Park in Wilmington. In person that one.

Books on a Sunday!

• I finished the Eat A Peach (a memoir) from David Chang – loved it. I related to him in so many different ways that I had no idea of. He’s very real throughout the book. Tells some really tough soul searching stories as well as the journeys that he pushed through. At the very end, I did enjoy his 33 Rules for Becoming a Chef.

• Next to finish is Austin Kleon’s Keep Going

• Will continue this one as well Leadership in Turbulent Times by Doris Kearns Goodwin

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:
“Successful people become great leaders when they learn to shift the focus from themselves to others.” – by Marshall Goldsmith via Eat A Peach (page 184)