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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)

morning babble / Saturday 09-18-21

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 professed my love for the Kake of Tasty – Tastykake. The favorite overall will always be the Butterscotch Krimpets. I also flashed those Little Debbie Pumpkin Spice Rolls, which got my attention because they were pumpkin spice. Well, I was then notified that Tastykake has Pumpkin Spice Frosted Cupcakes – soooooooo, it’s on the grocery list.

Didn’t run yet. #261 will take place outside on the trails. Hoping to do that tomorrow as well.

Morning Routine from Wake-up to Road – Total time = 2 hours / 30 minutes

4:20am – Wake-up (10 minutes) – A MUST in order for this routine to work

4:30am – Use the toilet & social media consumption (10 minutes)

4:40am – Exercise 50/50/50 (15 minutes)

4:55am – Treadmill run (40 minutes) – Key time to start by

5:35am – Make coffee / Prep Lunch (10 minutes)

5:45am – Get Dressed, Contacts, Teeth (10 minutes)

5:55am – Take dogs out (5 minutes)

6:00am – Write to my journal (10 minutes) – Key time to start by

6:10am – Vlog – morning babble (30 minutes)

6:40am – Final packing for day / Good-byes (10 minutes)

6:50am – Driving to work

AMA Saturday:

• Question #1 – where you at with writing? You promised a short. I actually promised two shorts. So, by next Friday (9/24), I’ll post a short – “Empire.” And then, I’ll post another short the following Friday (10/1). October will be the Countdown to 30,000 words, too.

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 rarest of human qualities is consistency.” – by Jeremy Bentham – English philosopher

morning babble / Friday 09-17-21

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!

Fast is over. I broke the fast with a dinner from Poke Bros – delicious food. Ate it with chopsticks too – so that way I didn’t inhale my food. Not easy when you don’t use chopsticks everyday. So, I saw a billboard yesterday with Butterscotch Krimpets on it. I have not had these Tastykakes in a while.

#260 5K run of the year – almost hitting the less than 100 number

New Music Friday:

• We’ll start with the two men that each play a cello and then call themselves – 2CELLOS. Whole album is out today – Dedicated – includes past songs that I’ve mentioned like Aerosmith’s “Cryin'” and Image Dragons “Demons”. Today, the single that’s being pushed is Guns N Roses’ “Sweet Child O’ Mine”. Great album to get away from the lyrics of the song and simply hear how it’s played out with 2CELLOS – in a kick-ass way.

• Lil Nas X’s full album is dropped today – Montero – 16 songs. All kinds of artists on there: Jack Harlow, Megan Thee Stallion, Doja Cat (who just hosted the MTV VMA’s this past Sunday), Miley Cyrus, and Elton John. If you’ve seen that Uber Eats commercial, that’s Elton John and Lil Nas X. Some people are like – oh, that’s Lil Nas X. Others are like – oh, that’s Elton John. Anyway – not necessarily an album that I would crank but totally appreciate that the dude is good and definitely has hooks in his songs – all over the place.

• JoBros – Jonas Brothers – are back – well actually, they’ve been back and will touring through October 9th. But – today, the sibling trio released “Who’s In Your Head” which recently premiered in front of a live audience on their Remember This tour. This is the 4th release from Nick, Joe and Kevin this year, following “Remember This” and “Leave Before You Love Me,” as well as “Mercy” from the Space Jam: A New Legacy original motion picture soundtrack.

• New Music Video from G-Eazy and Demi Lovato – click here to see “Breakdown”. The song appears on the G-Eazy’s upcoming fourth studio album, These Things Happen Too, which arrives on September 24th.

• Lastly, Allan Rayman released a 2 song EP today – love this guy’s sound. You get “Book” and “Waste My Time”. I couldn’t find any other info about him. Check his website and it doesn’t even have these songs shown on it yet.

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:
“Without music, life would be a mistake” – by Friedrich Nietzsche

morning babble / Thursday 09-16-21

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

Toothpaste tasted so good this morning. Definitely a little slower this morning. I need to pace myself. Day 3 of the 3 Day Fast. Run completed though without any real hardships – #259 of 5K runs for the year.

Last night – I was “hangry” and snapped a little with the kids. Felt so bad. I caught myself though and snuggled with my daughter and probably hugged my son more than he wanted. Been a rough work, but I try to not bring that home.

“Don’t let a bad day affect being a good father.” via Ryan Holiday’s Daily Dad

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:
“Find the miracle in every day.” – Inspired by John Jantsch’s book – The Self-Reliant Entrepreneur

morning babble / Wednesday 09-15-21

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!

Day 2 of the 3 Day Fast / 1st day ended and I really felt good. Morning run on the mill was good – #258. I did NOT enjoy my water and cucumber yesterday. Not sure why, but I pulled that stuff today. I just made sure I iced up one of my waters up. Hot one. You know what that means – this is when I should have a sound drop of my daughter asking “why are the girls’ shirts so short?” I do have to pick up kids again today, so I’m sure that there will be some backseat commentary. I’ll keep you posted. BUT – I’m picking them up because my wife is staying for her class that is in-person this evening. I have to feed the kids. Cook them up some chicken nuggets and mac & cheese – every daddy’s go-to. You know how good that’s going to smell to me.

6:47pm Thursday – I can eat again.

Still tweaking my morning routine – found this app that helps me tally up all my little “to-dos”. I’m already beginning to understand why I leave for work as late as I do at times. I plan on going over that this Saturday.

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 must believe in the possibility of happiness in order to be happy” – by Leo Tolstoy via his book – A Calendar of Wisdom (Day – May 31st)

morning babble / Tuesday 09-14-21

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!

Picked up my kids from school yesterday. Driving through the college town of Newark for the University of Delaware – on a warm day.

3 Day Fast is on – I can’t eat until Thursday evening at 6:47pm – again, this is my 9th fast of the year. Resetting my system to help with allergies, but I won’t lie, I was feeling a little puffy lately. Also, my self control around some foods . . . I was having big muffins for breakfast, lots of Pumpkin Spice somethings already, going back for 2nds. My running allows me to eat fairly without a worry. BUT – if I keep this up, I’ll have to do 5K twice a day every day. Don’t worry that’s not going to be a yearly goal.

Speaking of 5Ks – I did my 257th in a row

NFT – Non Fungible Token

I listened to the podcast Modern Finance with Kevin Rose. He had on Tyler Hobbs who designs NFTs and Art Blocks.

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 imitator dooms himself to hopeless mediocrity.” – by Ralph Waldo Emerson

morning babble / Monday 09-13-21

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!

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

morning babble / Sunday 09-12-21

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!

We’ve got the bird. Still no name though. We’ve had Potato, Sunshine, JD, Jack, Frank – not sure of the sex. Need a DNA test.

FOOTBALL! Every Sunday between now and February. NICE!

Books!

• On Writing by Stephen King

• Watership Down by Richard Adams

• Red by Sammy Hagar

• Principles by Ray Dalio

• Sex, Drugs, and Cocoa Puffs by Chuck Klosterman

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

morning babble / Saturday 09-11-21

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!

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”:

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

morning babble / Friday 09-10-21

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!

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