Author: Brent Evans

morning babble / Tuesday 07-19-22

This is the scribble that leads to the babble. Sometimes, it gets tidied up; but other times, not so much. When all else fails: watch the video!

Tuesday – I always joke about it not being Monday. BUT – this is always one of my toughest days. I attack on Monday and lay out some good groundwork. Since a good amount of goals were hit on Monday, expectations are then set for Tuesday. However, I typically hit the road on Tuesdays and that’s when things can go awry. I find myself by the end of Tuesdays – screaming for Fridays. I’m not trying to be a downer. I’m just trying to figure it out. I don’t want it to be like that. I do know that dinner tonight is pasta and wine – that always makes me smile.

Good hat day – they happen / reached out and picked on my hat – sweat marks

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PODCAST TUESDAY!

I listened to a lot of podcasts again, but none were worthy of me saying “Hey – go check this one out.” Various issues – accent / host had poor delivery with questions to the guests / Another host threw out too many big words

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QUOTE OF THE DAY:
“Stay afraid, but do it anyway. What’s important is the action. You don’t have to wait to be confident. Just do it and eventually the confidence will follow.” – by Carrie Fisher

morning babble / Monday 07-18-22

This is the scribble that leads to the babble. Sometimes, it gets tidied up; but other times, not so much. When all else fails: watch the video!

No more baseball games / No more swim meets – summer is almost over

A friend of my son’s – so, this kid was like 12 (Cohen) – he was wearing a t-shirt that said “I love hot moms”. There is a very small window of time when that’s so cute. Could you imagine me wearing that to the meet?

Run the Jewels had new music on FRIDAY!!!!! It was “Terrible 2’s” by DJ Premier, but it most definitely featured Run the Jewels

Jack White is coming this Friday / Vinyl arrives this week – Entering Heaven Alive

167 days until EXIT PLAN

GOAL SETTING MONDAY & REVIEW –

Meditate Every Day!

All month – the goal is daily meditation. I’m officially signed up through the Waking Up app – it’s from Sam Harris – author, philosopher, podcaster, not the singer. 

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QUOTE OF THE DAY:
“I never stop reading. I read everything, and I read every day. If you never read anything, be curious. Curiosity is the true foundation of education, reading things that we’ve factually already agreed on, and I love reading books. With that said, it’s more important that you ask the question ‘why.’” – by Killer Mike

morning babble / Friday 07-15-22

This is the scribble that leads to the babble. Sometimes, it gets tidied up; but other times, not so much. When all else fails: watch the video!

Fast is over

Just a quick recap of the 3-Day Fast. Went well. I thoroughly enjoy them too. Again, that was my 19th month in a row of having a 3-Day Fast. I honestly look forward to them. It’s not just a physical reset, but a mindful one, too. More self-control. Except with Peanut Butter.

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Last weekend, Rage Against the Machine performed for the first time live in 11 years. I couldn’t make it out that way. BUT – apparently, lead singer – Zach hurt himself during the 2nd concert in Chicago and had to sit during parts of the show. No further updates, but they appear to be marching onwards. By the way, their opener is Run the Jewels

New Music Friday:

• Full record drop today from Lizzo – it’s her 4th studio album and called Special. We already got the songs: “About Damn Time” and “Grrrls” (no I, 3 R’s). Apparently when she was writing the album, she started out with around 200 songs – we got 12 of them – about 35 minutes of music. It appears that they are pushing “2 Be Loved (Am I Ready)” as the latest single. Jumping around, I listened to “Naked” because . . . naked? “Break Up Twice” which was produced by Mark Ronson. “Everybody’s Gay” and “Birthday Girl” – good ones, too.

• We got another new song today from Death Cab (for Cutie). It’s called “Here to Forever” and there’s a video out as well. (you just saw a little blip of it). The band’s 10th album – Asphalt Meadows is due out Sept. 16th. I’ve said this before but Death Cab holds a special place in my heart. Their album PLANS was the first album I ever downloaded onto my iPod, which is now extinct. I listened to the junk out of that album though.

• We got the third single from Calvin Harris’ upcoming LP: Funk Wav Bounces Vol. 2 — full album drop on Aug. 5th. Today’s new track is called “Stay with Me” and features Halsey, Justin Timberlake and Pharrell Williams. Not too shabby. The video at the time of this recording was not fully released yet. The majority of you could probably go catch it now though by clicking here. With Halsey, Timberlake, and Pharrell – you gotta have a video.

• Lastly, Pink dropped her latest song “Irrelevant”. Certain court decision got her mad. She teased the song earlier this week with postings on social media. Napkin with scribbled out lyrics. Statement of “Woke up. Got heated. Wrote song.” It’s a good song. That’s all I’m saying. “Irrelevant” by Pink.

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QUOTE OF THE DAY:
“When ignorance reigns, life is lost” by Zach de la Rocha

morning babble / Thursday 07-14-22

This is the scribble that leads to the babble. Sometimes, it gets tidied up; but other times, not so much. When all else fails: watch the video!

HAPPY FRIDAY EVE!

3 Day Fast ends today at 6:23pm

Tacos and beverages

Taco in a Bag / Walking Taco

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sky-blue pink playlist via Spotify

Just trying to provide some smiles today!

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QUOTE OF THE DAY:
“The most important decision you make is to be in a good mood.” – by Voltaire

morning babble / Wednesday 07-13-22

This is the scribble that leads to the babble. Sometimes, it gets tidied up; but other times, not so much. When all else fails: watch the video!

Day 2 of the 3-Day is underway. Hardest and longest day. Typically, I start getting a headache between Day 2 night and Day 3 morning/late morning

6:23pm on THURSDAY – I’m free

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I have a bad feeling about this.

Got home yesterday and interrupted my wife from doing her paper. I explained that I need a punching bag. I then proceeded to tell her stories of the day. Feel bad now. I just wanted to vent, but it’s the same old stories – just mix around the characters.

Welcome to AMA Wednesday –

Via someone – “Are you meditating?”

YES – 13 days in a row

All month – the goal is daily meditation. I’m officially signed up through the Waking Up app – it’s from Sam Harris – author, philosopher, podcaster, not the singer. Good voice though. Maybe he could sing. Surprise me. Just like Seth MacFarlane did.

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QUOTE OF THE DAY:
“What starts as an excuse can easily become a habit. Don’t let a bad day become a lifestyle” – by James Clear

morning babble / Tuesday 07-12-22

This is the scribble that leads to the babble. Sometimes, it gets tidied up; but other times, not so much. When all else fails: watch the video!

1st Day of the 3 Day Fast – I’m trying to write a script for a separate video, so I can refer to that. My friend, Cecil, is willing to help me with that one.

19th month in a row for 3-day fasts

I first learned about fasting through – Tim Ferriss. One of his books that you would think includes information on fasting is his book: The 4-Hour Body. But – that’s not true.

15 Minute Female Orgasm?

The book that includes some good info is the Tools of Titans

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6:23PM – dinner ended

So, my little girl wanted the family to go for a walk last night. We really are fortunate with the backyard that we have and how it backs up to trails.

Unfortunately, I had work to “paperwork” and I wasn’t going to go.

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QUOTE OF THE DAY:
“Fasting blinds the body in order to open the eyes of your soul.” – by Rumi

morning babble / Monday 07-11-22

This is the scribble that leads to the babble. Sometimes, it gets tidied up; but other times, not so much. When all else fails: watch the video!

Happy Monday – tell yourself that.

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GOAL SETTING MONDAY & REVIEW –

Visited one of my favorite places this weekend – Captain Blue Hen Comics in Newark, DE

My YouTube channel – click here – states “Motivated to improve life for myself and everyone!”

3 Day Fast begins tonight!

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QUOTE OF THE DAY:
“Every morning we get a chance to be different. A chance to change. A chance to be better.” – by Nicole Williams

morning babble / Friday 07-08-22

This is the scribble that leads to the babble. Sometimes, it gets tidied up; but other times, not so much. When all else fails: watch the video!

It’s great having those 3-day weekends with the 4th being this past Monday. BUT – it never ends up feeling like a shorter week. They always feel longer. Welcome to Friday – we all deserved it . . . probably as early as Wednesday, but we got it now.

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Clerks 3 trailer is out and I’m excited – click here for that. Movie out this fall.

I’m excited for the music that Kevin Smith will use. His movie – Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back have two of my favorite uses of music in them. The first one is with Bon Jovi’s Bad Medicine.

I don’t know how much of that I can play. And then Shannon Elizabeth introduces her friends and they have their own song.

That’s Eliza Dushku on the right.

New Music Friday:

• A guy with a great first name released his latest album today – Wasteland – I’m talking about Brent Faiyaz. Checks in at just over an hour and spread out over 19 tracks. Although, some of those tracks aren’t full blown songs . . . one is even listed as a “skit.” Nevertheless, there’s a bunch of guest appearances from Tyler, the Creator to Alicia Keys to Drake as well as The Neptunes. Again, Brent Faiyaz with Wasteland.

• The 1975 have officially announced their next album. Being Funny in a Foreign Language. Today, we get one of the 11 tracks called “Part of the Band,” which arrives with a new video as well. Full album drop . . . October 14th.

• Run the Jewels is one of my favorites to listen to. Half the group is Killer Mike, who is back with his first new solo song in 10 years. The single is called “Run” and features a guest verse from Young Thug as well as an introductory monologue by Dave Chappelle. There’s a video out and it portrays a narrative of Black people fighting against fascists attempting to return the South to the Confederacy. Killer Mike – keeping it real good . . . all the time.

• Brent Favorite – Old Sea Brigade aka Ben Kramer shares his latest single “Stayed Up Late” – it’s off his third studio album – 5AM Paradise – which drops October 28th. He has that acoustic chill sound going for him that you would experience in a coffeehouse . . . or at least on a coffeehouse playlist. Overall, check him out at Old Sea Brigade.

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QUOTE OF THE DAY:
“Sometimes it feels like you’re losing, but even when you’re losing, you’re getting something.” – by Eliza Dushku

morning babble / Thursday 07-07-22

This is the scribble that leads to the babble. Sometimes, it gets tidied up; but other times, not so much. When all else fails: watch the video!

Via the website Genius.com: “The Sleep album Dopesmoker consists of a single, 63 minute song written by the band over the course of 4 years during the mid 90’s. The band’s epic struggles to have it recorded and released between 1995, when they were first ready to record, and 2003 (remastered in 2012), when the 4th and final version was released, are legendary. Despite being rejected numerous times by record labels, Dopesmoker was highly critically acclaimed, and is now considered a touchstone of stoner metal and doom metal. Dopesmoker had been presumed to be Sleep’s final album for over a decade, before the release of The Sciences on 4/20/18.” Anyway – Third Man Records – Jack White’s record company

HAPPY FRIDAY EVE!

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Day #7 of Meditation

All month – the goal is daily meditation. Officially signed up through the Waking Up app – it’s from Sam Harris – author, philosopher, podcaster, not singer.

Played the Korn song “Coming Undone” really loud yesterday.

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QUOTE OF THE DAY:
“Think of yourself as dead, you have lived your life. Now take what’s left and live it properly.” – by Marcus Aurelius

morning babble / Wednesday 07-06-22

This is the scribble that leads to the babble. Sometimes, it gets tidied up; but other times, not so much. When all else fails: watch the video!

Clerks 3 Trailer premieres today at 12pm. I’ll be stuck in Bridgeton, NJ around that time. Not looking good for me witnessing that fun as it unfolds.

Blueberry bagel at Dunkin / I still ask for it

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Welcome to AMA Wednesday –

Via Jay – “What comics are you reading?”

Brian Michael Bendis / Garth Ennis

Always support your local comic book store – Captain Blue Hen Comics in Newark, DE

You know who else is a big comic book fan – Silent Bob

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QUOTE OF THE DAY:
“I try never to worry in general. Worry is interest paid in advance on a debt that never comes due.” – by Kevin Smith