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20 runs of 10k Everyday for June! That’s 2/3s of the way done.
BUT – this is the toughest part of the month. This is what I feared most about this running challenge – seriously.
3-Day Fast / This month will be my 30th month in a row for a 3-Day Fast.
Back in 2021 when I ran a 5k everyday – I did the 3-Day Fast throughout it all – no real problems. There were some tough 3rd days of the Fast, but I got through it.
A 10k though . . . obviously, that’s upping the ante.
After my Father’s Day Food Fest, I wanted a couple days to ready the ship.
Kettle & Fire Bone Broth
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QUOTE OF THE DAY: “If a man has nothing to eat, fasting is the most intelligent thing he can do.” – by Herman Hesse
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 / Happy Juneteenth – if you have off today, way to go. Enjoy it.
Hope all the dads had a wonderful Father’s Day yesterday. I actually want a “do over” – not that it was bad or anything. Far from it. It was a wonderful day that I truly wish that I could do again. Got some Vinyl, ate some steak, a little too much beverage, maybe.
Today’s 10k Run – it was like slow-motion (clip)
Being a Monday, I typically like talking about setting up some goals and knocking them down – just for the week
“Hand Me Down” Advice
Via Ben Meer ‘s newsletter (he posts this stuff on social media, too) – he got this idea from Dickie Bush and that is – Create a Frustration List. All those annoying things that bother you – you put it on a list. I created one in my Evernote app. Whenever I come across an issue, I add it in there. Then, what the initial creator of this list – Dickie Bush – does is sets up an hour every week to tackle these issues. To stop the annoyances in your life.
Couple things that I recently knocked out – Screwed in the loose handles on the kitchen cabinets / Fix that bulb – get a ladder to figure out what was needed, order it, and then finally fix it. I ended up replacing them all.
Frustration list Knife in the drawer that shouldn’t be blinking lights in the laundry room carpet squeaky dryer Loose handles on my dresser drawers
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QUOTE OF THE DAY: “The most dangerous drug is instant gratification” – by Ben Meer
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Happy Weekend!
Some of you come for the running / I ran / #16 of the 10k everyday
Some come for the New Music Friday – that’s coming
And some of you come for the random babble – like Worcestershire
Speaking of random – it is Friday and as a family for dinner tonight, we order wings and pizza. My wife normally calls in the order, but the other week, she was not able to do so. My turn.
New Music Friday:
I put together a Spotify playlist of the songs that I talked about and thought about today for New Music Friday. Click here for that!
Listed on Wikipedia – Jon Lajoie – he’s listed as a Canadian comedian, actor, rapper, singer, songwriter, director, record producer, musician and Internet celebrity. For singing, he goes by Wolfie’s Just Fine. I guess the label for his sound would be “Indie rock or folk”. I’m definitely intrigued. I’m enjoying the serious, melodic singing to go along with his comedic or satirical lyrics. The song being pushed today on Spotify is “Hulk Hogan Slammed Andre the Giant.” (clip) That’s funny, but totally digging the sound as well. Entire album is out today which is called: Everyone is Dead Except Us
Alright, let’s get happy (clip) That’s Ben Rector making Sunday sounding like a happy one – he obviously has never lived with a teacher – but Ben Rector – he is by far on of my favorite musicians – has a new album out. It’s a live one called Live from Atlanta, so no actual “new” music, but I’ll still take it. This guy’s sound has picked me up so many times in my life – I owe him something. (clip)
Couple weeks back, this guy – KennyHoopla – released a song called “You Need a Hit” but today we get another one called “Sabotage” and he’s got a little drummer on the ditty named Travis Barker. (clip) KennyHoopla – he’s the opener for some of the shows on the Blink-182 tour this summer. Not a bad gig. Just a couple people showing up there. (clip)
Quick Hits: A lot of Brent favorites have come out . . . Judah & the Lion – not sure if a full album is on the way, but I don’t want to get too greedy since they just had a new one drop a year ago called – Revival. Nevertheless, I’ll take the new single that they just released called “Heart Medicine” (clip) New Spoon – actually, a whole EP . . . a wanna be LP – we get 3 songs in total and slapped the name – Memory Dust on it and off we go (clip) And finally, Killer Mike (1/2 of the tag team known as Run the Jewels) released a new album today called: Michael – bunch of guests adding in their voices too – you have Andre 3000, Ty Dolla $ign, 2Chainz, El-P, and CeeLo Green (clip)
Thank you to Spotify, Rolling Stone, Apple Music, uDiscoverMusic, Pigeons & Planes, Pitchfork & I know there’s more.
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QUOTE OF THE DAY: “No one can change a person, but someone can be a reason for that person to change.” – by Spongebob
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Started with a quote
Because of the book
How to pronounce Samuel Zemurray
Led me to the YouTube version of Alex Lieberman’s podcast The Crazy Ones (clip)
I’ve recently been listening to his podcast – Founder’s Journal
Alex Lieberman is a busy guy – he’s the founder of the Morning Brew – I receive that newsletter daily.
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QUOTE OF THE DAY: “”I’m not afraid to take risks. That’s how I got where I am. But I’m also not afraid to admit when I’m wrong. And I’m always willing to learn from my mistakes.” – by Samuel Zemurray
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!
(clip) So, we have new music (clip)
Happy Weekend! I’ll be with you all weekend checking in on my running. I ran. I already filled out the boxes but I do feel bad a little. Someone reached out and said that they enjoy the anticipation of me marking off the blocks. Anyway I rolled tape on it earlier and sped it up, so we can all zip through it (clip) I got a little excited there at the end.
Oh – other people have reached out and concerned that I’m running outside during this air quality issue. Don’t worry. I’m okay. I know I’m not Superman or anything but I’m trusting my body through it all in telling me “No Brent”. Because, I’ve also had people reach out concerned that I’m running everyday and explaining that I can’t do that. (Cecil clip)
New Music Friday:
I put together a Spotify playlist of the songs that I talked about and thought about today for New Music Friday. Click here for that!
Sam Smith and Madonna are singing together on the song – “VULGAR” which I played at the very beginning of the Babble today. After hearing the whole song, it made me think of another song. Here’s the part of “VULGAR” that I heard (clip) which made me think of this song (clip). Did you hear that? “VULGAR” (clip) then “SexyBack” (clip) I don’t know – just a thought. Maybe I’m listening to JT too much. I do think the combo of Sam Smith and Madonna works out well. I did enjoy the song. No kids in the car though when listening. Safety tip.
(clip) new song and video from Greta Van Fleet. It’s called “Farewell For Now” which is taken from their upcoming album: Starcatcher, which drops in its entirety on July 21st. Just a couple days later, they kick off their world tour in Nashville.
Quick Hits for New Music: Janelle Monáe, her album – The Age of Pleasure – it’s all out today // K-Pop Band – BTS – celebrates the band’s 10th anniversary with the new song “Take Two” (clip) There’s like 15 members in that band – alright 7, but they gotta keep pumping out some new music to cover costs // Another new moon, another new song from Peter Gabriel this year “Road to Joy” brings the tally to 6.
Finally, Vinyl News! – Vampire Weekend (clip) Yeah those guys – they have released a vinyl-only live album called: Frog on the Bass Drum Vol. 01 which includes songs that the band played on tour in Indianapolis back in June of 2019. Jack White’s Third Man Pressing was the vinyl creator behind it all, but only 2,500 copies of the LP were pressed. So yes – it’s already SOLD OUT. Anyone want to make a happy Brent – figure out how I can still get a copy and let me know. You only get like 8 songs . . . I guess why the album was called Vol. 1 – I get it . . . more is coming. The record does include a 10-minute cover of Bob Dylan’s, “Jokerman,” (clip)
Thank you to Spotify, Rolling Stone, Apple Music, uDiscoverMusic, Pigeons & Planes, Pitchfork & I know there’s more.
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QUOTE OF THE DAY: “I don’t know if music can change the world overnight but I know that music can help someone make it through a difficult night.” – by someone
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!
Whew – welcome to Monday. I’m definitely tired today.
Yesterday, I ran in the University of Delaware Alumni 5k Run. I enjoyed it. My daughter enjoyed it too. She ran in the Kids Run.
For my age group, 50 to 59, I took 3rd. “For my age group” – that’s a phrase I definitely want to put forth first in that statement. Later on, my daughter was telling people how I took 3rd and completely ignoring that magical phrase. The letdown on people’s faces. I was 15th overall. My wife got an action shot of me crossing the finish line. (pix) Whole lot better than that video from June 1st. I feel as if I looked “cooler” or at least better. The cute picture winner went to my daughter. (pix)
GOAL SETTING MONDAY –
Talking about setting up some goals and knocking them down – just for the week
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QUOTE OF THE DAY: “The miracle isn’t that I finished. The miracle is that I had the courage to start.” – by John Bingham
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Is it bad when a toenail turns black?
(drop – Ewwwww)
Happy Friday
Day 2 of my 10k every day for June – Did it. Again.
By the way, yesterday’s video. The shot of me running. I know – it didn’t look good.
You were afraid I was going to fall or something, huh. I took that shot – sped it up, slowed it down (you can go slower?).
I follow this woman – The Fashion Jogger – she looks good running. Well, she is attractive. But – she looks cool running. (clip) See. Not me. Don’t worry I won’t show it again.
If you want to watch it again, go watch yesterday’s video. (clip)
New Music Friday:
I put together a Spotify playlist of the songs that I talked about and thought about today for New Music Friday. Click here for that!
Foo Fighters dropped their new album in its entirety – called But Here We Are. Over 48 minutes of new music spread out over 10 songs. We’ve already heard “Rescued” and “Under You” and yes, we can go off and hear the rest, but the one that they seem to be pushing at least on Spotify is “The Glass” (clip)
New Norah Jones, well, not new new. It’s a Deluxe version of her 5th studio album from 2012 called Little Broken Hearts – the Deluxe Edition features an expanded 31-track set curated by Jones herself along with rare bonus tracks, alternate versions, remixes, and a previously unreleased live version of the album. Get it in vinyl – you’ll get 3 circles to spin. I don’t have a clip to play from this album, but one of my favorite songs that Norah Jones did was covering the Soundgarden song – “Black Hole Sun” during the tribute concert for Chris Cornell (clip)
Metro Boomin has put together quite the line-up for the soundtrack to Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse. It’s like a team of Hip-Hop Avengers – you get Future, Don Toliver, 21 Savage, Lil Uzi Vert, A$AP Rocky, James Blake, Wizkid, – the list goes on! (clip)
Here’s some quick hits on new music: New Ben Harper album is out – you get the whole thing – Wide Open Light // One of my favorites – Saba – he has released another single called “hue_man nature” // and finally, Machine Gun Kelly – after dabbling in the genre of rock – he’s back rapping in his new single “Pressure” (clip)
Thank you to Spotify, Rolling Stone, Apple Music, uDiscoverMusic, Pigeons & Planes, Pitchfork & I know there’s more.
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QUOTE OF THE DAY: “It’s the choices that make us who we are, and we can always choose to do what’s right.” – by Peter Parker
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!
Attention Attention
(shot at the window) – Dammit, where’s the sun?
Attention Attention
(shot again at the window) – alright, maybe I’ll put some shorts on now
Attention Attention
Morning Babble intro
Elliott walking through the woods / “Game on”
(Movie drop)
Shot of me running away
(hand swipe) Hi. Welcome to Day 1 of June – I’m tired already. Hopefully, you just witnessed me running away on the trail. Otherwise, I wasn’t successful in getting my son to help me with that shot that I thought up. (drop – Elliott, want to help good ole Dad). So, obviously, this was recorded prior to the run.
Why am I doing this? Well? I wanted a challenge. I wanted to run again more often since I won in my battle against Plantar Fascitiis.
I also saw this woman named Candice Burt who recently completed 200 ultramarathons in 200 days. An Ultramarathon is 50 kilometers. I knew that I wasn’t going to be doing that. BUT – since I did do a 5k every day back in 2021, I knew I needed to up my game.
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QUOTE OF THE DAY: “If I only ran when nothing hurt, I would never run.” – by Dana Carvey
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 Memorial Day Monday! Be sure to remember why we have this day and weekend. Remembering and Honoring those who died serving for this country.
BUT – still be sure to enjoy the grilling, the get-togethers, and the beverage today.
GOAL SETTING MONDAY
Typically, I talk about setting up some goals and knocking them down – just for the week
But for this Monday, I’m going to explain my goal for the entire month of June.
10k every day / Vlogging every day about it too
What I’m looking forward to the most is the morning routine that I’m about to create. I feel that one of my strengths is consistency and THAT is needed with routines.
Daily wake-up time followed by meditating, journaling, running, and vlogging. Work.
I follow Ben Meer (a writer) and also receive his newsletter. He’s used a line: The best morning routine? Starts the night before.
And it’s so true, he also references Cal Newport and discussed a shutdown ritual
Going to work on both of these in June
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QUOTE OF THE DAY: “Running is the greatest metaphor for life, because you get out of it what you put into it.” – by Oprah Winfrey
