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morning babble / Monday 12-05-22

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!

Forgot to mention on Friday that the lights were on the duck tree

27 days until EXIT PLAN

Important date coming up – Monday, December 12th

For the time being, I just gotta put on big boy pants and knock out some work

GOAL SETTING MONDAY & REVIEW –

Accomplishments –

Speaking of knocking out things – let’s set some goals and then clear them out this week

3-Day Fast – I need this win. I need this fresh mind and body feeling that it gives me.

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QUOTE OF THE DAY:
“The ultimate form of preparation is not planning for a specific scenario, but a mindset that can handle uncertainty.” – by James Clear 3-2-1 Newsletter

morning babble / Friday 12-02-22

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!

I did all the things – I wrote last night / I ran this morning / 3-Day Fast begins Monday night

30 days until EXIT PLAN

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!

• “Lux Aeterna” is a Latin phrase that means ‘eternal light’ while also being a hymn chanted by Catholics in honor of the dead. And today, it’s a Metallica song as well. (play clip). Metallica have returned with their first new song in more than six years and , “Lux Æterna” — the lead single from the band’s just announced new studio album, 72 Seasons, arriving April 14th. Their tour dates kick off in Europe the same month, before a string of North American shows later in the year.

• Nas and 21 Savage have shared a new song called “One Mic, One Gun.” Which is interesting because it comes two weeks after 21 Savage dismissed Nas as being “irrelevant.” Both rappers are promoting new albums that were released last month in November. 21 Savage shared Her Loss, his collaborative album with Drake / and Nas dropped Kings Disease III

• Kenny Wayne Shepherd did a complete re-record of his most successful album – Trouble Is and he called it: Trouble Is . . . 25 – because it is. Top to bottom – all reinterpreted and redone. BUT – we also get a new song “Ballad of a Thin Man.” Alright, it’s a new song for Kenny. I know it’s Bob Dylan song. There’s another one on that album – “Everything’s Broken.” In fact, the first time around, Shepherd’s producer wanted him to include the “Thin Man” song, Kenny did not. He wanted “Everything’s Broken.” Both were recorded back in 1997 but “Thin Man” was cut and never released. We got it today though (play clip)

• Metro Boomin has released his 2nd full length album which is called Heroes and Villains. There are 15 tracks and they are packed with stars: Future, 21 Savage, Chris Brown, John Legend, Travis Scott and more. The song Spotify appeared to be pushing was the one featuring Future and 21 Savage called “Creepin'” (play clip)

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QUOTE OF THE DAY:
“You have to start laughing at yourself at some point.” by Christine McVie – the longtime vocalist and keyboardist of Fleetwood Mac, who we lost this past Wednesday (11/30)

morning babble / Thursday 12-01-22

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!

Is this the Horchata that Vampire Weekend is singing about?

I’m struggling today and I’ll try to explain all that in a bit.

HAPPY DECEMEBER & HAPPY FRIDAY EVE!

31 days until EXIT PLAN

So, I wrote and I did my goal of a minimum of 30 minutes of writing every day in November. I’m going to write again today and tomorrow and all weekend. I feel like it’s something that I have to tick off in my head now. That was the main goal to push me into a writing routine.

Now, as for my word total goal of 30,000

Let’s tune in to Brent and get miserable.

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QUOTE OF THE DAY:
“Work is the last socially acceptable addiction” – by David Choe

morning babble / Wednesday 11-30-22

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!

Tonight – The Rockefeller Center Christmas Tree will be lit on Wednesday. It has 50,000 lights and is crowned with a star decked out with 3 million Swarovski crystals.

My tree – still nothing. Something happened to the white bulbs and they are MIA. So, being teased out like this – I went with blue bulbs and they should be here on Thursday.

32 days until EXIT PLAN

I ran / No BJJ though / Gave my shoulder a rest day. Plans are for tomorrow again – then rest for the weekend. We’ll see.

Welcome to AMA Wednesday –

Via someone – “Why didn’t you start December’s 3-Day Fast this week?” 1 – December is tomorrow AND 2 – I always start them on a Monday

Via someone – “What are you doing in 2023?” Something, but something different. Nothing to countdown. Working on some ideas. Running / Journaling (like the actual Journal) / Writing / Less vlog, but bigger concept videos

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QUOTE OF THE DAY:
“Every day, we have the chance to kill the way the world sees us and push the boulder up the hill with a big, fat smile on our faces. To live life without amends.” – by David Chang

morning babble / Tuesday 11-29-22

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!

I’m heading back to BJJ today. It’s been a month. More than a month. My shoulder feels ready. I’m going to warn them all and definitely tappity-tap whenever needed.

Hear about Tom Brady’s Ex-wife – Gisele does BJ . . . J with her trainer.

FYI – all you Tom Brady hater – his team is in first place and we’re going to have to deal with his Bucs in the playoffs. I don’t want to have anything to do with that. WHY? – b/c you have to respect the GOAT – 7 rings. Yes, Pittsburgh that’s more than what you have.

33 days until EXIT PLAN

I wrote – trying to hit that 30,000 words / Also, if anyone has suggestions on an editor or a writing coach.

PODCAST TUESDAY!

Got all caught up with The Dave Chang Show / Heard a good Q&A with Chase Jarvis / and Chris Williamson interviewed Tim Urban.

Built to Sell by John Warrillow

“You’re the man” I don’t want that. I want Clean-A-Tank on its own. Whoever comes out – they need to get what my company has to offer. I’ve got work still ahead.

Also – salespeople – don’t hire the Blakes (basically, the slick talkers) / Hire the Angies

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QUOTE OF THE DAY:
“An angry man opens his mouth and shuts his eyes” – by Cato

morning babble / Monday 11-28-22

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!

Welcome to the longest week of the year – I’m sorry – that’s just how it’s going to feel. Accept it and let’s take it on. However, I do hope everyone had a wonderful holiday weekend. Spend some money? Amazing how you could order some things and then that very afternoon – they were at the door. It was like pizza. Except for white Christmas lights – they have been delayed.

I did some personal shopping on Small Business Saturday – I hit up my local comic bookstore – Captain Blue Hen Comics for my stack of comic subscriptions that came in. Unfortunately, I did not have time to peruse around since there was a big college football game coming on that day. I then headed over to Rainbow Records, my local vinyl shop. And there, I did peruse.

34 days until EXIT PLAN

I did write. I’ll have a final tally for the month on Thursday. Again, not really sure about hitting 30,000 words for the book, but my daily routine of a minimum of 30 minutes writing has definitely been accomplished.

GOAL SETTING MONDAY –

Eat the Frog – we all got them. I have several today. Knock those out first and avoid that anxiety build-up which then affects your other work.

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QUOTE OF THE DAY:
“If you won’t use your heart, who cares if it gets broken? Your heart might still be broken, but it isn’t gone. If it was gone, you wouldn’t be so nice.” – by Kevin McCallister, Home Alone

morning babble / Friday 11-25-22

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!

I ran – yesterday – before the turkey. Not today. Too much Angel’s Envy American Whiskey yesterday. Little slow this morning. I did write yesterday . . . prior to the Turkey which was so smart. Got home and it was straight to bed.

37 days until EXIT PLAN

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!

• New Taylor Swift? Well, sort of – today via the streaming services, you can hear the acoustic version of “Anti-Hero”. It was available a couple weeks ago for purchase from her website along with a couple other “Anti-Hero” versions. The acoustic one is what I’ve heard and it’s very well done, because she’s talented. I don’t think there’s an entire acoustic album coming out, but I wouldn’t put it past her. Give it a couple hours and check back.

• New Soup Dragons? Not really. Old stuff that has been dug up and labeled as The Soup Dragons – Raw TV Products – Singles & Rarities 1985-88. The Soup Dragons earliest recordings and BBC sessions remastered by frontman Sean Dickson. Now, HiFi Sean – that’s what he goes by, I’m still wondering why Hydrophonic, which is the fourth and final studio album from The Soup Dragons, is MIA from the streaming services. I have the CD somewhere in a Rubbermaid bin that’s stacked away in the storage area, but I want it on Spotify or Apple Music. I did find the song that I liked from that album which is called “All Messed Up.” (play clip) At the beginning of the babble, I played a clip of their song “Everlasting” from the Hotwired album. Everybody knows “I’m Free” and I’m a fan, too. Just wanted to introduce some of the other sounds of The Soup Dragons.

• Machine Gun Kelly is rapping again on his latest single, “Taurus.” This past Wednesday he premiered the new video for the song. (Play clip) By the way, this is the title track of his latest semi-autobiographical film of the same name – Taurus, which you can see via YouTube Movies, Apple TV, and On-Demand. MGK plays Cole Taurus, a troubled rock star searching for inspiration to record his next big song while battling drug addiction and fame. The film also co-stars his girlfriend, actress Megan Fox.

• Red Hot Chili Peppers released two new double LPs this past year – not enough? Well, the band has released “The Shape I’m Takin'” which isn’t actually an entirely new song; it was previously a bonus track exclusive to the Japanese edition of October’s 2nd album of the year Return of the Dream Canteen. Today, we can listen and enjoy that tune.

• It’s the weekend – people like to get out and dance. Actually, a whole lot of class reunions are going on this weekend. Not mine. Others and good luck to you all. Anyway, several months ago (like August), I talked about the song “PDA” from Franky. Today, she released along with Jack Wins “Have It All”. (play clip) I’d show you how I’d dance to it, but I look forward to gaining followers, not losing them.

• HOLIDAY MUSIC – This was released a year ago, but I think deserves more attention – Jamie Cullum’s The Pianoman at Christmas (The Complete Edition) is perfect for this upcoming winter holiday – 30 songs / 1 hour and 45 minutes of holiday tunage – add some jazzy sounds to your holidays.

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QUOTE OF THE DAY:
“Make sure you stay in touch with beauty instead of letting the ugliness of the world corrupt your soul” by John Frusciante

morning babble / Wednesday 11-23-22

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 Thanksgiving Eve!

39 days until EXIT PLAN

Welcome to AMA Wednesday –

Via someone – “What do you sleep in?” A bed.

Via someone – “Do you read any novels?” Via an Instagram post from wildethingz, she described this book as being perfect. “The characters are perfect; the story is perfect; and the book as a whole seems to have a life of its own.” She said that she can’t stop thinking about it.

Unveiling of the BLUE Christmas Tree

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QUOTE OF THE DAY:
“It is a great happiness to have what you desire; but it is an even greater happiness not to want more than you already have.” – by Menedemus

morning babble / Tuesday 11-22-22

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 amazing how a good night’s sleep can wash away the angst of yesterday. At the end of my day, I was all out of nice. Nothing good to say. I kept it quiet, because otherwise it would have flowed out. And that’s not good either. Sometimes you need to get it out, but sometimes you need to learn to let it roll away on its own.

40 days until EXIT PLAN

PODCAST TUESDAY!

25 years ago today – we lost Michael Hutchence from INXS

“Not Enough Time”

To help mark the 25th year of the passing of Michael Hutchence, join the INXS Access All Areas Podcast Team and INXS Fans around the World, download the song “Not Enough Time” on the same day. Trying to get it back onto the music charts.

The Dave Chang Show – almost all caught up. I wanted to run so bad today

Tomorrow – Thanksgiving Eve

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QUOTE OF THE DAY:
“Distraction steals what’s not locked down” – by Derek Sivers

morning babble / Monday 11-21-22

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 – Short Week – Think that’s what makes this one of everyone’s favorite holidays. It messes up the workweek. Only 3 days. Yes!

41 days until EXIT PLAN

GOAL SETTING MONDAY & REVIEW –

My daughter had a goal for a family and that was to try having an outing every weekend – to get out or simply outside. Talking to her, you’d think we never did anything. Once she runs out of time on that iPad though . . . we better be doing something.

Anyway – this weekend as a family – we did get out –

Van Gogh immersive experience at the Tower Theatre in Upper Darby – just outside Philly

Vincent Van Gogh

Skull of a Skeleton with Burning Cigarette (1885-86)

My daughter’s family goal of weekend adventures

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QUOTE OF THE DAY:
“If you hear a voice within you saying, “You are not a painter,” then by all means paint, boy, and that voice will be silenced.” – by Vincent Van Gogh