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morning babble / Wednesday 06-15-22

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!

Happy B-day, E-Man! My son, Elliott, turns 13 today!

Via Seth Godin’s newsletter:

Problems now (problems later)

“People always address now problems before they work on later problems. Every time.”

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200 days until EXIT PLAN

Welcome to AMA Wednesday –

Via someone – “Why did you name your dog Brodie?”

Where’s Brodie?

As you can see, that’s our refrigerator and the adjacent trashcan. He doesn’t do reverse.

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QUOTE OF THE DAY:
“It only takes a day to make change happen. The ocean is made of drops.” – by Seth Godin

morning babble / Tuesday 06-14-22

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!

Exit Plan still needs work. One person away from it all falling apart or being pushed over the top. Two things need to happen – someone steps it up OR more people.

201 days until EXIT PLAN

PODCAST BOOKS ON A TUESDAY!

I really just talked off the top of my head today about journals. These were the two that I mentioned and are my favorites:

1. The Five Minute Journal
2. The Daily Stoic Journal

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QUOTE OF THE DAY:
“Respect is how to treat everyone, not just those you want to impress.” by Richard Branson

morning babble / Monday 06-13-22

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!

Whew . . . I didn’t work out this weekend and definitely did hold back on anything carby that was nearby. Mmm – pretzels – let’s do it. I was ready for the week to begin and get into that routine again. I typically don’t have breakfast during the week and eat maybe as early as 11am. Otherwise, it’s typically 12noon to 12:30pm where I have my first “bite” of the day. Dinner is normally long done by 8pm and no snacking occurs afterwards.

Intermittent Fasting – The 16/8 Method
This method involves eating for 8 hours and fasting for 16. The most common way of scheduling this is by having an open eating window from 12 pm to 8 pm. This means that you’re likely skipping breakfast and taking care to not snack after dinner.

202 days until EXIT PLAN

The business that I’m in I’ve been doing it long enough that I know when people are lying. It happens a lot. I don’t like this “power”

GOAL SETTING MONDAY & REVIEW –

Typically, I talk about setting goals on Mondays and flash my “To Do” list. However, how about a “To Don’t” list? Read some more about it via the Slow Growth newsletter.

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QUOTE OF THE DAY:
“Nothing contributes so much to tranquilize the mind as a steady purpose.” – by Mary Shelley

morning babble / Friday 06-10-22

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!

3 Day Fast ended yesterday at 6:54pm with an IPA beer from River Roost Brewery out of Vermont – thank you Greg for the hook-up.

205 days until EXIT PLAN

New Music Friday:

• There’s a new song out from Pharrell Williams – “Cash In, Cash Out” – once you’re done listening to it. “Cash In, Cash Out” keeps playing over & over in the head. Pharrell teamed up with Tyler, the Creator and 21 Savage for the song. Next weekend – Juneteenth weekend – Pharrell is having his Something in the Water Festival in DC. The three stars – Pharrell, Tyler, and 21 Savage will all be there, so you know you’ll that one.

• New Jack White today . . . actually from Wednesday – “If I Die Tomorrow” is the latest single from his second new album of 2022 and it also has a video to go along with it. Arriving on July 22nd in its entirety is Entering Heaven Alive. We already got earlier singles from this album: “Love Is Selfish” and “Queen of the Bees”. Again, this is his 2nd album of 2022 – Fear of the Dawn being the first.

• The Pixies are dropping a full album on September 30th. Today though, we get the new song: “There’s a Moon On.” It’s the Pixies. Via Pitchfork, I read how they claim their new album is different: “We no longer have under two-minute songs. We have little breaks, more conventional arrangements but still our twists in there.” So, it’s the Pixies but with longer songs. Oh yeah – name of the album is Doggerel (dog erule) which means comic verse composed in irregular rhythm

• Remember that song Girls from the Beastie Boys (video) – Lizzo released her own version and it’s called “Grrrls” – it that beginning part from you’ll hear throughout the song, but what you won’t hear (video) is something like that. The Lizzo song is absolutely a “girl power” anthem song and very well done. Lizzo’s next album Special which arrives next month on July 15th – a whole lot more fun coming from her.

• Today, K-pop band BTS has released their anthology album titled Proof – with over 2 hours of music, you get 35 songs. Remember this is their anthology album – so, there’s only a handful of new songs. But one of them – “Yet to Come” is being pushed with the backing of a new video that they also released today. Video had 8.8 million views in the first hour. That’s Morning Babble material right there. Just kidding.

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QUOTE OF THE DAY:
“The most expensive thing in the world is trust. It can take years to earn and just a matter of seconds to lose.” – by unknown

morning babble / Thursday 06-09-22

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! This is the best day of the 3 Day Fast because I can eat.

6:19pm

Ben & Jerry’s Coffee Toffee Bar Crunch – tonight! with THE BOYS!

206 days until EXIT PLAN

New Music Friday – already listening to new songs from Jack White, The Pixies – personally, I think they release them all early in order to be on “New Music Friday”

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QUOTE OF THE DAY:
“Life’s barely long enough to get good at one thing. So be careful what you get good at.” – by Matthew McConoughey: he’s got that incredible book Greenlights among other things

morning babble / Wednesday 06-08-22

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!

Welcome to Day #2 of the 3 Day Fast – the longest day. No end in sight is being felt. Your body has caught on to what you’re doing, so the senses are getting stronger – scent / taste. Driving along, mouth begins to water because it’s already reacting to the smell your nose has picked up on – a Burger King – about a mile down the road. Finally, the brain puts it altogether.

207 days until EXIT PLAN

Welcome to AMA Wednesday –

Via someone – “How do you write down your ideas?”

The app that I use to sort of “file away my ideas” is Evernote – I love that app. Use it on the phone and the computer. I’ve grown with it over the years, so I realize that there are similar ones out there, but Evernote is the winner for me.

I’m still old school though with writing some things down.

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QUOTE OF THE DAY:
“A smile is a curve that sets everything straight.” – by Phyllis Diller

morning babble / Tuesday 06-07-22

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!

3 Day Fast is underway – like I said yesterday, I dropped the boy off to baseball, hit the Burger King nearby, then came back to the field, but instead of getting out for all to see, I sat in my Jeep and inhaled the burger, fries, and Dr. Pepper. I actually grabbed Reese’s PB Cups from home for a quick dessert. I really packed it in before hitting the start fast button at 6:19PM. So . . . that’s when I can eat again on Thursday – 6:19PM.

I wish I had something new to explain with fasting. I really do enjoy these monthly 3 day fasts – pretty much look forward to them. My body always feels good after the reset AND it builds up my self-control again. 18th month in a row for a 3 Day Fast.

Packing lunch is easy. Water. One day during a fast I had forgotten my lunch bag. Whatever to do! I hit a Wawa, but there are choices in water like the SUPERCHARGED IONIZED ALKALINE WATER. One day I forgot my black coffee. That was sad.

208 days until EXIT PLAN

PODCAST TUESDAY!

I’ve got one that I’ll be listening to today that I’m excited about. The Podcast is called “Love & Respect with Killer Mike.” Killer Mike is from Run the Jewels. On this particular episode, he has my guy Mr. Jack White on. Click here to listen for yourself.

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QUOTE OF THE DAY:
“To improve is to change, so to be perfect is to have changed often.” – by Winston Churchill

morning babble / Monday 06-06-22

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!

I ran.

Didn’t break any records but I got to see a couple friends – Greg & Julie.  Plus, I had my wife and kids making me feel like Superman at the end.  That’s always the best.  I couldn’t imagine actually being good and having your family at the end.  Bryce Harper crushes those home runs, looks into the stands and family screams your the best as well as the rest of the 30k people at the stadium.

Shirtless runner guy is like the shirtless yard working guy – we really don’t need to see that

209 days until EXIT PLAN

Plantar Fasciitis – how do you say it?

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QUOTE OF THE DAY:
“When it comes to mastering a skill, time is the magic ingredient.” – by Robert Greene

morning babble / Friday 06-03-22

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!

ANNNNNNNND IT’S FRIDAY!

I ended up not running yesterday – light jog tomorrow and then Sunday – it’s the 12th Annual Blue Hen 5K – which is a part of the University of Delaware’s Alumni Weekend / Again, this Sunday, June 5th – race begins at 9:30am

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New Music Friday:

• I look hard for new music – good new music, too. So, when I miss an album by someone that I really enjoy listening to . . . I get really bummed. Allan Rayman came out with a new album back on March 18th called Roadhouse 02. Just heard it yesterday. If you haven’t heard of him, go deep on that one – lots of stuff to turn over.

• Yeah Yeah Yeahs – the trio is back with their first new song since 2013. The song is called “Spitting Off the Edge of the World”. It’s from their forthcoming fifth album, Cool It Down, which gets its name from a Velvet Underground track. Full album drop on September 30th. There’s also a video for the song – click here. Might have spitting in the name of the song, but no spitting by lead singer Karen O . . . only in concert form does she do that. (video) On stage, she downs like a pint of beer and then sprays it back out in a fine mist. By the way – that wasn’t easy to find. You “google” spitting and then the name Karen . . . O.

• Megan Thee Stallion has released the official music video for her new song “Plan B.” (video) There, I think that’s all I can play. The song was previously previewed at her 2022 Coachella debut and features track samples of Jodeci and Wu-Tang’s “Freak’n You Remix.” Go off by yourself, put the ear buds in, and enjoy – Megan Thee Stallion.

• New Post Malone album today – It’s been three long years since his last album, Hollywood’s Bleeding and the Posties are hungry. I’m not sure if “Posties” is a thing or not . . . “Swifties” probably don’t like that though. Anyway – Album is called Twelve Carat Toothache and is Post Malone’s fourth studio album. We already got his single with the Weekend, “One Right Now.” The single being pushed today is the one with Doja Cat ” I Like You” (video) You hear that “We went over to France, then we woke up in Japan” – that’s some hook-up. Anway – full album drop – over 40 minutes of music spread out over 14 songs. Enjoy!

• Got a whole lot of new music coming from hard rocker, Shinedown. Set to be released on July 1stst is their 7th full-length studio album: Planet Zero. Apparently there is a whopping twenty new songs on it – a couple have already been released. The majority of this record is drums, bass, guitar, but there are piano songs and they released one today – “Daylight.” Wonderful song – there’s almost a hint of Elton John happening. Not knocking either one – it’s just something I’m hearing . . . and I like. (video). Lead singer, Brent Smith, just grabs you and pulls you in with his vocal storytelling. By the way, great name, Brent.

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QUOTE OF THE DAY:
“Always go with the choice that scares you the most, because that’s the one that is going to require the most from you.” – by Caroline Myss

morning babble / Thursday 06-02-22

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!

HAPPY FRIDAY EVE!

This Sunday – it’s the 12th Annual Blue Hen 5K – which is a part of the University of Delaware’s Alumni Weekend / Again, this Sunday, June 5th – race begins at 9:30am

213 days until EXIT PLAN

I googled “Chicken Butt”

Guess what Chicken Butt Origin
So, where does “guess what chicken butt” come from? The origin of the saying dates back to the 14th century. Back in these times, butchers would take the undesirable cuts of meat, like the shoulders, into barrels – known as “butts.”

Another website that goes even deeper explains: “The retort’s origins are usually speculated to have come from a practice common to street merchants when they would call out what they were offering and how much it cost. One particularly delicious item was advertised as: Chicken butt! Five cents a cut!“

And yet another website, says it’s part of a nursery rhyme?

Guess what?
What?
Chicken butt!

It keeps going!

Guess why?
Why?
Chicken thigh!

Guess where?
Where?
Chicken hair!

Guess when?
When?
Chicken hen!

And then ends with:

Guess who?
Who?
Chicken poo!

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QUOTE OF THE DAY:
“He who is not every day conquering some fear has not learned the secret of life.” – by Ralph Waldo Emerson