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morning babble / Wednesday 09-08-21

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!

Every one crashed on me early last night. So much so, I thought it was like 11pm or midnight. First day of school brought them all to sleep time fast. I forgot how much that school does that to my family. With Zoom – the kids are still bouncing off the walls afterwards. With actual school, they so tired!

MagMind – 6 hours sleep / broken down :38 min Deep, 2:58 Light, :15 Awake, & 2:25 REM

I ran – #251 of the 5K runs

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:
“Success consists of going from failure to failure without loss of enthusiasm.” – (keep at it) by Winston Churchill via Ray Dalio’s Principles book (page 522)

morning babble / Tuesday 09-07-21

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!

Welcome to Not Monday / Happy New Year to my Jewish friends. Summer – all done after yesterday’s holiday. We actually visited White Clay Creek State Park. Old people busting a move make me smile. The Reggae Music made me remember Soup Dragons “I’m Free.” Going to listen to that album (Lovegod) today.

I ran / #250 of 5K runs in a row for the year.

On the mill, I enjoyed the Kevin Rose Show, who actually has two other podcasts going on – one for cryptocurrency and the other one for NFTs. But this show – just for regular people like us. He had Mathew Walker on who wrote Why We Sleep. He has changed his tune slightly with coffee intake. Stresses that coffee can be good, but pick the timing and dosage of the poison. Make sure you have it a good 10 to 12 hours before bed. AND – you can have up to 3 cups of coffee. Trying to determine the true “cup” of coffee is all over the place though. A cup = 8 oz. But, some people credit a cup of coffee to being 6 oz. The old Mr. Coffee measurements on the side of the pot used to be close to 5 oz. I deem my travel mug an official “cup”. That’s 16 oz though . . . probably shouldn’t have three of those.

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:
“Being poor is not having too little, it is wanting more.” – by Seneca via Ryan Holiday

morning babble / Monday 09-06-21

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 Labor Day! Rosh Hashanah begins tonight (sundown) for all my Jewish friends. Early Happy New Year!

I’m doing my routine today, just shifted it a little later since there was a mini sleeping in. I am working on my 90 minute morning routine. Marked down a couple key start times for various things. Wake up / Bathroom / Hit the treadmill / Coffee Brewing / Dressed for the day / Journal time / Babble / Get the hell outta here time

I ran #249. Little tough on the shins after two days in a row of outside running – those hills

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:
“There’s a sunrise and a sunset every single day, and they’re absolutely free. Don’t miss so many of them.” – by Jo Walton via the MUD\WTR newsletter – click here

morning babble / Sunday 09-05-21

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!

New Hat!

Great Comics from Captain Blue Hen Comics in Newark – all from Garth Ennis! I’m enjoying these, but I also have to dig into the current books I’m reading and wrap them up!

Books!

• Leadership in Turbulent Times by Doris Kearns Goodwin

• Eat A Peach – A Memoir by David Chang

• Keep Going by Austin Kleon

• The Code Breaker by Walter Isaacson (listening to this one)

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 phone gives us a lot but itakes away three key elements of discovery: loneliness, uncertainty, and boredom. Those have always been where creative ideas come from.” – by Lynda Barry via Austin Kleon’s book – Keep Going

2nd QUOTE OF THE DAY:
“You have the best ideas in the shower because it’s the only place you still allow yourself to be bored.” – by Jon Acuff

morning babble / Saturday 09-04-21

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!

That could have been really bad. I did a Superman fall, but I got back up. Garmin alert was tried. Not by me, but by the watch. It knew that something was wrong.

#247 of 5K runs was completed though!

3 Day Fast – Not Labor Day Monday, the following Monday

This month, I’ll enjoy what I wrote in August and edit the junk out of it. All paperclipped up and ready to be enjoyed out loud (to myself) – Confession of a Workaholic. Another word tally goal will be set for October.

Other Goals for the Month:

1. Posting 2 Shorts – “Elevator to Girth” and “Empire”
2. Cold Shower Video – Top 10 things I learned during my cold showering

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:
“Reaching your destination begins with your first step.” – by someone

morning babble / Friday 09-03-21

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 Birthday, Mom! I think this is where she gets all her info on me.

My son, Elliott, was with me all day working and it was great. I kept reaching over an petting him on the head.

I ran #246 of 5K runs for the year – in a row.

New Music Friday:

• Drake’s new album is finally out. Originally scheduled for January . . . there was a delay because of a bum knee. Anyway after teasing the it’s arrival with a SportsCenter spot, Certified Lover Boy is out today – 21 songs, around an hour and a half of music. JAY-Z, Future, Lil Wayne, Rick Ross, Travis Scott. A whole lotta people. It’s first full-length studio record since 2018’s Scorpion

• Charli XCX came out with a new video and single this past week – “Good Ones” but then if you check out the video, it’s difficult to get the image of her dancing on a coffin.

• Swedish pop icons ABBA have shared two new songs, the previously teased “I Still Have Faith in You” and “Don’t Shut Me Down.” The tracks will be included on Voyage, the band’s first new album since 1981. The record is out November 5.

• Jon Batiste has the Freedia Remix of his song “Freedom”. Totally liking the remix, but it also made me pull up his new album from March – We Are. It’s a nice jazz, funk album. Also, he’s the bandleader on The Late Show with Stephen Colbert.  Possible vinyl for me.

• Sting has announced his 15th solo studio album, The Bridge. Today you can hear the upbeat tune, “If It’s Love.” The 10-track album will be released on November 19. He’s going to turn 70 on my daughter’s birthday – October 2nd.

• AJR has teamed up with Daisy the Great for a new song called “Record Player.” The track is a reworked version of the Daisy tune “The Record Player Song,” which was originally released in 2017 before finding a new life recently on TikTok. It was on TikTok that AJR‘s Jack Met heard the original song, and decided to reach out.

• Lastly, I’ve been wrapping this New Music Friday with Donda updates from Kanye West. Yes – it’s out. 27 songs, nearly 2 hours of music. dozens of guests including Marilyn Manson, Chris Brown, the Weeknd, the late Pop Smoke – lots. I’m still listening. I have noticed that there aren’t many drums and that sticks out to me.

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:
“A lot of people approach risk as if it’s the enemy when it’s really fortune’s accomplice.” – by Sting

morning babble / Thursday 09-02-21

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 Friday Eve . . . . happy to be here. We had a lot of weather fun yesterday, huh. Driving not fun again with all the traffic, but then to add in the rain?

We had special day at my daughter’s school where she basically test drives the classroom, sort of tap the water with the toe. Most importantly – picks out her cubby. I was the one taking her because my wife had class. But then she was home – why? Because the weather was so bad, they pushed it to online.

Gave the decision to my daughter – I want to pick out my cubby.

It’ll be an adventure. Not for long. Daddy I’m scared I’m going to close my eyes.

Cars underwater in the middle of Kirkwood Highway / I was being detoured around / People were on top of their cars which were under water. With some levels of water, I only went through because I was up higher via my Jeep.

Got home / Had 2 tornado warnings – so, we all hung out here in the office for those times – no windows in here and much better the laundry room.

Tough getting up today. Yesterday after 4 hours sleep – I was good. Not so much today – got a little over 6 hours.

Pre-industrial Europe study: “households at this time retired a couple of hours after dusk, woke a few hours later for one to two hours, and then had a second sleep until dawn. During this waking period, people would relax, ponder their dreams, or have sex. Some would engage in activities like sewing, chopping wood, or reading, relying on the light of the moon or oil lamps.”

My son – E-man (Elliott) is helping me today.

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:
“Quality is much better than quantity . . . One home run is much better than two doubles.” – by Steve Jobs – that Apple dude. Learned via The Daily Stoic (Aug 30th)

morning babble / Wednesday 09-01-21

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 September! Pumpkin Spice – okay yet? I’ll tell you what’s not okay and it’s that first day of school traffic. Holy not fun. Very negative.

I ran #244. Little scared. Lots of thunder. Meant that there was lightning somewhere. I didn’t need the power going out today, but I got through – full 5k.

Up late last night last night. Took this to the wire.

15,138

14 chapters / Confessions of a Workaholic

Tweet via Dickie Bush

“Three quick writing tips:

• Write and edit at different times
• Read everything you write aloud
• Write to one specific person to solve one specific problem

Every piece of writing advice is somehow related to these three.”

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:
“Writing a novel is like driving a car at night. You can see only as far as your headlights, but you can make the whole trip that way.” – by E.L. Doctorow

morning babble / Tuesday 08-31-21

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!

Welcome to – Not Monday.

I ran. #243 of the 5K runs for the year – in a row.

As my daughter showered last night and I stood patiently awaiting my various check points of determining whether or not the 5 year old was cleaning herself, I starting reading the Austin Kleon book – Keep Going. Only into Chapter 2 and I found this nugget, which I already know, but have difficulty following through on. Every paperwork day (Mondays & Fridays), I have an alarm go off at 3:15pm to wrap up my day. It’s AC/DC’s “Thunderstruck” song. My son exclaimed why’s that playing? My daughter responded, that’s his alarm to wrap things up but he doesn’t. I didn’t. Don’t get me wrong – I got a lot of needed work for the business done. That was good. What was bad – I didn’t get that early afternoon writing that I was hoping for.

I did write though. Countdown to 15,000 words continues for one more day. I think I’m hovering around 13,000 right now. I’ve got a day ahead of me filled with tapping the keyboard. Wish me luck!

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:
“I think I need to keep being creative not to prove anything but because it makes me happy just to do it . . . I think tryin to be creative, keeping busy, has a lot to do with keeping you alive.” – by Willie Nelson via Austin Kleon’s book: Keep Going

morning babble / Monday 08-30-21

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!

I ran #242. Bailed on podcasts today. Right to music to help pick me up.

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”

I wrote last night – Confessions of a Workaholic – I’m now at 12,020.

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QUOTE OF THE DAY:
“To a disciple who was forever complaining about others, the Master said, ‘If it is peace you want, seek to change yourself, not other people. It is easier to protect your feet with slippers than to carpet the whole of the earth.’” – by Anthony de Mello via Tim Ferriss