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Six Days in June by the Fratellis – that’s the first song that I’ve been listening to every morning when I sit down here at the desk. The moment that I hear the beginning piano notes – something just clicks. I know that I need to try and talk “real good.” For new music Friday – tomorrow, I’ll pass along via Spotify my Morning Babble playlist, but . . . it constantly changes and it’s all over the place.

Something magical happened yesterday – with Worcestershire. (watch video)

Last June, I began this 52 Meals Challenge (Yes – I’m behind with the posts, but I have more coming!) Next real time challenge coming is Moqueca – Brazilian seafood stew. AND – Moqueca is the new blue card!

I ran, I vlogged – 84!

QUOTE OF THE DAY:
“Change the “got to” to “get to”. Instead of “I got to write tonight” change to “I get to write tonight” – said by a lot of people

blah, blah, blah – this is the morning scribble of my babble – clean up still needed.

Busy day . . . South Jersey day. In a certain section, I lose internet and phone connection for like 3 to 4 hours. As soon as I leave that area, my phone blows up with voicemail message and text messages. I then know I’m back in the real world.

I ran #83 and I’m vlogging – but . . .

I feel like a jerk. Let me explain what happened in me getting an early birthday gift.

Handmade gift from Molly Alexandra

Tangent. Garmin watch gripe. Wants me to get up and move when . . . I just got up and MOVED! 🙂 All good.

QUOTE OF THE DAY:
““He who laughs has joy. The very soul must be happy and confident, lifted above every circumstance.” — Seneca

blah, blah, blah – this is my scribble before the clean-up

Conspiracy theory – tired of them
1) Flat earth – not round, but still flat.

2) Biden is really Trump and Trump is really Biden. Yup, just like that movie Face Off – starring John Travolta and Nicolas Cage

3) Rivers Cuomo is Kurt Cobain. It was funny – I was listening to a podcast with Rick Rubin called Broken Record and he had Rivers Cuomo on. Just for the people who don’t know. Rivers is with Weezer. Cobain was with Nirvana . . . until he killed himself. Or did he? Anyway, with the podcast, Rick Rubin interviewed Cuomo as if he was Cobain – just as a joke. But – I can just see where that would breathe some life into that conspiracy, too.

Enjoy the Now moment – One of my favorite parts of my day yesterday was picking up my daughter from school. Schedules recently changed for the Spring until the end of the school year and every Monday, I get to pick her up. She makes me feel like the greatest person in the world because I’m just picking her up. Right away in the Jeep, she announced, I can’t wait for you to get me next Monday. I am so glad that I get to that. Favorite, wonderful memories being made.

I ran! / I vlogged! / 82 in a row

QUOTE OF THE DAY:
“People hold onto conspiracy theories for the same reason they root for the underdog in sports, or they pick the most obscure film or band to be their favorite music, or they try to join secret clubs—the exclusivity grants them a feeling of importance.” by Mark Manson

Whew – Spring just got here and I’m already feeling the allergy season. Now, I know that I say I do the monthly 3 day fasts to help control my allergies and it does. It’s not perfect, but I’m not popping Claritin D pills like M&Ms, which is a good thing. I’m yet to have one this year. Although Walgreens reminds me to still get the stuff with their drug pushing coupons – $4 off available until 4/7. FYI – Buying just birthday cards – I got that coupon.

Birthday Month!

One week ago – it was my brother-in-law Nick’s birthday

Yesterday – it was my sister-in-law Julie’s birthday

And today – it’s my father-in-law Randy’s birthday. The man also known as G-Dog to my kids – Coolest granddaddy name that I know of. FYI – I know there are other family birthdays this month, too. So – Happy Birthday to all of you, too. I mean, everyone’s is this month – My wife was earlier is in the month and mine is this Saturday (best for last).

I finished a book . . . finally! Matthew Walker’s Why We Sleep is done!

I ran! #81 in the books. Streak continues along with the daily vlogging – thank you for tolerating me. I really do appreciate it.

QUOTE OF THE DAY:
“Comparison is the thief of joy.” – by someone

Morning mud (aka MUD\WTR) It’s good stuff. Logo is tiny on the container though. However, if nutrition facts is your game – Boom! – they are huge. (Watch video below).

FYI – I haven’t run yet. #80 will be done outside today on the trails! Can’t wait. Yeah – and welcome to our first FULL day of Spring. It officially began yesterday at 5:37am, but today we get the first full 24 hours of Spring.

Books!

• This week I should be wrapping up one, two, or even three (it’s an omnibus of comics). In turn, I’m hoping to be announcing new books that I’ll be cracking open next Sunday. Putting the pressure on. Too many times this week, I just found myself sitting in our house library at night and I had not gotten the opportunity to even touch a book.

• Couple of my favorites that I always have on my desk to help kickstart me along at times. I believe I’ve mentioned them before, but here they are:

1. Steven Pressfield – The War of Art
2. Jocko Willink – Discipline Equals Freedom Field Manual

• The book that I mentioned this past Thursday morning before getting sidetracked with NFTs is Twyla Tharp’s The Creative Habit. I really love the layout of this book which makes it easier to read. Fonts vary, certain sections already highlighted – I thoroughly enjoyed it. Today, I read about Thomas Edison and a hiring tactic of his . . . again, go watch that video.

QUOTE OF THE DAY:
“Not all readers are leaders, but all leaders are readers.” – by Harry Truman

Morning Babble Wake-up Playlist . . . coming soon!

We (my little family of 4) have got our new Friday Night show to watch every week again! It’s The Falcon and the Winter Soldier. Last night, we saw the first episode – only 5 more episodes as it will run through April 23. I was hoping for more. This probably hands off to The Black Widow movie, which is slotted for May 7th. Marvel smart. They always got something coming.

I ran. I vlog. 79 in a row.

AMA Saturday:

• Question #1 – are you really skipping out on alcohol for the month of April? Yes. Beginning 4/1 and it won’t be an April Fool’s joke. I’m all in!

• Question #2 – have your parents gotten their 2nd shot yet? No. That’s next Friday. But today, my wife gets her 2nd. Me – I patiently await for eligibility. I’m ready for it!

QUOTE OF THE DAY:
“You are whatever you pretend to be” – Kurt Vonnegut

Happy Friday / Streak continues – I’m at 78. I ran. I’m vlogging. Facebook still doesn’t want me. You know the toughest part about that is explaining to your mom that I really didn’t do anything wrong. Honest, Mom.

New Music Friday:

• The Biebs is up first. Justin Bieber’s new album Justice is out. Getting all kinds of attention over that Cease and Desist letter from the French duo Justice. Basically, their logo is on the cover of his new album. Anyway – let’s talk about the music part of it. Heard “Peaches” first today – made me laugh . . . not in a good way though. Then, there’s that song that radio is overplaying right now “Lonely” – that one gets into your head and hurts. Can’t wait for the next one. This isn’t all negative, I know the guy is talented. I did listen to “As I Am”. Khalid sings on this song, too. Now, that’s a good pop song.

• New album from Jon Batiste – he’s the bandleader on The Late Show with Stephen Colbert. Nice jazz, funk album – We Are . “Whatchutalkinbout” is fun 2 minute song. I believe the entire album is going to be something that I’ll be listening to.

• Speaking of 2 minute songs – I did listen to some new Hip Hop, Lil Tjay’s “Head Shot” and Lil Mosey’s “Try Me”. However, both – I think should have been just a bit longer. I just felt that they ended abruptly and wanted more. Now, TikTok star, Addison Rae‘s song – “Obsession”. That’s another short one, but I enjoyed it.

• Harry Connick Jr. and Lana Del Ray – whole album drops from them today

• BREAKING AND ENTERING – The Talbott Brothers reached out and liked my vlog from last Friday. So, I listened to their stuff. Folk, rock sound – brotherly duo. I’d compare them to the bands: Beta Radio and NEEDTOBREATHE. Listened to their originals, but what’s always good to hear is a cover song that’s well done. They did the Boss’ song “Dancing in the Dark” – on their most recent album Acoustic Selections From Ghost Talker.

QUOTE OF THE DAY:
“Be yourself is all that you can do.” – by Chris Cornell

Happy Friday Eve! This is the scribble . . . cleaning it up later. Links are in there.

Enjoyed some original Muppet Shows last night with the family. I think it was funnier watching the kids react to what was being shown. Muppets looked dirty though and I forgot how much of a Playboy Kermit was – asking all the female guests to kiss him. The kids did appear to enjoy it though. At one point, my daughter was like how old is this show. My wife stated daddy watched this when he was younger than you. “Whoa – that’s old.” Thanks Violet. Disney Plus got all the shows.

I ran. 77

So, NFTs – Non Fungible Tokens. I was listening to a new Kevin Rose podcast. I’ll provide the link. Future of art – CryptoPunks – which were given away for free back in June 2017 Ethereum blockchain. Look like they belong in Donkey Kong arcade game. Go for $40k. Some several $100k.

This is the book that I kept flashing: Twyla Tharp’s “The Creative Habit”

QUOTE OF THE DAY:
“The more I practice, the luckier I get.” – by Gary Player

Scribble will be tidied up at some point. Gotta watch that video!

So, the house has a leprechaun. My daughter left out some “bait” but without a trap. Anyway, so that was a picture of the mess it left behind.

This is the only time of year that you can have this packed for your lunch and someone else will be like – “Mmm-mmm. That looks good!” Any other time – “ew – it’s green.”

Rice Krispy Treats with Lucky Charms cereal.

Lucky Charms cereal was created back in 1964. It runs 57 this Saturday.

Running Socks

The Black & Blue Sock company

QUOTE OF THE DAY:
“Ego is an evil thing. Confidence is important, but ego is something false. Humility is the way to build confidence, and ego is hugely dangerous in this sport, because if you’re running on ego, you aren’t running on good clean emotions, or cause and effect. You bypass it to support a false idea. It’s all garbage, the ego is garbage.” — by Frank Shamrock (former MMA fighter)

I’ll clean up the scribble later

Give it another day and maybe we won’t be talking about this Daylight Savings Time anymore. Almost normalcy. However, I did mess up in not setting my alarm 15 minutes earlier today. I do that to help give me a little more time before a day out on the road. This is when not just the morning routine is important, but also the evening routine. The night before is when I get everything laid out correctly. Pack the night before both running clothes and work clothes. Prep the java brewing. Lunch is ready. Allows you not to think. An important part of the evening routine is checking that alarm though.

Garmin watch / Nike app

Charcuterie Board / Maiale – go get their Mexicano sausage sandwich – delicious

QUOTE OF THE DAY:
“Failure isn’t a necessary evil. In fact, it isn’t evil at all. It is a necessary consequence of doing something new.” – by Ed Catmull (Pixar)