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Tuesday, May 21, 2024

Book Review: The Red Bandanna: A Life. A Choice. A Legacy.

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  The Red Bandana is a biography of Wells Crowther, one of the heroes of the September 11th terrorist attacks. Wells worked as an equities t...
Monday, May 20, 2024

Workout Update: 645 Cardio/Lift 4 Day 43

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Day 43 starts week 7 in Lift 4, which is the first "shred" week. Today's workout was Chest and Back as a circuit workout.  Eve...

Book Review: Dune: The Heir of Caladan (Dune #13)

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  The Heir of Caladan, published in 2022, is (at least for the moment) the final prequel novel to Frank Herbert's original Dune novel. I...

Blu-Ray/Movie Review: The Scorpion King

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  The Scorpion King is a 2002 action/adventure movie starring The Rock, Kelly Hu, Steven Brand, Bernard Hill, Peter Facinelli, and Michael C...

DVD/Movie Review: Scary Movie

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  Scary Movie is a parody movie from 2000 that was written by Shawn and Marlon Wayans and directed by Keenen Ivory Wayans. It starred Anna F...
Sunday, May 19, 2024

Blu-Ray/Movie Review: Salt

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  Salt is a 2010 action/spy thriller starring Angelina Jolie, Liev Schreiber, and Chiwetel Ejiofor. The movie is kind of a mix between the B...

Workout Update: 645 Cardio/Lift 4 Day 42

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Day 42 involved the recovery workouts from Lift 4 early in the day and the 645 cardio workout later in the day. The foam rolling routine def...

DVD/Movie Review: Rush Hour 2

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  Rush Hour 2 is the 2001 sequel to the original 1998 movie. It brings back Chris Tucker and Jackie Chan as Carter and Lee and adds Roselyn ...
Saturday, May 18, 2024

Workout Update: 645 Cardio/Lift 4 Day 41

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For day 41, I just did the 645 cardio workout. I selected moves from Insanity (1-2-3 Heismans), P90X (jump switches), and Lift 4 (speed skat...

DVD/Movie Review: Rush Hour

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  Rush Hour is a 1998 action/comedy starring Jackie Chan, Chris Tucker, Ken Leung, Tom Wilkinson, and Tzi Ma. At its core, Rush Hour is real...

Workout Update: 645 Cardio/Lift 4 Day 40

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Day 40 was the final workout in Week 6 of Lift 4, the legs HIIT workout. It was tough, but it had a good selection of exercises. Triple Bear...

Workout Update: 645 Cardio/Lift 4 Day 39

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Day 39 was the shoulders workout in Lift 4 (another interval workout) and 645 cardio in the evening. I maintained the increased weight for e...

Blu-Ray/Movie Review: Role Models

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  Role Models is a 2008 comedy starring Paul Rudd, Sean William Scott, Christopher Mintz-Plasse, Elizabeth Banks, Bobb'e J. Thompson, Ke...
Friday, May 17, 2024

Blu-Ray/Movie Review: Resident Evil Afterlife

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  Resident Evil Afterlife is the fourth installment in the Resident Evil franchise of action/horror movies starring Milla Jovovich. This one...

Workout Update: 645 Cardio/Lift 4 Day 38

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Day 38 was the rest day in Lift 4, so I did the two recovery workouts in the morning and then did the 645 cardio with higher impact exercise...

Workout Update: 645 Cardio/Lift 4 Day 37

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Day 37 was the Back and Biceps workout in Lift 4, which was a 50/50 resistance/HIIT workout, so I did a less intense 645 cardio workout in t...

Workout Update: 645 Cardio/Lift 4 Day 36

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Day 36 was the start of Week 6 in Lift 4, which meant another Chest and Triceps workout, and then 645 cardio in the evening. The Lift 4 work...

Blu-Ray/Movie Review: Star Wars: The Force Awakens

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  +++Warning, I will assume that anyone reading this has seen the movie already, so there will be some spoilerish material in the review, bu...
Thursday, May 16, 2024

Blu-Ray/Movie Review: The Punisher (2004)

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  The Punisher is a 2004 action movie starring Thomas Jane, John Travolta, Rebecca Romijn, Laura Harding, Ben Foster, and Will Patton.  The ...

Workout Update: 645 Cardio/Lift 4 Day 35

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Day 35 was the two Lift 4 recovery workouts in the morning and 645 cardio in the evening. For the evening workout, I did the hardest exercis...

Workout Update: 645 Cardio/Lift 4 Day 34

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For Day 34, I just did the 645 cardio workout. It was what I would describe as moderately intense, with exercises that were a bit more chall...

Workout Update: 645 Cardio/Lift 4 Day 33

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Day 33 was Legs in Lift 4, another 50/50 workout, followed by 645 cardio in the evening. The Legs workout was very challenging, mostly becau...

Workout Update: 645 Cardio/Lift 4 Day 32

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Day 32 was shoulders intervals in Lift 4 and the 645 cardio workout. Both of them went fine. Of course, I selected lower-impact exercises in...

Blu-Ray/Movie Review: The Martian

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  The Martian is a 2015 Sci-Fi/Adventure movie directed by Ridley Scott and starring Matt Damon, Jessica Chastain, Chiwetel Ejiofor, Kate Ma...
Wednesday, May 15, 2024

Blu-Ray/Movie Review: Primal Fear

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  Primal Fear is a 1996 movie starring Richard Gere, Edward Norton, and Laura Linney. It also includes a great supporting cast, including Jo...