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Sunday, August 31, 2025

Workout Update: 25 Minute Speed Train: Day 14

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Day 14 is another flexibility and mobility day in the 25 Minute Speed Train workout. This one has a good selection of stretches that, by the...

Blu-Ray/TV Series Review: Cheers: Season 7

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  The 22-episode seventh season of Cheers aired during the 1988/1989 TV season. The beginning of the season was delayed by the 1988 writers...
Saturday, August 30, 2025

Workout Update: 25 Minute Speed Train: Day 13

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Day 13 was the total-body workout for the week. It is a bit of a misnomer, since nearly every workout is a total-body workout, as you are al...

Blu-Ray/TV Series Review: The Big Bang Theory: Season 12

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  The 24-episode 12th and final season of The Big Bang Theory aired during the 2018/2019 TV season.  It does a good job tying up storylines ...
Friday, August 29, 2025

Workout Update: 25 Minute Speed Train: Day 12

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Day 12 was the second upper-body workout of the week, which is a burnout workout. So, you do four blocks, each with one weighted exercise (c...
Thursday, August 28, 2025

Workout Update: 25 Minute Speed Train: Day 11

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Day 11 was the second lower-body workout of the week. This workout consists mainly of lunges and calf raises, but it also includes a deadlif...

DVD.Movie Review: Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon: Sword of Destiny

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  Sword of Destiny is a sequel to the 2000 movie Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon. It stars Michelle Yeoh (who was the only cast member from t...
Wednesday, August 27, 2025

Workout Update: 25 Minute Speed Train: Day 10

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Day 10 was the second core-cardio workout of the program. It was another challenging workout, but I would say it is more focused on core tha...
Tuesday, August 26, 2025

Workout Update: 25 Minute Speed Train: Day 9

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Day 9 was the first upper-body workout of week 2. It was a super burnout workout, meaning all the band exercises are in the fourth block at ...

CD/Music Review: Paula Abdul: Head over Heels

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  Head Over Heels, released in 1995, is the third studio album from Paula Abdul. The album comprises 14 tracks, primarily falling within the...
Monday, August 25, 2025

Workout Update: 25 Minute Speed Train: Day 8

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Day 8 is the first workout of week 2, and the first lower-body workout of the week. This is a burnout workout. So each block has one weighte...

Book Review: Star Wars: Reign of the Empire: The Mask of Fear

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  The Mask of Fear, published in 2025, is the first in a new trilogy of canon novels by Alexander Freed, detailing the early years of the Em...
Sunday, August 24, 2025

4k-UHD/Movie Review: The Crow (1994): Limited Edition Steelbook

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  The Crow is the cult classic 1994 movie starring Brandon Lee, Ernie Hudson, Rochelle Davis, Michael Wincott, Michael Massee, David Patrick...

Workout Update: 25 Minute Speed Train: Day 7

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Day 7 is the first "rest" day of the program, which is a flexibility and mobility routine. It incorporates some yoga poses, such a...
Saturday, August 23, 2025

Workout Update: 25 Minute Speed Train: Day 6

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Day 6 was the first full-body workout day in 25-Minute Speed Train. Like the other workouts, especially the core-cardio workout, this one ha...
Friday, August 22, 2025

Workout Update: 25 Minute Speed Train: Day 5

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Day 5 was the second upper-body workout of the program. This had the same burnout format as the first workout, consisting of four blocks of ...

Blu-Ray/TV Series Review: The Big Bang Theory: Season 11

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  +++Warning, this will spoil the cliffhanger from the end of season 10, but no major giveaways from season 11++++ The 24-episode 11th seaso...
Thursday, August 21, 2025

Workout Update: 25 Minute Speed Train: Day 4

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Day 4 was the second lower-body workout of the week. This one was a burnout workout, similar in format to the upper-body workout. There are ...
Wednesday, August 20, 2025

Workout Update: 25 Minute Speed Train: Day 3

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Day 3 of 25-Minute Speed Train is the first core-cardio workout of the program. It again has four blocks of work (after a short warm-up), ea...

CD/Music Review: Paula Abdul: Spellbound

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  Spellbound, released in 1991, was the second studio album by Paula Abdul, and the follow-up to her massively successful debut album, Forev...
Tuesday, August 19, 2025

Workout Update: 25 Minute Speed Train: Day 2

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Day 2 was the first upper-body workout of the week (and the program). Whereas yesterday's workout had a super burnout format, this one h...

Blu-Ray/TV Series Review: Black Sails: Season 1

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  Black Sails was an action-adventure series that blended a fictional pirate story with real-life historical figures. It was written as a pr...
Monday, August 18, 2025

Workout Update: 25 Minute Speed Train: Day 1

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Day one of the 25-Minute Speed Train is a lower-body workout. It consists of three blocks. In the first, you do a front-loaded goblet sumo f...

4k-UHD/Movie Review: American Pie 2 (Deluxe Collector's Edition) [UK Import]

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  American Pie 2 is the 2001 follow-up to 1999's unexpected hit comedy, American Pie. All the primary cast members (Jason Biggs, Seann W...
Sunday, August 17, 2025

Workout Update: 25 Minute Speed Train (Sample Workout)

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It's been a while since I wrote one of these updates, and not quite as long since I last worked out. I stopped the updates at the end of...