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Monday, October 6, 2025

Workout Update: 25 Minute Speed Train: Day 49

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Day 49 was the first of the two flexibility and mobility routines. This is still the one I like better, mainly because it features a mix of ...
Sunday, October 5, 2025

DVD/Movie Review: ...And God Created Woman

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  And God Created Woman is the 1956 French romantic drama starring Brigitte Bardot, Curd Jurgens, Jean-Louis Trintignant, Marie Glory, Georg...
Saturday, October 4, 2025

Workout Update: 25 Minute Speed Train: Day 48

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Day 48 was week 7's core-cardio workout. The format is the same, four blocks with two exercises that you alternate and then a burnout bl...

Book Review: Star Wars: Tempest Breaker

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  Tempest Breaker, published in 2024, is a canon script/novel by Cavan Scott set in the third phase of the High Republic. In it, the Jedi re...
Friday, October 3, 2025

Workout Update: 25 Minute Speed Train: Day 47

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Day 47 was the second lower-body workout of the week, and it was, as predicted, the second "Give Me Five" workout of the week. So,...

4k-UHD/Movie Review: Barbarella

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  Barbarella is the 1968 Sci-Fi cult-classic starring Jane Fonda, John Phillip Law, Milo O'Shea, Anita Pallenberg, Ugo Tognazzi, David H...
Thursday, October 2, 2025

Workout Update: 25 Minute Speed Train: Day 46

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Day 46 was the second upper-body workout of the week. This one is a regular super burnout, so you do three blocks alternating between two ex...

Blu-Ray/TV Series Review: Black Sails: Season 4

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  The 10-episode fourth and final season of Black Sails aired during the winter and spring of 2017. All of the main cast members, aside from...
Wednesday, October 1, 2025

Workout Update: 25 Minute Speed Train: Day 45

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Day 45 was the week 7 total-body workout. There was another switch-up with this one, in that it uses the Dirty MOFO format. So, you do four ...

CD/Music Review: Adele: 30

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  30, released in 2021, is the fourth studio album by English singer/songwriter Adele. Like her earlier albums, especially 21 and 25, this o...
Tuesday, September 30, 2025

Workout Update: 25 Minute Speed Train: Day 44

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Day 44 is the first lower-body workout of week 7. It is just a "regular" burnout workout in which you have four blocks consisting ...

Blu-Ray/TV Series Review: Cheers: Season 9

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  The 26-episode 9th season of Cheers aired during the 1990/1991 TV season. All of the main cast returned for the ninth season, as did some ...
Monday, September 29, 2025

Workout Update: 25 Minute Speed Train: Day 43

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Day 43 was the start of week 7. It switched back to upper-body to start the workout and introduced both a new tempo (4x4) and a new format. ...

Workout Update: 25 Minute Speed Train: Day 42

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Day 42 was back to the second flexibility and mobility workout of the program. Again, I can tell my flexibility is getting better and my ran...

Book Review: Dust: The Inside Story of its Role in the September 11th Aftermath

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  Dust, published in 2009, is a book by Paul Lioy, an environmental scientist who was part of a group of scientists that sampled and analyze...
Saturday, September 27, 2025

Workout Update: 25 Minute Speed Train: Day 41

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Day 41 was core cardio, so the entire workout was done on the floor, alternating between plank-based exercises, such as mountain climbers, a...

Book Review: Hunters of Dune (#22 Chronological Order)

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  Hunters of Dune, published in 2006, is the first book of a two-part continuation to the Dune series of novels, first created by Frank Herb...
Friday, September 26, 2025

Workout Update: 25 Minute Speed Train: Day 40

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Day 40 was the second upper-body workout of the week. It is a burnout workout, so you do three sets of the same exercise in each block (fron...

CD/Music Review: Adele: 25

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  25, released in 2015, is Adele's third studio album and the follow-up to her multi-award-winning 21. Where 21 was a breakup album, the...
Thursday, September 25, 2025

Workout Update: 25 Minute Speed Train: Day 39

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Day 39 was the second lower-body workout of the week, and unlike the first, this one follows the Dirty MOFO format. Today, the four exercise...

Blu-Ray/TV Series Review: Black Sails Season 3

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  The 10-episode third season of Black Sails aired in the winter and spring of 2016. All the main cast members return for season three, and ...
Wednesday, September 24, 2025

Workout Update: 25 Minute Speed Train: Day 38

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Day 38 was a total-body workout. Like the other total-body workouts in the program, this focuses more on cardio and muscular endurance, so o...
Tuesday, September 23, 2025

Workout Update: 25 Minute Speed Train: Day 37

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Day 37 was the first upper-body day, following the Dirty MOFO format. So, you do four exercises (narrow chest presses, back flys, push press...
Monday, September 22, 2025

Workout Update: 25 Minute Speed Train: Day 36

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Day 36 was the first workout of week 6. It was a lower-body workout to start off this week, and Joel hinted that this week will be a mash-up...

Blu-Ray/TV Series Review: Cheers: Season 8

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  The 26-episode 8th season of Cheers aired during the 1989-1990 TV season. It can be argued that this was the season in which the series pe...