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Sunday, November 30, 2025

Workout Update: Lift 4: Day 49

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On day 49, I did the Flexibility and Mobility 1 routine from 25-Minute Speed Train.  I actually made appreciable progress from last week. I ...

Workout Update: Lift 4: Day 48

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Day 48 was a rest day, it was also a busy day, so I just did the roll and recover routine from Lift 4. I definitely had some knots in my leg...
Friday, November 28, 2025

Workout Update: Lift 4: Day 47

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Day 47 is the Full Body HIIT workout. It consists of three blocks, each with two moves.  The first block consists of single-leg lunge jumps ...

Blu-Ray/Movie Review: American Beauty

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  American Beauty is a 1999 drama written by Sam Mendes and Alan Ball, and directed by Mendes (in his directorial debut). It starred Kevin S...
Thursday, November 27, 2025

Workout Update: Lift 4: Day 46

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Day 46 was shoulders and arms, which was a circuit workout. I tried to increase the weight I used on some of the exercises, but I found I ha...

CD/Music Review: Christina Aguilera: Aguilera

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  Aguilera, released in 2022, is the ninth studio album by Christina Aguilera. It is also her second Spanish-language album. The album featu...

Workout Update: Lift 4: Day 45

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Day 45 was the mid-week rest day, so I just did the stretching routine. That one does not have as many of the stretches that I can use to ga...
Wednesday, November 26, 2025

Book Review: Star Wars: Master of Evil

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  Master of Evil, by Adam Christopher and published in 2025, is, as of this writing, the newest Star Wars canon novel. The events in the boo...
Tuesday, November 25, 2025

Workout Update: Lift 4: Day 44

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Day 44 was Legs. In the shred weeks, the twist to Leg day is that in the lifting portion, you do triple sets, consisting of three exercises ...

Book Review: What We Saw: The Events of September 11, 2001--In Words, Pictures, and Video

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  What We Saw is a book and DVD combination about the CBS News coverage of the September 11th, 2001, terrorist attacks. The book mainly cont...
Monday, November 24, 2025

Workout Update: Lift 4: Day 43

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Day 43 was the start of week 7, which is the first of two "shred weeks". Joel changes up the workout sequencing, so today was ches...

CD/Music Review: Christina Aguilera: Liberation

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  Liberation, released in 2018, is Christina Aguilera's eighth studio album. The album includes 15 tracks. A few of them are very short ...
Sunday, November 23, 2025

Workout Update: Lift 4: Day 42

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Day 42 was the flexibility and mobility routine from 25-Minute Speed Train. I again felt that I could get a bit farther into the stretches t...

Workout Update: Lift 4: Day 41

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Day 41 was a rest day, so I did both of the Lift 4 recovery workouts. I did the roll and recover workout first, then the stretching workout....

4k-UHD/Movie Review: Deep Impact

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  Deep Impact was a 1998 disaster film directed by Mimi Leder starring Robert Duvall, Elijah Wood, Leelee Sobieski, Tea Leoni, and Morgan Fr...
Saturday, November 22, 2025

Book Review: The Road to Dune

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  The Road to Dune, published in 2005, is a book that details the process of making the Dune Saga. It contains a collection of deleted and a...
Friday, November 21, 2025

Workout Update: Lift 4: Day 40

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Day 40 was legs HIIT. It was another tough one in which you do three blocks of single-leg lunge jumps for sixty seconds, triple bear for for...

Product Review: Green Gobbler Ultimate Main Drain Opener

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  This is an excellent drain opener that can be used in toilets (which will get it into the main line), garbage disposals, or bathroom sinks...
Thursday, November 20, 2025

Workout Update: Lift 4: Day 39

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Day 39 was the shoulder workout, which was the interval format. So, it has three blocks consisting of two weighted exercises and one HIIT ex...

Product Review: CCidea DVD Storage Bags

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  This set of three storage bags is designed to hold physical media such as DVDs, Blu-rays, or video games. They are very sturdy and can hol...
Wednesday, November 19, 2025

Blu-Ray/TV Series Review: Bewitched: Season 2

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  The 38-episode second season of Bewitched aired during the 1965/1966 TV season. All of the main cast members (Elizabeth Montgomery, Dick Y...

Workout Update: Lift 4: Day 38

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Day 38 was the mid-week rest day, so I did the stretching routine from Lift 4. It went well, and again, I can tell my flexibility and overal...
Tuesday, November 18, 2025

Workout Update: Lift 4: Day 37

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Day 37 was the back and biceps workout, which is a 50/50 workout this week. The lifting portion of the workout was not too bad--three blocks...

Product Review: Fresh Wave Orange Odor Removing Gel

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  This is a two-pack of odor-removing gel. It is perfect for use in spaces such as kitchens or bathrooms. The smaller, more enclosed space i...
Monday, November 17, 2025

Workout Update: Lift 4: Day 36

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Day 36 was the start of week 6, which meant the chest and triceps workout. This week, it is a circuit workout with two main blocks of work t...