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Wednesday, December 31, 2025

Book Review: Shadow of Doubt (Scot Harvath Series #23)

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  Shadow of Doubt, published in 2024, is the 23rd book in the series of action-thriller/spy novels by Brad Thor centered around the characte...
Tuesday, December 30, 2025

Workout Update: Lift More: Day 23

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Day 23 was the quads and calves workout. This one was a Lift workout, with two blocks of quad sets and a burnout block. The only good thing ...
Monday, December 29, 2025

Workout Update: Lift More: Day 22

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Day 22 was chest and biceps, Lift/HIIT. It is another challenging workout, despite the superset format, because, as is the norm with the Lif...
Sunday, December 28, 2025

Workout Update: Lift More: Day 21

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 On Day 21, I did the lower-body recovery routine from Lift More. This one combines lower-body stretching and foam rolling, and the foam rol...
Saturday, December 27, 2025

Workout Update: Lift More: Day 20

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Day 20 was a rest day, so I did the two recovery routines from Lift 4. I did the stretch routine first, then the roll-and-recover routine. B...

Workout Update: Lift More: Day 19

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Day 19 was the shoulders workout, which was a Lift format this week, meaning two blocks of quad sets followed by a burnout block. Then, of c...
Thursday, December 25, 2025

Workout Update: Lift More: Day 18

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Day 18 was the second leg day of the week, hamstrings and glutes LIFT/HIIT. I was able to increase the amount of weight for the weighted exe...

Workout Update: Lift More: Day 17

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Day 17 was the back and triceps workout for week 3, which was a circuit workout with a burnout at the end. The burnout was probably the easi...
Wednesday, December 24, 2025

Book Review: Star Wars: The Secrets of the Clone Troopers

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  Secrets of the Clone Troopers, published in 2024, is a Star Wars canon book written by Marc Sumerak and illustrated by Alberto Buscicchio....

Workout Update: Lift More: Day 16

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Day 16 was the first of two leg days for the week. This was the quads and calves workout. It is the LIFT/HIIT format, so you do four blocks ...
Tuesday, December 23, 2025

Workout Update: Lift More: Day 15

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Day 15 was the beginning of week 3, so it was the chest and biceps workout. This one goes back to the circuit format in which you do two blo...
Monday, December 22, 2025

Book Review: Just Visiting This Planet: Further Scientific Adventures of Merlin from Omniscia

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  Just Visiting This Planet, published in 2025, is the second book by astrophysicist Neil deGrasse Tyson, reprinting correspondence from the...
Sunday, December 21, 2025

Book Review: Never Flinch

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  Never Flinch, published in 2025, is a novel by Stephen King, set in Ohio, featuring the character of Holly Gibney. This is one of King...

Workout Update: Lift More: Day 14

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On day 14, I did the lower-body recovery routine from Lift More. I absolutely had some knots in my legs, so the foam rolling helped a lot. I...

Workout Update: Lift More: Day 13

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Day 13 was a rest day for Lift More, so I did the stretching routine from Lift 4. I was not able to get to it until later in the day, so I d...
Friday, December 19, 2025

Workout Update: Lift More: Day 12

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Day 12 was the end of week 2. It was shoulders again, but this time it used the Lift/HIIT format. There are four blocks of lifting, alternat...
Thursday, December 18, 2025

Workout Update: Lift More: Day 11

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Day 11 was the hamstrings and glutes workout. You do all the same exercises as in week 1, but the order of the exercises differs, and it fol...
Wednesday, December 17, 2025

Workout Update: Lift More: Day 10

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Day 10 was the Back and Triceps workout, and is a Lift/HIIT combination. It includes a couple of new exercises not in the first week's v...
Tuesday, December 16, 2025

Workout Update: Lift More: Day 9

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Day 9 was the week 2 version of Quads and Calves. This one is a circuit workout, doing two blocks of quad sets and then a burnout round cons...
Monday, December 15, 2025

Workout Update: Lift More: Day 8

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Day 8 was the start of week 2, so it is chest and triceps again. However, the format is different (this is a Lift-HIIT workout) and the exer...

Workout Update: Lift More: Day 7

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On day 7, I did the lower-body recovery routine. Like the upper-body routine, this one is a mix of stretching and foam rolling. Most of what...
Saturday, December 13, 2025

Workout Update: Lift More: Day 6

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Day 6 was the first of two back-to-back rest days in Lift More. So, I tried the upper-body recovery routine, which is a mix of stretching an...

DVD/TV Series Review: Frasier: Season 1

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  The 24-episode first season of Frasier aired during the 1993/1994 TV season. It stars Kelsey Grammer, Jane Leeves, David Hyde Pierce, John...
Friday, December 12, 2025

Workout Update: Lift More: Day 5

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Day 5 of Lift More is a shoulder circuit workout consisting of two quad blocks of quad sets and three burnout sets. Some of the moves are fa...
Thursday, December 11, 2025

Workout Update: Lift More: Day 4

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Day 4 was another leg workout, this time focused on glutes and hamstrings. It is a Lift and HIIT combo workout and follows the same format a...