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Friday, February 28, 2014

And sometimes you have to do damage control....

And realize that you are a...


And you need to do the world a favor....

And just keep your own company...

Works for me.

What I am missing from my life...

What if....


Instead of doing what the WORLD wanted you to do...

You did what YOU wanted to do....

Do you really know who you are?


Figure that out and the rest is gravy....

Time to put that suit on....

You know....

The one with the Big S on the chest...

2nd pleasure of the day...

A 20 oz dark roast at the local Bucee's.

This chain of convenience stores started locally....

Remember when there were just 2 or 3 of these around.

Now it's an Empire!

Well Done Beaver!

Saw these guys in concert a couple of years ago....

And they were fantastic....

Brent Smith gave one of the best vocal performances I have ever heard.

And his version of "Simple Man" is incredible.

I'm a fan!

In all things.... At all times...

Sunset Rum at Sunrise....

What better way to start the day?

Wednesday, February 26, 2014

Dinner in 20 minutes...

Ground Turkey breast mix, JD Hot Pork Sausage, Veggies and Uncle Ben's Long Grain Wild Rice with Hawaiian rolls and butter and Merlot


Done in less than 20 minutes...

Quick, Delicious and Nutritious...

A lot of icious in a little time.

Poor Man's dessert


Bread, Peanut Butter, ripe Banana and Syrup....

Better than a $6 piece of pie!

Tuesday, February 25, 2014

Polly says her back hurts...


Maybe I should get her a cracker....

Monday, February 24, 2014

Sometimes you just have to decide to leave it all...

Hello Monday....let's get this week started with...

A Whole Lotta Love!!


SSS then head for the gym for a short wake me up workout!!

Let's slay this dragon.

Sunday, February 23, 2014

This is Heavy Day so that means....

Heavy Weight...

Bout to knock out 6 reps with 275 on Deadlifts.....

And Heavy Metal....

What better than....

METALLICA!!!

Exit Light.... Enter Night...

Are you Man or Beast???

Been trying to bring my Calves up....

With the rest of my body, so after warmup and abs, I start on the hack squat machine....


And start working my way up from 125 to 175.

I do extra sets on just my left calf with 37.5, 25 and 15 to try to bring up the strength on it.

My left knee is the one I had the ACL reconstruction on and there's quite a bit of degenerative arthritis in it so I'm continuously trying to find ways to work it without causing more damage.

This is one way that works for me.

At the gym....alone...

Just me and Mr. Creatine...

Nothing new.

Just one time in my life....


I'd like to get up and have a cup of coffee with someone who loves me...

And doesn't want anything from me....

But my company....

And a 2nd cup of coffee.

One Bad Bitch...

Watched UFC last night on PPV. I usually don't pony up the $50+ for these PPV events, but must say if Ronda Rousey is fighting, I'm in. Been a believer even before she coached on Ultimate Fighter and even more so after that.

Ever since women started fighting in the UFC, I think the women are much better fighters than the men. The women fights have much better action and they show much better technical expertise than the men....

And the most important part, they're not afraid to throw down. The majority of the men's fights I watch now look like 2 guys who are afraid to get hurt. They dance around and head fake and do whatever it takes to not lose.

The women across the board just get in there and try to kill each other.

When the RR-SM fight started and Sarah McMann landed a couple of hard shots to Ronda's head, I thought "Oh Boy, Ronda ain't gonna be so pretty in about 3 rounds".
But true to her nature, she quickly adapted from stand-up to her Judo - Throw stance. Sarah dropped her hips so that didn't work.

Pow - Ronda changed instantly to the clinch and started throwing knees to the liver a la Bas Rutten. 1-2-3 and all the muscle on Sarah McMann didn't
protect her liver from the 3rd knee.

Impressive.

Already tell you....I'm in for the next RR PPV.

Saturday, February 22, 2014

Done...Done...Done... Done

Done with the paperwork...
Done with the workout...
Done with the shopping...
Done with the housework...
Done with the yard work...

Having a marg and a burrito...

And feeling cumbersome...


To this world...

Man... I like Lilac Wine!

Heard this song for the first time....

And couldn't stop laughing....

Until I thought....

Hey this could be about me!

Hmmmm....

Guess I'll continue my expression of non-conformity...

By revealing I finished watching Cowboys & Aliens last night and I gotta say...

I liked it. Thought it was cool.

And let me tell you Daniel Craig at 45 is one ripped SOB....

And hats off to Harrison Ford, one of my all-time favorite actors....

Who is still obviously much man at 71.

Lunch at Ryan's

A lot of people poo poo Ryan's, but if you're selective, you can get a healthy, low fat high protein lunch for $8...


I challenge you to find a better deal.

Love the guitar work in this one....

Call me a Dog...

Cause I sleep on the floor...


But it's my time..
To call your bluff.

This is what you get...

When you mess it up...

Friday, February 21, 2014

When I grow up....

I wanna be a Rock Star!!

Wednesday, February 19, 2014

Good meal for $6.95.

Trying Pho for the first time...

It's beef and vegetable noodle soup to me....
Very tasty!!

Hello Breakfast...

Pork Chop and 2 eggs!

Geez.... My mouth is watering...

About to enjoy my daily smoke...


A gift from a Good Guy!

Now I'm....

Just knocked out the 5 am Body Pump class...

A different crowd at 5 in the morning.... Kinda quiet and subdued...

But I fixed that!

Gotta take the Good with the Bad...


My problem is it's about 1:10 ratio.

Caffeine and Creatine in the morning....



Smells like 5 am Body Pump...

Let's get it!!!

Tuesday, February 18, 2014

Fixed a pot of chili on Sunday...


And my daughter and I already ate it.

So I decided to do Round 2...
Started out with a sweet onion, poblano pepper, jalapeño pepper. Followed with some Holmes pork and venison sausage and Jimmy Dean hot pork sausage followed by 2 yellow squash and a zucchini.

Added garlic, mushrooms and a can of diced tomatoes, tomato sauce and a small can of chili peppers and 2 teaspoons of brown sugar...

Served over Uncle Ben's Spanish Rice with a fresh green onion and a glass of Merlot.

Beat that Top Chef!!

So.... What's the plan Wills??



Sell this puppy....

Sell everything else that's not essential to Life, Liberty and the Pursuit of Happiness....

Put everything that won't fit in my truck in a storage facility...

Load everything else in the Big Red Machine...

And hit the road.

I'm gonna spend 4 - 6 months driving to several specific spots in the US, stay there a week or 2, then move to the next place.

Then pick my favorite location and live there awhile.

Top 5 locations on my radar:

1. Northern New Mexico in the Enchanted Circle area around Taos or Red River.

2. Somewhere west of Denver.

3. Bozeman MT

4. North of the Grand Canyon in northern Arizona or southern Utah.

5. 50 - 75 miles north or south of San Francisco.... Anywhere from Santa Rosa to Monterey Bay.

Kind of a random plan....

But then I'm kind of a random guy....

Gotta get all my ines in....

Already had my nicotine and caffeine....
Now Creatine and Protein!

Feeling like I'm in a Downward Spiral...

Come a little Closer....

And I'll take you with me...

Remember listening to this a lot when I was in Villanueva State Park....

IMHO.... Only 2 bands have ever....

Made this Big, Clean, Fill Your Headphones kind of sound...

Boston and...

Wake me up.... Wake me up inside!

I'm still Alive!!!!

Recently I watched a documentary called Pearl Jam 20 that chronicled the birth, life and rebirth of Pearl Jam.... IMHO one of the great quintessential bands.

Monday, February 17, 2014

Strength increases at any age....

Talked to this older lady this morning in my Body Pump class. Noticed during the biceps track (which is like 5 mins long and 120 reps) that she was gritting her teeth on every rep obviously putting out a max effort. I'm guessing this lady is in her mid 60s. She is thin and her arms were showing real muscle and definition even veins during the biceps curls. When we got done with the set I walked over and complemented her and said "Geez Mary... You're putting on some muscle there. You look great." And she said "You know.... I wouldn't have believed I could get stronger at my age... But I am". I put my hands together and bowed to her and said "I'm impressed. Rock on Mary".

The Human Body will adapt and become stronger at any age if you put in the work.

I see it everyday.

Sunday, February 16, 2014

Oughta be in a Ford commercial....

My 2003 Ford F-150 STX 4x4 with 106000 miles....

Heavy Squat day...


Got 8 reps w/ 275 and 5 reps w/ 315...

Not bad for an Old Man.

I know what you're thinking....

What a....


I agree.