by Rupe | Aug 9, 2011 | Health-Wellness-Sex
Up until you’re 21, you’re told that drinking alcohol is bad. Then you’re suddenly told that, really, it’s drinking alcohol and driving that’s bad. The latter is definitely true. But the former? Scientists aren’t so sure.
Case in point: During a five-year period, lifetime alcohol abstainers were 19 percent more likely to die than regular drinkers—defined as having one or two drinks, three or more days a week—say Virginia Tech University researchers.
Those who never touched the bottle were also roughly 56 percent (!) more likely to experience coronary heart disease than regular drinkers, found the scientists, who crunched data from a government survey of nearly half a million Americans.
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My Comments:
This is awesome news. I always felt good after drinking beers, but it’s great to know that it’s good for you. The only thing that sucks is that you have to stop at only two.
Source: Men’s Health
by Rupe | Aug 8, 2011 | Fitness
Really good leg workout. Minimize number of movement per body part, so I was able to complete without a total meltdown at the end. Lifted a bit too hard on straight-leg deadlift, felt a little twinge and had to pull back some. Finished up with a 20 min eliptical.Â
Workout: Day 56 (M8/Lower Body) – 61mins/1min rest
Hack Squat 3×15 @ 360
Smith’s Squat 3×12 @ 150,160,180
Stiff-Legged Dead lift 3×12,10,10@ 180,180,180
Seated Leg Extension 3×15 @ 135,135,135
Hamstring curl – 3×12,12,12,6@100,90,80, (70-40)lbs
Seated Calf-raise 4×15 @ 90 (2×45’s)
Cardio: 20 mins
Distance: 2.10
Pushups: 0 (at least 50 per day)
Calories: 800
Tracker
Total Distance: 152.54 miles (Goal 250/97.46 remain) *
Total Calories: 38,646 (Goal 50,000/11,354 remain) *
Total Pushups: 1,880 (Goal 10,000 / 8,120)
Good livin’…keep movin’!
-R-
by Rupe | Aug 7, 2011 | My Videos
(This song is originally done by Alicia Keys. I love how she sings it, but Blair’s version kills as well.)
Unthinkable lyrics
Moment of honesty
Someones gotta take the lead tonight
Whose it gonna be?
I’m gonna sit right here
And tell you all that comes to me
If you have something to say
You should say it right now
You give me a feeling that I never felt before
And I deserve it, I think I deserve it
Its becoming something that’s impossible to ignore
And I can’t take it
I was wondering maybe
Could I make you my baby
If we do the unthinkable would it make us so crazy
If you ask me I’m ready, I’m ready, I’m ready
If you ask me I’m ready, I’m ready, I’m ready
I know you said to me
“This is exactly how it should feel when its meant to be”
Time is only wasting so why wait for eventually
If we gonna do something about it
We should do it right now
You give me a feeling that I never felt before
And I deserve it, I know I deserve it
Its becoming something that’s impossible to ignore
Its what we make it
I was wondering maybe
Could I make you my baby
If we do the unthinkable would it make us so crazy
Or would it be so beautiful either way I’m saying
If you ask me I’m ready, I’m ready, I’m ready
If you ask me I’m ready, I’m ready, I’m ready
Why give up before we try
Feel the lows before the highs
Clip our wings before we fly away
I can’t say I can’t compare
I’m suspended it the air
Won’t you come be in the sky with me
I was wondering maybe
Could I make you my baby
If we do the unthinkable would it make us so crazy
Or would it be so beautiful either way I’m saying
If you ask me I’m ready
If you ask me I’m ready
by Rupe | Aug 6, 2011 | Bahrain, Military-Political
MANAMA, BAHRAIN — 147 Bahraini detainees are set to be released within a matter of hours, the head of the kingdom’s independent commission of inquiry told The Washington Times in a phone interview Saturday night.
“I confirm that I have been promised that,†said Cherif Bassiouni, the Egyptian-American head of a recently launched inquiry into alleged human rights abuses that took place during the protests of February and March and their aftermath. The new mass release follows the freeing of 41 prisoners last week.
Click source link below to read full article…
My Comments:
Good move on the part of the Bahrani government. Â A bit more hopeful sign that they are not all idiots; besides, it not like they have much of a choice really.
Source: Washington Times  (By Ben Birnbaum); 5:59 p.m., Saturday, August 6, 2011
by Rupe | Aug 6, 2011 | Not So Recent Reads
Title: The Memoir Project: A Throughly Non-Standardized Text for Writing and Life by Marion Roach Smith
Publisher’s Summary:
Whether or not one has lived an exceptional or dramatic life, we inherently understand that writing memoir—whether it’s a book, blog, or just a letter to a child – is the single greatest portal to self-examination. Stop treading water in writing exercises or hiding behind “writer’s block†and learn how to write with intent. Marion Roach Smith’s disarmingly frank but wildly fun tactics offer you simple and effective guidelines that work. Your legacy beings now.My Comments:
Really awesome book if you intend to take writing up as a serious venture. Â It is a must have in your tool box…again…if you intend to write seriously. Â I loved it….I recommend it strongly. Â
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