In brief, last week was a good week. I outdid my previous week in all three categories. Calories burned increased by 15.25% to 7,572. Exercise minutes was very high, a record for me since I’ve begun tracking at 724 which was an increase of almost 30% over the previous week. Even miles covered increased by 21% at 39 miles. It is going to be tough to beat the week of March 3rd.
I’m a fan of food, but need to watch what I eat. I’m vegetarian because of the health aspect but love the other benefits as well. So this morning I had some over night oats with strawberries and chia seeds. 
It was similar to the above but this picture is from last week when I did bananas and peanut butter. Also very yummy.
I had time to leave campus today and went to Ruby’s diner where they have the impossible burger for one of the lowest prices. This meal that comes with fries is only $15.07 with tax. It hit the spot!
Everyone is talking about these kids that had their parents bribe people to get into college. Catch up here. College sure is getting expensive now a days.
I’m very excited that I finished my 15 miles Watopia last night. That’s two worlds down. I’ve got New York done too. Next up I think is London on Wednesday and Thursday this week. I’m definitely doing tomorrow in London but not today as I have Step today which is enough for my legs in one day. I’m not even sure these headphones are that great, but the competition has done its job and gotten me excited about riding and knocking out these 15 miles per world.
I add this new site today when I saw that the domain I wanted (and thought about for a whole 2 minutes) was available. I always have ideas for domains, but they are always gone before I can grab it.
Not this one. Got it!
What’s going to be on here. Good question. My immediate and thoughtless answer is everything and anything I want since it is my feed.
Remember Grumpy Old Men?
This book was written in 1952 well before the movie and its basically the same thing. What I originally wrote in my goodreads review was:
Strange play. Two guys that are waiting for someone who never comes. They are mean to each other and at least one seems to be a vagrant. The run into an old mean guy that has memory issues. This play is short only 100 pages, but I just summed it up 4 sentences. You’re welcome.
And that really does sum up Waiting for Godot by Samuel Beckett. I thought it was funny and short. It gets three stars from me.
Sleeping Giants was a real surprise to me. I was given this book at a Comic-Con years ago and when I finally picked it up I was blown away. It is a great science fiction story. A young girl finds some metal protruding from the ground and that small discovery turns the world upside down and begins a lifetime of searching. What they discover will change all their lives and the lives of everyone on earth.
This is only the first book in a trilogy called The Themis Files. I grabbed the other two books after reading the first and had the author Sylvain Neuvel sign them at subsequent Comic-Cons in San Deigo. I really enjoyed this book, but as often happens I have been distracted by other great books and I have not gone back to read the other two books in the Themis Files
I wouldn’t quite call this a hidden gem as it does have 51,000 ratings on
Excellent book. Lots of action and a great story. Real cliffhanger at the end. I’m looking forward to reading the next one in the series.
I really like Lauren Graham. She was wonderful Gilmore Girls, which is where I first saw her. I thought she was a very talented actress. Later I learned that she had also authored some books. I’m a fan of her book, Someday, Someday, Maybe and also enjoyed Talking as Fast as I Can.
Both of these were good books. This book left me dissatisfied. It’s not that the advice in this very short, 52 page book is not good, it just that I don’t think it needed to be a book and I don’t know what the reasoning for publishing it was other than maybe that Graham was getting a lot of press at the time since Gilmore Girls had come back on Netflix for four episodes.
Below is the book blurb…
In this expansion of the 2017 commencement speech she gave at her hometown Langley High, Lauren Graham, the beloved star of Gilmore Girls and Parenthood, reflects on growing up, pursuing your dreams, and living in the here and now. “Whatever path you choose, whatever career you decide to go after, the important thing is that you keep finding joy in what you’re doing, especially when the joy isn’t finding you.” In her hilarious, relatable voice, Graham reminds us to be curious and compassionate, no matter where life takes us or what we’ve yet to achieve. Grounded and inspiring—and illustrated throughout with drawings by Graham herself—here is a comforting road map to a happy life.
Thats just it, they could have just done a blog post or youtube the speech, it didn’t need to be expanded. Anyway, I still like Graham her writing and acting, I just don’t see a need for this book to exist. Save your time and read her other better works, or binge on the Gilmore Girls. I graciously gave this book 3 stars.
