The Week Ahead

Hi Dear Readers!

I hope this blog post finds you and brings you joy, insight, and action steps for defeating the Diabolical Forces in the Universe (DFUs) in your life.

I'm just coming down off of a PHENOMENAL weekend. On Saturday morning, I biked the 50 mile round trip from Madison WI to New Glarus WI, a ride intentionally dedicated to the demise of DFUs in my life. The town of New Glarus was having their annual Oktoberfest celebration, and I met Deborah, Gretchen, and the step grandkids there, for a couple hours of polka mosh pit (for the kids) and a pizza lunch at Sugar River Pizza, after which I made the return trek back to Mad Town.

I was a little anxious about the planned bike route to New Glarus in the morning. It ended up being mostly bike trail (rail to trail), albeit some of it unpaved crushed limestone, with a couple miles of deserted (and modestly hilly) country roadways into and out of New Glarus. The weather was phenomenal. Overall, it was a great time.

Some other stuff happened over the weekend too, but that was really the highlight, I think. Especially because it did some serious damage to the DFUs.

I'll end by reminding people that the path to salvation (aka, mental, physical, and spiritual wellness - MPSW) is three-fold: 1. eat a plant based vegan diet; 2. exercise aerobically daily; 3. boycott all social and mainstream media. You don't have to do those things, obviously. But I cannot guarantee MPSW if you don't.

Take care!

Fin.

Good Vibes

Hi Dear Readers!

I hope this blog post finds you and brings you joy, insight, and/or actionable ways to undermine and disenfranchise the Diabolical Forces in the Universe (DFUs).

I had a whopping good weekend. What about you? Friday afternoon, if you recall, I did not see any of my marriage and family therapy clients, because I had a doctor's appointment with an ear, nose, and throat (ENT) specialist, comprising a hearing test and a consult with said ENT specialist about the so called pulsatile tinnitus that I have been having. As expected and predicted, I got a clean bill of health. My hearing is fairly normal for my age and there are no identifiable causes of the pulsatile tinnitus. I guess it just happens in some people. I'm writing this post on Monday morning (albeit backdated to Sunday morning) and I am not currently experiencing the condition. It tends to be more noticeable when I am stressing my cardiovascular system, such as with exercise. But I can sometimes also hear it when things are very quiet around me, and right now I have on the Spa Channel on Sirius XM in the background.

Anyway, I finished up with ENT around 3:30 PM, and since Deborah got off work about 4 PM and we were both near downtown and I had ridden my bike to ENT because it was a nice day...we decided to meet for dinner at Salvatore's on East Washington, which we did and it was enjoyable. After dinner, I threw my bike into the back of Deborah's car and we drove home for a relaxed evening.

Saturday...now that was an action packed day! We took my parents to brunch around 10 AM at Everly, by way of picking up our Powered by Plants (PbP) merchandise from Beth Skogen (the organizer and trademark holder of PbP) at a nearby location that had been predetermined earlier in the week. After brunch, we visited CostCo and UW Provisions for a variety of super-sized staples. Returning to our home, after dropping my folks off at their home, we unloaded the bounty acquired at the stores we had visited, and then exercised. I got a nice long Peloton workout in, with INTENTION (the demise of DFUs). I can't recall what happened thereafter, but it was for sure good.

On Sunday, the pace was a bit more laid back. I went with Deborah to water the plants at the homes of her sister and mom, respectively. Returning home, I pounded out another DFU-busting Peloton workout before honing a triad of songs on bass guitar for the afternoon band practice with GUPPY EFFECT semi-acoustic duo, comprising me and Stefan Boerboom, which transpired forthwith. The jams were tasty. We woodshedded our arrangements of Chop Suey by System of a Down, Silly Love Songs by Wings, and Heading for the Light by the Traveling Wilburys, and the vocal harmonies were tasty.

I will admit that I did overeat a bit on the weekend, thus granting the DFUs a little respite from the non-stop Dark Magic (DM) I have been fairly consistently fire hosing them with the past few months. But the fire hosing returns with a vengeance today, starting with a fast until early afternoon. I plan to jump on the Peloton later this morning, after seeing my first mental health client in a little bit. Not entirely sure what all the rest of the day will bring, but I am fairly certain it will bring a few more psychotherapy clients.

Alright, you all take care of yourselves, and - if you want to - leave a comment below this post about what intentional actions you are taking today to undermine and disenfranchise the DFUs.

Ciao!

Fin.