SOMETIMES YOU ARE THE NUT

The 'showdown' in the Senate is upcoming by week's end... The Republicans want an 'up and down' vote on Judge Gorsich and the Democrats want to prevent this vote with a filibuster.

This is what Senator Elizabeth Warren (D-MA) said on the Senate floor, November 2013 when Republicans were stalling the votes on some Democrat appointments with their own fillibusters.

“We need to call out these filibusters for what they are: naked attempts to nullify the results of the last presidential election. To force us to govern as though President Obama hadn’t won the 2012 election. Well, President Obama did win the 2012 election by five million votes, and he has done what the Constitution requires him to do.”.

BASICALLY, I AGREE WITH HER.... Her statement just needs a tweak to two....

We need to call out these filibusters for what they are: naked attempts to nullify the results of the last presidential election. To force us to govern as though President TRUMP hadn't won the 2016 election. Well, President TRUMP did win the 2016 election by 74 electoral college votes, and he has done what the Constitution requires him to do.

Senator Elizabeth Warren (D-MA) is obviously a true patriot. She honors the Senate by her mere presence and has an unwavering reverence for the United States Constitution. She understands that the winner of the Presidential Election has the right to have their nominees voted on and not blocked by filibusters of the minority who have lost an election. I agree with her completely. The only problem is that she does not agree with herself anymore. She apparently no longer thinks that filibusters are naked attempt to nullify the results of elections. That's called a '180'. Well....you know what they say, "Sometimes you feel like a nut, sometimes you don't."  Sometimes you are the nut.

Your Food Diary For:

Tuesday, April 4, 2017

BREAKFAST	Calories kcal	Carbs g	Fat g	Protein g	Sodium mg	Sugar g
Essential Everyday - Butter Flavored Grits	600	126	6	12	2,040	6
Wonder - Cinamon Toast	200	0	0	0	0	0
	800	126	6	12	2,040	6
L U N C H
Jason's Deli - Salad Buffet	850	28	78	18	875	15
Jason's Deli - Pumpkin Cheddar Flatbread	500	50	20	30	950	0
	1,350	78	98	48	1,825	15
D I N N E R
Taco Bell - Hard Shell Taco,	680	48	40	32	1,240	4
	680	48	40	32	1,240	4
S N A C K S
Protein Plus Protein Bar - MET-Rx	400	37	13	41	123	1
	400	37	13	41	123	1
Totals	3,230	289	157	133	5,228	26
Your Daily Goal	2,036	254	68	102	2,300	76
Remaining	-1,194	-35	-89	-31	-2,928	50
	Calories kcal	Carbs g	Fat g	Protein g	Sodium mg	Sugar g

LISA SIMPSON WEARS MARC JACOBS

I was searching for something 'Simpsons' to post a picture for a recent blog entry when I stumbled on this image. For no particular reason, other than the fact, that I share my name with well known designer, MARC JACOBS, did I feel like posting this 2013 illustration today.

Swagger New York collaborated with Italian designer Michele Moricci to celebrate New York Fashion Week by imagining some of the most popular '90s cartoon characters in designer wear. 

The publication released a set of images featuring some of the most loved cartoon characters of the Nineties, wearing designers that -- Swagger New York and Moricci thought -- would suit their personalities.  

Here's how they wrote up Lisa Simpson headed to the Marc Show: "Lisa Simpson hits her bff Marc Jacobs' show 20 minutes late. It's okay because Marc wouldn't dare start without her, a Simpsonized image of the designer is tattooed on his arm after all.".

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After my 55000+ steps on Saturday,  I wasn't sure that I had the energy or will to spend time on the elliptical machine on Sunday. Obviously I did.

And then I found the energy and the will to complete a second session after lunch.

And then I found even more energy and will to complete a third session after dinner.

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Your Food Diary For:

Sunday, June 12, 2016

BREAKFAST	Calories	Carbs	Fat	Protein	Sodium	Sugar
3 Egg Omelette - Ham Cheese	400	1	30	40	1,225	0
Kirkland - Pre-Cooked Bacon, 4 slices	160	0	12	12	700	0
Grits - Grits, 2 packet	200	44	3	4	620	2
	760	45	45	56	2,545	2
L U N C H
Butternut - Whole Grain White	280	54	3	10	540	8
Nice! - Creamy Peanut Butter, 2 Tbsp	180	8	15	7	130	3
Smucker's - Concord Grape - Jelly	150	39	0	0	15	36
	610	101	18	17	685	47
D I N N E R
Homemade Soft Tacos	870	0	14	12	2,700	6
	870	0	14	12	2,700	6
S N A C K S
Malt-o-meal - Honey Nut Scooters	240	48	3	6	420	18
Stoneground Flake Cereal	440	92	4	16	260	16
Yogurtland - Frozen Yogurt	480	100	0	16	260	72
	1,160	240	7	38	940	106
Totals	3,400	386	84	123	6,870	161
Your Daily Goal	5,874	734	195	294	2,300	220
Remaining	2,474	348	111	171	-4,570	59
	Calories	Carbs	Fat	Protein	Sodium	Sugar
	*You've earned 3,944 extra calories from exercise today

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       Your Exercise Diary for:

Sunday, June 12, 2016

Cardiovascular	Minutes	Calories Burned
STAR TRAC ELLIPTICAL	99	1,373
STAR TRAC ELLIPTICAL	97	1,188
STAR TRAC ELLIPTICAL	97	1,207
MFP iOS calorie adjustment	N/A	176
Daily Total / Goal	294 / 30	3,944 / 590
Weekly Total / Goal	1756 / 210	22,921 / 4,130

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My daughter took an afternoon 5 mile walk with me for the second consecutive day.  On Saturday the temperatures in Chicago were in the mid 90's.  Yesterday, the temperatures had dropped considerably into the mid 60's.  I had never seen this sculpture up close until yesterday.  It is called: BEING BORN

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Being Born ...
Sculptor: Virginio Ferrari ..
Installed: 1983 ...
Description: Stainless steel, granite, and water..
624.9 x 701 x 548.6 cm..
City of Chicago Public Art Collection..
Donated to the people of Chicago by the Tooling and Manufacturing Association (previously known as the Tool and Die Institute).
Initially located at the corner of State and Washington streets, Chicago, Illinois, 1983. Relocated in 1996, with the collaboration of Chicago Gateway Green, to the Donald J. DePorter Gateway, intersection of Ontario, Ohio, and Orleans streets, Chicago, Illinois. Location: Intersection of Ontario, Ohio, and Orleans Sts ..Located at the Ohio Street exit of the Kennedy Expressway.