BLACK FRIDAY

Today is the so-called, Black Friday in the retail world. This is the mythical and legendary day when retailers are said to finally go into the 'black' - that is profitability. This is the mythical and legendary day when shoppers used to try to purchase a widescreen TV for some insanely low price by camping out in front of the store for a few hours (or days).   In days gone by, the nearest parking spot at a suburban mall might have seemed to be miles from the entrance, that is if one could even procure a parking spot at all. America has changed. The internet has changed retail. And with each passing year, sales volume online grows and sales volume at brick and mortar stores shrink.  It will likely be crowded today at the malls, but Black Friday ain't what it used to be. Very few things are.

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PRE-DINNER WALK

WALKING DOWNTOWN TO MEET MY FAMILY

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WALKING BACK HOME FROM DOWNTOWN.

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Your Food Diary For:

Thursday, November 23, 2017

BREAKFAST	Calories kcal	Carbs g	Fat g	Protein g	Sodium mg	Sugar g
Grits	400	88	6	8	1,240	4
Colby & Monterey Jack cheese	160	0	14	10	260	0
	560	88	20	18	1,500	4
L U N C H
Peanut Butter and Jelly Sandwich	700	55	31	17	286	31
	700	55	31	17	286	31
D I N N E R
Beef Pot Roast	400	38	10	37	2,558	5
Mashed Sweet Potatoes	200	38	4	2	375	10
Classic Bread Stuffing	200	25	9	5	876	3
	800	101	23	44	3,809	18
S N A C K S
Frozen Fudge Bar	300	63	3	9	165	60
Volpi - Mozzarella and Prosciutto Roltini	300	3	20	30	1,975	0
Pumpkin Pie	400	52	18	7	394	26
	1,000	118	41	46	2,534	86
Totals	3,060	362	115	125	8,129	139
Your Daily Goal	4,427	553	147	222	2,300	166
Remaining	1,367	191	32	97	-5,829	27
	Calories kcal	Carbs g	Fat g	Protein g	Sodium mg	Sugar g
	*You've earned 2,497 extra calories from exercise today

If every day were like today...   You'd weigh 212.1 lbs in 5 weeks     

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CHILLING PROPOSAL

CALIFORNIA DEM INTRODUCES BILL TO OVERRIDE FIRST AMENDMENT

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Assemblyman Ed Chau (D-Monterey Park) has a proposal

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The California Political Cyberfraud Abatement Act.

AB 1104, as introduced, Chau. The California Political Cyberfraud Abatement Act.

Existing law makes it unlawful for a person, with intent to mislead, deceive, or defraud, to commit an act of political cyberfraud, as defined. Existing law defines the term “political cyberfraud” to include a knowing and willful act concerning a political Web site that is committed with the intent to deny a person access to a political Web site, deny a person the opportunity to register a domain name for a political Web site, or to cause a person reasonably to believe that a political Web site has been posted by a person other than the person who posted the Web site, and would cause a reasonable person, after reading the Web site, to believe the site actually represents the view of the proponent or opponent of a ballot measure. Existing law also defines the term “political Web site” to mean an Internet Web site that urges or appears to urge the support or opposition of a ballot measure.

This bill would modify the definition of the terms “political cyberfraud” and “political Web site” to include Internet Web sites that urge or appear to urge the support or opposition of candidates for public office. The bill would also make it unlawful for a person to knowingly and willingly make, publish or circulate on a Web site, or cause to be made, published, or circulated in any writing posted on a Web site, a false or deceptive statement designed to influence the vote on any issue submitted to voters at an election or on any candidate for election to public office.

What does the California Political Cyberfraud Abatement Act involve? Glad you asked.

SEC. 2.

 Section 18320.5 is added to the Elections Code, to read:

18320.5.

 It is unlawful for a person to knowingly and willingly make, publish or circulate on an Internet Web site, or cause to be made, published, or circulated in any writing posted on an Internet Web site, a false or deceptive statement designed to influence the vote on either of the following:

(a) Any issue submitted to voters at an election.

     (b) Any candidate for election to public office..

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Can you imagine if such a law was passed? It would effectively outlaw NBC, CBS, ABC, MSNBC, ESPN, PBS, THE NEW YORK TIMES, THE WASHINGTON POST, TIME, NEWSEEK, and just about every newspaper and broadcast outlet in America. And Democrats call Conservatives fascists? And Democrats call Conservatives totalitarians? Of course, the ironic truth is, that it would be nice if these outlets didn't report news that they knowingly and willingly knew was false and deceptive.  But who would judge this? The various Circuit Courts in America with their left leaning judges? If you don't think this is chilling, you are comfortable in a different temperature than I am comfortable with.

Attn: California:

Please succeed in your dreams of succession. Your sinking ship is going to doom us all. Many of your politicians belong either in the looney bin or in some communist, or socialist utopian bureaucracy. 

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Your Food Diary For:

Friday, March 31, 2017

BREAKFAST	Calories kcal	Carbs g	Fat g	Protein g	Sodium mg	Sugar g
Beef Brats Smoked Beef Bratwurst, 2	360	6	32	14	1,200	2
Egg - Poached Eggs	300	2	20	25	629	1
Coconut Water	140	40	0	0	360	32
	800	48	52	39	2,189	35
L U N C H
Butternut - Large Enriched White Bread, 4 slices	280	52	4	8	520	8
Concord Grape Jelly	100	24	0	0	10	16
Peanut Butter	300	13	25	11	221	5
	680	89	29	19	751	29
D I N N E R
Kirkland Signature Costco - Combo Pizza Slice	760	83	31	35	1,956	6
	760	83	31	35	1,956	6
Totals	2,240	220	112	93	4,896	70
Your Daily Goal	4,334	542	144	217	2,300	162
Remaining	2,094	322	32	124	-2,596	92
	Calories kcal	Carbs g	Fat g	Protein g	Sodium mg	Sugar g

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Your Exercise Diary for:

Friday, March 31, 2017

Cardiovascular	Minutes	Calories Burned
14 Mile Hike	196	2,581
Daily Total / Goal	196 / 30	2,581 / 590
Weekly Total / Goal	201 / 210	3,230 / 4,130

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I wasted another week, as I gained about a pound and half, and now am back up to 246.3 lbs.  It is true that my opportunities for walking/hiking were cut short by lack of opportunity... and one 14 mile hike on Friday does not erase a week of mostly inactivity...

CAMPAIGN PROMISES and SKEPTICISM

Does it seem to you that Trump has been in the White House for months already? It appears that he just might have been serious about most of his campaign promises. I still will never be convinced that Mexico will be paying for the wall, unless one calculates the cost savings to America that the additional security will provide. In that case, it is easy to make a case that the wall will pay for itself. When Trump promised to nominate a true conservative to the Supreme Court, there were many Republicans who simply did not believe him. I was skeptical. And hopeful. Apparently we will find out next week if this was yet another promise that will be kept. During the campaign, when Trump was spouting off about a myriad of issues and things he wanted to accomplish, I was skeptical because it largely seemed to good to be true. Each day my skepticism diminishes and I become a believer. We are still in the first week of this new administration. I wonder where we will be after the first month. These are interesting days in America.

"The thing about using quotes from the internet is how challenging it can be to confirm their validity." Abraham Lincoln

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Your Food Diary For:

Wednesday, January 25, 2017

BREAKFAST	Calories kcal	Carbs g	Fat g	Protein g	Sodium mg	Sugar g
Generic - Biscuit and Gravy	300	46	33	13	1,035	9
Kroger - Frosted Shredded Wheat	300	71	2	8	16	17
Morningstar Farms - Sausage Patty	200	7	7	25	649	2
	800	124	42	46	1,700	28
L U N C H
Sushi California Roll	500	95	8	15	900	10
	500	95	8	15	900	10
D I N N E R
Subway - Turkey Breast Foot Long	560	92	7	36	0	14
Lay's - Baked - Sour Cream and Onio	140	24	4	2	195	3
	700	116	11	38	195	17
S N A C K S
Met-Rx - Big 100 Chocolate Chip Cookie Dough Bar	360	52	5	28	150	25
	360	52	5	28	150	25
Totals	2,360	387	66	127	2,945	80
Your Daily Goal	1,973	246	65	99	2,300	74
Remaining	-387	-141	-1	-28	-645	-6
	Calories kcal	Carbs g	Fat g	Protein g	Sodium mg	Sugar g

SNACKED

Snacking is something that I so successfully avoided when my weight initially dropped from 309 lbs down to about 220 lbs.  Over the past few weeks I have recently put back on about 20 of those pounds.  It is an understatement that the recent level of inactivity due to the hernia for the past 5 weeks have not been helpful to me. Now that the surgery is behind me, I am anticipating spending more and more time burning some calories and being much more active. While it remains true that one cannot undo poorly chosen ingested calories on a treadmill or elliptical machine - it is still a better hobby than sitting on a couch and snacking. Yesterday I 'snacked' and I couldn't be more pleased. It is because I broke my personal record on WORDS WITH FRIENDS.  My previous highest point total for one word was 'minivans' which earned 197 points.  My new record on WORDS WITH FRIENDS is 'SNACKED' which earned 218 points. There is some kind of cosmic irony that this is the word that is likely to remain my personal record for quite some time. It took me more than 2 years to best the previous record that I had scored with 'minivans.' What is your highest word score?

new personal record Words with Friends - 218 points

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Your Food Diary For:

Monday, May 2, 2016

BREAKFAST	Calories	Carbs	Fat	Protein	Sodium	Sugar
Malt-o-meal Cereal - Honey Nut Scooters	360	72	5	9	630	27
Sage - Red Delicious Apple, 1 medium apple	95	25	0	1	2	19
3 Egg Omelette - Ham and Cheese, 1 Omelette	400	1	30	40	1,225	0
	855	98	35	50	1,857	46
L U N C H
Havarti - Costco Dofino - Cheese	110	1	9	6	210	0
Pepperidge Farm - Sourdough Bread	240	44	3	8	440	4
Cabbage Soup	100	10	0	2	79	6
	450	55	12	16	729	10
D I N N E R
Pizza Hut - Personal Pepperoni Pizza	630	67	29	25	1,590	7
	630	67	29	25	1,590	7
S N A C K S
Hershey - York Peppermint Patty	140	31	3	1	10	25
Apples - Apples, 2 medium apple	160	44	0	0	0	32
	300	75	3	1	10	57
Totals	2,235	295	79	92	4,185	120
Your Daily Goal	2,276	284	76	114	2,300	85
Remaining	41	-10	-2	22	-1,885	-34
	Calories	Carbs	Fat	Protein	Sodium	Sugar
	*You've earned 346 extra calories from exercise today

Your Exercise Diary for:

Monday, May 2, 2016

Cardiovascular	Minutes	Calories Burned
MATRIX TREADMILL	79	512
MFP iOS calorie adjustment	N/A	-166
Daily Total / Goal	80 / 30	346 / 590
Weekly Total / Goal	80 / 210	346 / 4,130

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Tuesday was the first day since my laparoscopic hernia surgery that I attempted (and succeeded) to have an actual cardio workout. It was not the most vigorous workout that I had ever had - but it was not nothing. As per doctors orders I have removed plastic bandages over the two incision spots on my abdominal area. My followup appointment with the surgeon has been scheduled for Friday the 13th in about two weeks time. I am on my way back.

FIRST SESSION: 65 MINUTES, 4mph, 4.35 miles, 387 calories

SECOND SESSION: 13:24 MINUTES, 4.5mph, 1 mile, 125 calories