Month: April 2019

Ways that I LIVED FAMOUSLY throughout the month of April.

• Took a careerfitter.com test
• Watched Izzy Gets the F*ck Across Town
• Made “tootless beans”
• Made Alec Guinness stew
• Realized that I am a “cultural christian”
• Made Psycho Tuna
• Had more passion, compassion, humor, and style
• Moved more, drank right, snacked smart
• Listened to Pharrell
• Had “Sprezzatura”
• Made turkey tacos
• Watched Ant Man
• Gladiator workout
• Went off script
• Made chicken pan-sagna
• Rested on the Sabbath
• Listened to Staind
• Had Curiosita
• Watched The Disaster Artist
• Listened to Selena
• Made Sean Bean’s Sunday Roast
• Got a massage
• Went on a “staycation”
• Watched Blue Sky
• Stationary bike workout
• Watched Split
• Made Lenin Milk Soup with Dumplings
• Started reading Hamlet
• Listened to Roy Orbison
• Made Apees
• Used a point system for eating
• Made baked chicken
• Listened to Ella Fitzgerald
• Researched a perfect place to live – Bocas del Toro, Panama
• Listened to TLC
• Watched Comedians in Cars Getting Coffee
• Made a Durward Kirby Burger and a $5 milkshake
• Worked on my side hustle
• Gave up sweets for Lent
• Drypril – no booze in the month of April

Seek the * for today’s advice.

WONDER WOMAN DAY

MIND

Alice B. Toklas 1877

https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2006/11/13/strangers-in-paradise

Stein often referred to Toklas as her “wifey” and addressed her as “baby precious.” Writing late into the night, the author liked to leave notes next to the pillow for Alice to find in the morning, signed “Y.D,” short for “Your Darling.” In an ideal, civilized world of human rights and equality, theirs would have been a marriage — and it would have been one of the happiest and most exemplary in literary history.

https://www.brainpickings.org/2013/04/30/alice-b-toklas-meets-gertrude-stein/

*Live your life to be as happy as you can. Part of that happiness will come from not worrying about how other people are living their life to be happy.

BODY

Gal Gadot 1985

http://www.galgadot.com/

Gadot hit the gym for six hours over a six month period. (Meanwhile, we’re over here trying to get through six hours of work without eating a doughnut…) “I did two hours gym work, two hours fight choreography, and two hours horseback riding.

https://www.elle.com.au/health-fitness/gal-gadot-wonder-woman-workout-routine-and-diet-13556

*The only option is probably a nice two hour gym workout. Unless you have a way to do fight choreography or horseback riding. And no doughnuts today!

SOUL

Cloris Leachman 1926

http://www.dinahenglund.com/

“Throw out words like ‘fitness,’ ‘exercise,’ ‘diet,’ ” the actress advised during a phone interview. “All those good words–‘physically fit’–I’ve gotten so sick of those words. It sucks.

“I like that word: Suck up life, suck up good stuff. Throw out all those other boring, dead, overused, meaningless words.

http://articles.latimes.com/1997/dec/22/health/he-1113

*Suck up life today. Suck up all the good stuff today. Except doughnuts.

MONEY

Isiah Thomas 1961

http://www.hoophall.com/hall-of-famers/isiah-thomas/

In 2009, Thomas took the FIU job and said he was going to donate his first year of salary back to the school because he “did not come [to Florida International] for the money.” This was probably because he had a side hustle with the Knicks lined up, which he had to back out of because it was against NBA rules. Then he led FIU to a 26-65 record over three seasons.

http://grantland.com/the-triangle/too-zeke-to-fail-a-brief-history-of-isiah-thomas-crashes-and-burns/

*Be careful what you promise and make sure that your side hustle is legal.

ENTERTAINMENT

Johnny Galecki 1975

http://www.cbs.com/shows/big_bang_theory/

Kunal Nayyar 1981

https://www.theodysseyonline.com/three-lessons-ive-learned-from-watching-the-big-bang-theory

Two cakes on one day? When April 30 rolls around, there must be quite the birthday bash when the guys celebrate on set of The Big Bang Theory.

https://www.cbs.com/shows/big_bang_theory/news/sme/346/15-facts-you-need-to-know-about-the-big-bang-theory-s-kunal-nayyar/3867/6-he-shares-a-birthday-with-his-co-star-johnny-galecki-/

*Watch The Big Bang Theory which stars two of our birthday boys.

FOOD

Kirsten Dunst 1982 – The Next Best Thing to Tom Cruise Cake

http://vamped.org/2014/12/26/20-things-probably-didnt-know-interview-vampire-movie-pt-2/

Dunst famously described her first on-screen kiss—with Brad Pitt, no less—as “disgusting” on the Sept. 23, 2014 episode of Conan. She was much more verbose about the on-screen kiss shortly before the film was released on Nov. 11, 1994.

When asked by Kristine McKenna what the hardest part of making the movie was, Dunst said: “Kissing Brad Pitt! It was horrible and I hated it. Brad and Tom [Cruise] were like my big brothers on the set, so it was like kissing your big brother–totally gross!”

Pitt told her: “How do you think I feel? I have to kiss a little girl.”

https://www.amazon.com/Interview-Vampire-Chronicles-Brad-Pitt/dp/B00004RFFS

It is over two decades since Kirsten Dunst starred alongside Tom Cruise in Interview With The Vampire – but Tom is still conscientious about sending a Christmas present every year.

Even better: Every year, without fail, he sends something called “The Cruise Cake”.

Speaking on The Graham Norton Show, Kirsten, 33, said: “He sends me a cake every Christmas. We are very excited to receive ‘The Cruise Cake’.

“He has kept it going for a really long time, which is impressive. I’ve never given any one a gift for that length of time except for my parents.”

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sJlsWEvzZfQ

http://www.cooks.com/recipe/is28p2wb/the-next-best-thing-to-tom-cruise-cake.html

*Make this Next Best Thing to Tom Cruise Cake – it’s better than kissing Brad Pitt.

SNUB – Travis Scott

Review –

• Let people live their lives
• Wonder Woman Workout
• Suck up life
• Have a side hustle – make sure it’s legal
• Watch Big Bang Theory
• Make ‘The Cruise Cake’

 

Watch out for the * for today’s advice.

MIND

A DAY ABOUT NOTHING

Daniel Day-Lewis 1957

http://variety.com/2017/film/news/daniel-day-lewis-retirement-from-acting-why-1202625443/

http://focusfeatures.com/phantom-thread

Daniel Day-Lewis Refuses To Break Character And Lived In The Wilderness For Half A Year

Daniel Day-Lewis is one of the most notorious method actors who has ever lived, because he consistently does batshit crazy things to get into character for his roles. For example, when preparing for his role as Abraham Lincoln in the 2012 film … um, Lincoln, Day-Lewis inhabited his interpretation of Honest Abe 24/7. He would tell water cooler jokes about the Civil War as if it were currently being covered on CNN. He also insisted on speaking in his carefully crafted Abraham Lincoln voice at all times, regardless of whether he was rehearsing a scene or talking about the most recent episode of Mad Men.

Day-Lewis would even send text messages to his co-star Sally Field, who played Lincoln’s wife, Mary Todd, as if Abraham Lincoln was the one sending the messages. He made sure all of his texts used the language and grammar of Civil War-era America, which Field would then have to attempt to reciprocate, despite the fact that people from the mid-19th century would chew their own lips off in helpless insanity after laying eyes on an iPhone 6.

https://www.amazon.com/Lincoln-Daniel-Day-Lewis/dp/B009AMANBA

https://www.amazon.com/Last-Mohicans-Enhanced-Widescreen/dp/B00005221M

*This could fall under ENTERTAINMENT, but watch Lincoln and/or The Last of the Mohicans to see the metamorphosis that Lewis goes under to get into character.

BODY

Michelle Pfeiffer 1958

http://www.gorgeouspfeiffer.com/gallery.htm

https://www.amazon.com/Scarface-Al-Pacino/dp/B000ID37SQ

Pfeiffer, who runs 4 to 6 miles a day on the treadmill, switched to a vegan diet several years ago to improve her health and boost longevity.

http://www.celebrityhealthfitness.com/37272/michelle-pfeiffer-turns-58-vegan-diet-running-workouts-anti-aging-fitness-secrets/

*Run 4 to 6 miles on the treadmill and eat vegan today. Watch Scarface for motivation.

SOUL

Willie Nelson 1933

http://willienelson.com/

Be Yourself

If there is one thing that Willie Nelson has always done better than anyone else, it’s being Willie Nelson.

https://www.onecountry.com/5-life-lessons-from-willie-nelson-1647680570.html

*Be yourself. It’s good for your soul. So is listening to Willie Nelson. And smoking weed.

MONEY

Dale Earnhardt 1951

http://www.dalejr.com/about/mydad/default.aspx

The former NASCAR driver’s widow, Teresa Earnhardt, wants to keep the name from being used by Earnhardt’s son and her stepson, Kerry Earnhardt, and his wife in their home designs and furniture business.

https://blackflag.jalopnik.com/dale-earnhardt-sr-s-relatives-in-court-over-who-gets-t-1775430845

*Make sure your name is being used as you would want, after you are gone.

ENTERTAINMENT

Jerry Seinfeld 1954 – watch Comedians in Cars Getting Coffee

https://twitter.com/JerrySeinfeld?ref_src=twsrc%5Egoogle%7Ctwcamp%5Eserp%7Ctwgr%5Eauthor

Jerry Seinfeld in his show Comedians In Cars Getting Coffee teaches us not to care what other people think.

http://www.crackle.com/comedians-in-cars-getting-coffee-single-shot?cmpid=4545&utm_source=googleadwords&utm_medium=ppc&utm_campaign=chosen&gclid=CjwKEAjwgPe4BRCB66GG8PO69QkSJAC4EhHhEKVrpec8V45DceBdTk3qS06PeRkiz7m2PhFbNptAPRoCaQvw_wcB

*Watch Comedians in Cars Getting Coffee. Of course you could watch Seinfeld reruns all day too.

FOOD

Uma Thurman 1970 – Durward Kirby burger – bloody – and the famous “Five Dollar Milk Shake”

http://www.gregstarling.com/durwood-kirby-burger/

Strawberry Cheesecake Milkshake

Marsellus Wallace asks Vincent to go out with his wife while he’s away, and Mia Wallace, played by Uma Thurman in a pert Louise Brooks–style wig, takes him to Jack Rabbit Slim’s—an homage to the 1950s with booths made from tail-finned cars and Ed Sullivan, Ricky Nelson, and Marilyn Monroe impersonators waiting tables. Vincent and Mia order food from a Buddy Holly–look-alike waiter (played by Steve Buscemi)— a “Douglas Sirk” steak and a “vanilla Coke” for Vincent, and a “Durward Kirby” burger and the famous “Five Dollar Milk Shake” for Mia. Despite the unsavory aspects of both characters, the date has a certain amount of innocence. It’s a throwback to a simpler time, when girls and boys drank milk shakes and had to be home by curfew.

https://www.epicurious.com/archive/entertaining/partiesevents/movie-menus-pulp-fiction

http://www.shortlist.com/food-drink/how-to-make-the-5-milkshake-from-pulp-fiction

https://www.amazon.com/Pulp-Fiction-John-Travolta/dp/B005T3AYAE

*Make this Durward Kirby burger and wash it down with a $5 milkshake. Enjoy this 1950s meal while watching Pulp Fiction – I know, this movie is recommended a lot.

What a day! Big names teaching us how to LIVE FAMOUSLY

SNUB – Duke Ellington

Review –

• Watch Lincoln or The Last of the Mohicans
• Run 4 to 6 miles on the treadmill
• Be yourself
• How will your name be used when you are gone?
• Watch Comedians in Cars Getting Coffee
• Durward Kirby Burger and a $5 milkshake

 

Look for the * for today’s advice.

ERA OF GOOD FEELINGS DAY

MIND

James Monroe 1758

http://jamesmonroemuseum.umw.edu/

-Liberia named its capital city after Monroe. Monrovia is the only non-US capital to be named after a US President.

https://wiseyoungowl.wordpress.com/tag/james-monroe/

*Another good presidential DYK to start up conversation today.

BODY

Jessica Alba 1981

https://www.honest.com/

Instead of running on a treadmill for 40 minutes, you are constantly changing what you require of your body. Total body exhaustion is the goal in these Jessica Alba 3-2-1 workouts.

https://www.popworkouts.com/jessica-alba-workout-40-minute-routine/

*Complete this Jessica Alba 3-2-1 workout.

SOUL

Harper Lee 1926

http://www.tokillamockingbird.com/

“You never really understand a person until you consider things from his point of view. … Until you climb inside of his skin and walk around in it.”

http://www.kansascity.com/entertainment/article61357137.html

*Climb inside someone’s skin today and consider things from their point of view.

MONEY

Ferruccio Lamborghini 1916

https://www.lamborghini.com/en-en/brand/people/ferruccio-lamborghini

Lamborghini Cars Were A Result Of A Tractor Company Owner Being Insulted by the Founder of Ferrari

http://www.todayifoundout.com/index.php/2011/03/lamborghini-cars-were-a-result-of-a-tractor-company-owners-frustration-with-ferrari/

*Turn an insult into an opportunity today.

ENTERTAINMENT

Oskar Schindler 1908 – watch Schindler’s List

https://www.ushmm.org/wlc/en/article.php?ModuleId=10005787

https://www.amazon.com/Schindlers-List-Widescreen-Liam-Neeson/dp/B00012QM8G

SCHINDLER MADE MORE THAN ONE LIST.

Seven lists in all were made by Oskar Schindler and his associates during the war, while four are known to still exist. Two are at the Yad Vashem in Israel, one is at the US Holocaust Museum in Washington, D.C., and one privately owned list was unsuccessfully auctioned off via eBay in 2013.

The movie refers to the first two lists created in 1944, otherwise known as “The Lists of Life.” The five subsequent lists were updates to the first two versions, which included the names of more than 1000 Jews who Schindler saved by recruiting them to work in his factory.

http://mentalfloss.com/article/69150/14-fascinating-facts-about-schindlers-list

*Watch Schindler’s List tonight – with a box of tissues.

FOOD

Penelope Cruz 1974 – shrimp stew

https://www.amazon.com/Woman-Top-Pen%C3%A9lope-Cruz/dp/B000067J24

The movie we’re currently using for culinary inspiration over at Food ‘n Flix is Woman on Top starring Penelope Cruz.  It’s fun…it’s a chick-flick…it  has sexy men and (dare I say) even sexier food! With her cooking, Isabella can mesmerize palates…and men…wherever she goes.  Fleeing from her cheating husband and their restaurant in her native Brazil, she lands in San Francisco to start over from scratch.  Isabella strives to find balance between her need to control (hence, woman on top) and the passion in her heart.

https://www.allroadsleadtothe.kitchen/2011/02/moqueca-brazilian-fish-stew-inspired-by.html

*Enjoy this sexy shrimp stew while watching the movie that it comes from – Woman on Top

SNUB – Saddam Hussein

Review –

• Presidential DYK
• 3-2-1 workout
• Consider things from someone else’s point of view
• Turn an insult into an opportunity
• Watch Schindler’s List
• Make sexy shrimp stew

Search for the * for today’s advice.

FINGER ROLL DAY

MIND

Ulysses S. Grant 1822

https://www.whitehouse.gov/about-the-white-house/presidents/ulysses-s-grant/

Make sure you can deliver your end of the agreement: In agreeing to meet with Lee at the neutral location, Grant was clear that he himself did not have the unilateral authority to deliver peace. He nevertheless stressed to Lee that their meeting could “hasten” the process

https://www.inc.com/ilan-mochari/7-negotiation-lessons-from-ulysses-s.-grant-and-robert-e.-lee-at-appomattox.html

*Deliver on your end of an agreement today.

BODY

Martha Hunt 1989

My personal philosophy is that you just need to switch it up and keep a good healthy balance, don’t overdo any one kind of exercise give your body rest give yourself time to eat and enjoy life! Don’t overdo it is really important.

I’ll do a yoga podcast on my iPad from time to time.

https://www.imgmodels.com/marthahunt/paris/women

https://www.self.com/story/working-out-with-martha-hunt

https://www.yogajournal.com/lifestyle/podcasts-yogis-will-love

*Find a yoga podcast and do it. But don’t overdo it.

SOUL

Coretta Scott King 1927

http://www.thekingcenter.org/about-mrs-king

Coretta King was his other half. She did more than anyone else to advance his legacy. And, dare I say, if it were not for this woman by his side, his legacy would never have risen to such heroic proportions.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/therootdc/post/coretta-scott-king-martin-luther-kings-other-half/2011/10/20/gIQA2t853L_blog.html

*How are you helping your other half? How are you adding to your significant other’s legacy?

MONEY

Samuel Morse 1791

http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/theymadeamerica/whomade/morse_hi.html

To this day, several historians claim that Morse did not come to the idea of Telegraph by himself, but that he used the findings of the American chemist and inventor Harrison Gray Dyar who transmitted first telegraph message eighteen years before Morse’s patent.

http://www.samuelmorse.net/

*Don’t be afraid to improve on or even borrow ideas from someone and make them your own, but better!

ENTERTAINMENT

Patrick Stump 1984 – listen to Fall Out Boy

https://falloutboy.com/

Fall Out Boy frontman Patrick Stump published a long blog entry last night on his personal site in which he laments the commercial failure of his solo album, Soul Punk, and his status as a “has-been” at 27. “Whatever notoriety Fall Out Boy used to have prevents me from having the ability to start over from the bottom again,” he wrote.

https://www.rollingstone.com/music/news/patrick-stump-im-a-27-year-old-has-been-20120229

*Listen to Fall Out Boy – before Patrick Stump was a “has-been”

FOOD

George Gervin 1952 – finger rolls

http://georgegervin44.com/

Gervin holds the distinction of being a former teammate of both Julius Erving (with the Squires) and Michael Jordan (with the Bulls).

Gervin was inducted to the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame in 1996; additionally his #44 jersey has been retired by the Spurs and he was named to the NBA’s 50 Greatest Players.

George remains active in the San Antonio community with his many organizations designed specifically for underprivileged kids, including the George Gervin Youth Center. Gervin is beloved in San Antonio and believes that his own experience as an underprivileged child in Michigan inspired him to get involved.

https://www.si.com/vault/1998/03/16/240278/the-5-best-moves-in-the-nba-heres-our-countdown-of-the-funkiest-feints-shiftiest-spins-and-most-dynamite-dribbles-in-the-game

http://www.cooks.com/recipe/xs68q6p5/finger-rolls.html

*Make these finger rolls in honor of The Iceman George Gervin.

SNUB – Herbert Spencer

Review –

• Deliver your end of an agreement
• Listen to a Yoga podcast
• Help add to your partner’s legacy
• Improve on ideas from others
• Listen to Fall Out Boy
• Make finger rolls

Look for the * for today’s advice.

ARBOR DAY

MIND

John James Audubon 1785

http://www.audubon.org/

John James Audubon (1785-1851) was not the first person to attempt to paint and describe all the birds of America (Alexander Wilson has that distinction), but for half a century he was the young country’s dominant wildlife artist. His seminal Birds of America, a collection of 435 life-size prints, quickly eclipsed Wilson’s work and is still a standard against which 20th and 21st century bird artists, such as Roger Tory Peterson and David Sibley, are measured.

http://www.audubon.org/content/john-james-audubon

*Go bird watching today. See how many different birds you can find.

BODY

Channing Tatum 1980

http://channingtatumunwrapped.com/

30 Minute Circuit – As many sets as possible:

• Jumping Rope (100 skips)
• Push-Ups (25 reps)
• Military Press (25 reps)
• Bench Press (20 reps)

https://www.popworkouts.com/channing-tatum-workout/

*Do this Channing Tatum 30 minute circuit and show off those abs!

SOUL

Israr Ahmed 1932

http://www.irtiqa-blog.com/2009/08/dr-israr-ahmed-and-evolution.html

Every Human Soul goes through FIVE stages

The word Jihad and the verb that goes with it mean to struggle against some opposition. Thus, each and every human being is engaged in Jihad, in the sense that everyone has to struggle for his existence.

https://www.institutealislam.com/understanding-jihad-striving-in-the-cause-of-allah-by-dr-israr-ahmad/

*What is your Jihad? What are you struggling with and how can you overcome it?

MONEY

Melania Trump 1970

Everybody is going to have an opinion, but you’re in the driver’s seat.
People are entitled to their thoughts when awkward moments happen. But at the end of the day, you’re the one who has a choice about how to react to what’s said about you and your business.

https://www.inc.com/wanda-thibodeaux/4-hardcore-lessons-from-first-lady-melania-trumps-gift-giving-blunder.html

*Yelp reviews can be hard to read but remember that you’re in the driver’s seat and have control over the future of your business, regardless of what anyone else thinks.

ENTERTAINMENT

Tionne Watkins 1970 – listen to TLC

https://tlc-army.com/

https://twitter.com/TheRealTBOZ?ref_src=twsrc%5Egoogle%7Ctwcamp%5Eserp%7Ctwgr%5Eauthor

After over 30 years in the music business, Tionne Watkins, better known as T-Boz of the legendary, multi-platinum girl group TLC, along with the remaining member, Ronzonda “Chilli” Thomas, finished up their fifth and final studio album, but are still touring to sold-out shows around the world.

https://blackdoctor.org/1201/t-boz-her-secret-brain-tumor-battle/

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jpWbJxTqiHo

*Don’t be a scrub – listen to TLC

FOOD

Carol Burnett 1933 – Raspberry Riches

https://www.justapinch.com/recipes/dessert/fruit-dessert/carol-burnetts-raspberry-riches.html

Fans of The Carol Burnett Show quickly picked up on the comedienne’s regular ear tug at the end of each episode. That small gesture was the thoughtful way she said hello to her grandmother, Mabel Eudora White, who raised her after her parents’ marriage ended.

https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCry6nxAo2tfVyO6lEboiU3w

*Tug on your ear as you make Carol Burnett’s raspberry riches. 

SNUB – Jet Li

Review –

• Go bird watching
• Channing Tatum workout
• Declare a Jihad
• You decide how to react to people
• Listen to TLC
• Make Carol Burnett’s Raspberry Riches

Look for the * for today’s advice.

TIM DUNCAN DAY

MIND

Renee Zellweger 1969

Avoid temptation by throwing stuff away. Remind self not to get it back out of the bin later.

https://www.radiotimes.com/news/2016-04-13/15-life-lessons-learned-from-bridget-jones/

*Throw everything away that you know is bad for you. Booze, drugs, cigarettes, candy, bacon, etc.

BODY

Tim Duncan 1976

http://21usvihurricanehelp.com/

Duncan was a champion swimmer in St. Croix, where his sister had been an Olympian in 1988. But the following year, when Duncan was a tall, lanky 13-year-old with an eye on the Games in 1992 or 1996, Hurricane Hugo ripped through the island, tearing off roofs, uprooting trees and otherwise leaving the island’s main pool useless.

http://www.usatoday.com/story/sports/nba/spurs/2013/04/01/tim-duncan-san-antonio-ageless-tony-parker-gregg-popovich/2040251/

*Play basketball and go swimming today. Or try to find a pool with a basketball hoop attached = hours of fun!

SOUL

Ella Fitzgerald 1917

http://www.ellafitzgerald.com/

Unable to adjust to the new circumstances, Ella became increasingly unhappy and entered into a difficult period of her life. Her grades dropped dramatically, and she frequently skipped school. After getting into trouble with the police, she was taken into custody and sent to a reform school. Living there was even more unbearable, as she suffered beatings at the hands of her caretakers.

http://www.ellafitzgerald.com/about/biography

*Listen to Ella Fitzgerald to soothe your soul today.

MONEY

Jason Lee 1970

https://www.jasonleefilm.com/

Lee says he purchased a piece of land and relocated the family to Lil’ D so his kids could experience what he didn’t growing up; namely, homegrown goats, chickens, vegetables and fruit trees.

http://www.guidelive.com/celebrities/2015/09/17/official-actor-jason-lee-lives-denton-can-party-saturday

*Research the perfect place for you to live. Make it a goal and come up with a plan to live there one day.

ENTERTAINMENT

Al Pacino 1940

https://www.washingtonpost.com/entertainment/al-pacino-was-nearly-fired-from-the-godfather-the-rest-is-history/2016/11/29/9e3f6ac6-aa86-11e6-977a-1030f822fc35_story.html?utm_term=.2ecceac5b6f2

On this, almost everyone was agreed: Al Pacino was looking like a disaster as Michael Corleone.

Shooting had begun in early 1971. Pacino recalls the Paramount suits looking at the rushes and saying: “What the hell is this kid doing? And he’s short to boot.” They thought he was delivering an “anemic” performance. The studio brass, Pacino says, “tried to fire me three times.”

There “was a movement not to have me in the part,” the 76-year-old actor recalls, sitting on the porch of his rental house in the flats of Beverly Hills. “I didn’t want me in the part.”

https://www.shortlist.com/entertainment/films/15-things-you-probably-didnt-know-about-the-godfather-ii/86824

https://www.amazon.com/Godfather-Part-II-Al-Pacino/dp/B005DNPFV8

Talia Shire 1946

In The Godfather Part II, Connie and Michael’s relationship has deteriorated. Her bitterness toward Michael causes her to act out. She has remarried, divorced, and had affairs.

https://www.quora.com/How-does-Michael-Corleones-sister-change-over-the-course-of-the-three-Godfather-movies

*Watch The Godfather Part 2 to see brother and sister Al Pacino (Michael) and Talia Shire (Connie)

FOOD

Meadowlark Lemon 1932 – Meadowlark Lemon Meringue Pie

http://www.meadowlarklemon.org/

The life, love, and laughter of Meadowlark Lemon served to inspire an entire generation around the world.
His relentless pursuit to bring happiness to the masses will live on through your generous donation to Meadowlark Lemon Ministries.

http://www.bettycrocker.com/recipes/classic-lemon-meringue-pie/8f991b88-55b0-4740-b12c-251958d663a6

*Enjoy this Meadowlark Lemon Meringue Pie while watching The Godfather Part 2. 

SNUB – Hank Azaria

Review –

• Throw temptations away
• Play basketball and swim
• Listen to Ella Fitzgerald
• Make a plan to live in your dream spot
• Watch The Godfather 2
• Make a Meadowlark Lemon Meringue Pie

Check out the * for today’s advice.

BUY A REALLY GOOD PAIR OF SHOES DAY

MIND

Chipper Jones 1972

“You need to be passionate about everything you do in life,” Jones said.

http://www.stack.com/a/chipper-jones-motivation

https://www.gq.com/story/chipper-jones-braves-interview

*Be passionate about everything you do today.

BODY

Djimon Hounsou 1964

https://www.oxfam.org/en/ambassadors/djimon-hounsou

“There’s a huge difference in the way you look when you focus on both nutrition and conditioning,”

Adopt a point system. Assign these values to menu items: 2 points for a salad; 3 points for an appetizer; 2 points for an entrée; 4 points for a dessert; and 2 points for an alcoholic beverage. Order whatever you want, but limit yourself to a total of 6 points. To follow this system, choose from a category only once.

https://blackdoctor.org/443045/djimon-hounsou-diet/

*Focus on what you eat today at every meal. Use the above point system.

SOUL

Shirley MacLaine 1934

https://www.facebook.com/TheRealShirleyMacLaine/

“The notion that all you really need in life is some fresh water, a good hat and a really good pair of shoes,”

http://www.supersoul.tv/supersoul-sunday/shirley-maclaine-the-only-3-things-you-ever-need-in-life

*If you don’t have a good hat and a really good pair of shoes, get them both today. And drink lots of water.

MONEY

Kelly Clarkson 1982

https://www.kellyclarkson.com/

Clarkson would later say that Davis “told me verbatim that I was a ‘shitty writer’ … and how I should just shut up and sing.”

http://www.billboard.com/articles/news/6524077/kelly-clarkson-worth-american-idol-contract

*Don’t listen to people on how to shape your future. You control your destiny, not them.

ENTERTAINMENT

Barbra Streisand 1942

Why did the right road take the wrong turn
Why did our heart break, why’d we get burned
Just like the seasons there are reasons for the path we take
There are no mistakes
Just lessons to be learned

http://www.barbrastreisand.com/

*Learn lessons by listening to Barbra Streisand today.

FOOD

Phil Robertson 1946 – baked duck

http://duckcommander.com/recipes/baked-duck

In the 1960s, Robertson, now 66, was the starting quarterback at Louisiana Tech for two seasons ahead of Terry Bradshaw. His teammates and a coach recall him as a talented, outdoors-obsessed character who walked away from his final year of eligibility to spend more time hunting and fishing, but had the talent to play in the NFL:

http://www.espn.com/blog/playbook/fandom/post/_/id/18740/how-good-was-phil-robertson-at-football

*Enjoy this baked duck (2 points) while listening to Barbra and Kelly. Continue to pursue your true passion.

SNUB – Jean Paul Gaultier

Review –

• Be passionate about everything you do
• Use a point system for eating
• Fresh water, good hat, a really good pair of shoes
• You control your destiny
• Listen to Barbra Streisand
• Make Baked Duck

Look out for the * for today’s advice.

YOU CAN’T SEE ME DAY

MIND

William Shakespeare 1564 (died April 23, 1616)

http://www.shakespeare-online.com/

http://shakespeare.mit.edu/

https://www.folger.edu/shakespeares-life

Shakespeare’s power of imagination was as fertile as that of any man known to history, but he had another power which is rarely absent from great poets, the power of absorbing or assimilating the fruits of reading.

http://www.shakespeare-online.com/biography/onshakespearesmind.html

*Read. You should still have a book that was suggested to you. Take time and read today – maybe start reading Shakespeare today.

BODY

John Cena 1977

http://www.wwe.com/superstars/john-cena

The 10-time WWE champ and two-time World Heavyweight champ tries to hit a new max on his main lifts every six weeks.

http://www.mensfitness.com/training/workout-routines/john-cena-six-weeks-to-more-size-and-strength

*Use today to hit a new max on your main lifts. Bench, squat, deadlift.

SOUL

Shirley Temple 1928

http://www.shirleytemple.com/

After her prepubescent acting gigs, she went on to live a meltdown-free career as a diplomat, political activist, and mother of three.

http://www.theatlantic.com/entertainment/archive/2014/02/shirley-temple-the-child-star-who-wasnt-a-cautionary-tale/283747/

*Break the stereotype. Outgrow what most people thought that you would become. Be better than what is expected of you.

MONEY

Michael Moore 1954

https://michaelmoore.com/

https://www.amazon.com/Capitalism-Love-Story-Michael-Moore/dp/B0030Y11XS

http://theindependentcritic.com/capitalism_a_love_story

“Actually, the number one reason for people being foreclosed upon is because they don’t have health insurance, and they’ve been paying medical bills and now they can’t pay their mortgages,”

https://www.documentary.org/content/love-and-luchre-michael-moore-follows-money

*Make sure you have the right health insurance for you. Watch Capitalism: A Love Story for motivation.

ENTERTAINMENT

Roy Orbison 1936

https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/roy-orbisons-triumphs-and-tragedies-103421/

In 1966 tragedy struck when Claudette Orbison was killed in a motorcycle accident, with Roy riding just ahead of her when it happened. He found it difficult to write any more songs, but he kept touring. Two years later, a fire destroyed his house in Hendersonville, Tennessee, killing two of his three children. From that point on, he refused to attend funerals.

https://royorbison.com/

*If you listen close enough, you can hear the pain in Orbison’s lyrics.

FOOD

James Buchanan 1791 – Apees

https://www.whitehouse.gov/about-the-white-house/presidents/james-buchanan/

Apees
…it is certain that [these cookies] were much enjoyed by Pennsylvanians such as James Buchanan…
Flour
Butter
Sugar
Grated nutmeg
Milk
Blend 3/4 cup flour with 1/2 pound butter, cutting the butter into the flour carefully as you would with pie dough. Gradually add 1/2 pound sugar and 1 teaspoon nutmeg. Mix well, and stir in a little milk gradually, using only enough to make a firm dough…Knead the dough, roll it into sheets, and cut into designs with a cooky cutter. Butter a cooky sheet, place the cookies on them far enough apart to prevent touching. Bake in a medium (350 degrees F.) oven until very lightly browned. Makes 48.”

James Buchanan, the only president to remain a bachelor his entire life, may have also been the first gay president in U.S. history.

https://allthatsinteresting.com/james-buchanan-gay

SNUB – Gigi Hadid

Review –

• Read Shakespeare
• Max on your main lifts
• Be better than what is expected of you
• Make sure you have enough health insurance
• Listen to Roy Orbison
• Make Apees

Look for the * for today’s advice.

EARTH DAY

MIND

Robert Oppenheimer 1904

He always wanted to be at the center. This quality is good for soldiers and politicians but bad for original thinkers. He paid too much attention to famous people working on fashionable topics, while ignoring less famous people working away from the mainstream of science.

https://www.amazon.com/Oppenheimer-Sam-Waterston/dp/B0019MFY3G

https://www.amazon.com/American-Experience-Trials-Robert-Oppenheimer/dp/B001P7DUFE

https://www.atomicheritage.org/profile/j-robert-oppenheimer

https://www.thenewatlantis.com/publications/the-agony-of-atomic-genius

*Don’t ignore the less famous people – working away from the mainstream today.

BODY

Marshawn Lynch 1986 – 6:24am 200 sit-ups and pushups

https://www.beastmodeonline.com/

http://fortune.com/2017/09/12/facebook-marshawn-lynch-no-script/

Marshawn Lynch wakes up every morning at 6:24 a.m. — 6:24 a.m.! — and does a couple hundred sit-ups, a couple hundred push-ups and then gets back in the bed. Every single morning.

http://ftw.usatoday.com/2017/05/nfl-raiders-marshawn-lynch-workout-morning-routine

*Yes, wake up at 6:24 and don’t go back to bed until you’ve done 200 sit-ups and push ups. Reward yourself with some skittles.

SOUL

Vernon Johns 1892

http://kentakepage.com/vernon-johns-father-of-the-civil-rights-movement/

Before there was the Rev. Martin Luther King, there was the Rev. Vernon Johns.

A visionary, fire-breathing Baptist preacher in segregationist Montgomery, Ala., in the early 1950s, Johns helped ignite the tinder of the civil rights movement that ultimately would transfix and change the nation.

*Blaze a trail for someone to follow in your footsteps to make change.

MONEY

Willie Robertson 1972

https://duckcommander.com/

When Willie became CEO of the company, he used his business degree and sales experience to take the company out of the living room and into the big time. Today Duck Commander is a thriving business empire that sells 600,000 duck calls a year in addition to their popular DVDs, books and other merchandise. The Robertson family are self-described “redneck millionaires” who enjoy finer things like new trucks and houses, but still won’t hesitate to jump in the mud on a hunting trip.

http://www.celebritynetworth.com/richest-businessmen/ceos/willie-robertson-duck-commander-net-worth/

*Don’t be afraid to take your company into the big time or to jump in the mud.

ENTERTAINMENT

Jack Nicholson 1937 – watch As Good as it Gets

http://www.jack-nicholson.info/

https://www.amazon.com/As-Good-Gets-Lupe-Ontiveros/dp/0767811100

http://sites.psu.edu/psych475fearandstress/2014/12/07/as-good-as-it-gets/

Jack Nicholson is a self-centered, insulting, narcissistic guy who thinks that the world revolves around him. When he falls for waitress Helen Hunt, he tries to become a better person. He still has his intimacy issues, but he becomes much nicer.  “Why can’t I have a normal boyfriend?” Hunt laments to her mother. Her mother’s sage reply is “because it doesn’t exist.”

https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/suffer-the-children/201605/good-it-gets

*Become a better person by watching As Good as it Gets

FOOD

Vladimir Lenin 1870 – milk soup with dumplings

https://www.theatlantic.com/international/archive/2016/04/lenins-body/478050/

The founder of the Bolshevik revolution loved simple but well-prepared food, such as milk soup with dumplings.

https://www.rbth.com/russian_kitchen/2016/08/19/soup-for-the-leader-the-source-of-vladimir-lenins-revolutionary-zeal_622479

*Enjoy Lenin’s favorite comfort food. Lead a revolution!

SNUB – Amber Heard

Review –

• Don’t ignore the less famous people
• 6:24 am push ups and sit ups
• Blaze a trail for someone
• Take your company to the big time
• Watch As Good as it Gets
• Make milk soup with dumplings