Month: June 2019

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GET A FAKE ID DAY

MIND

Brian Wilson 1942

http://www.brianwilson.com/

So I’m taking things a little easier lately. Like, when I wake up in the morning, instead of going, ‘Oh, no, not another day,’ I’m going, ‘Oh, God, thank you for another day!’ ”

http://www.rollingstone.com/music/features/brian-wilsons-better-days-20150622

*When you wake up, steal this quote from Brian Wilson – “Oh, God, thank you for another day!”

BODY

Nicole Kidman 1967

http://nicolekidmanofficial.com/

She does regular 55-minute Pilates sessions and a weekly spinning class, and favors cardio workouts on a cross trainer. Otherwise, she’s outdoors running 7 to 12 miles at a clip, or power walking.  She also trains with weights, swims and does yoga.

http://nicolekidmandiet.com/

https://www.amazon.com/Hours-Meryl-Streep/dp/B00005JKTI

*Here are your choices – Pilates, spin class, cross training, run 7-12 miles, power walking, lift weights, swimming, yoga, or a combination of any of these. Watch Nicole Kidman win an Oscar in The Hours, for motivation.

SOUL

Lionel Richie 1949

http://lionelrichie.com/

“Soul is a feeling. Not a color,” Richie said. “Talent is a God-given gift, and not a category. Out of the box is that magical place where talent -– pure talent goes -– to live and thrive and breathe. And may you never give that up as long as you’re in this business.”

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/06/30/bet-misspell-lionel-richie_n_5543324.html

*Listen to Lionel Richie and feel it in your soul.

MONEY

John Goodman 1952

https://economyandmarkets.com/economy/charles-sizemore-loan-sharking-gangster/

At one point, Bennett turns for help to another loan shark named Frank (John Goodman), who offers a brilliant lecture on why an emergency fund is so critical—only with a lot more expletives than the typical personal finance expert. “Somebody wants you to do something, f*** you. Boss p***** you off, f*** you! Own your house. Have a couple bucks in the bank,” Frank explains. “A wise man’s life is based around f*** you. The United States of America is based on f*** you.”

https://www.amazon.com/Gambler-Mark-Wahlberg/dp/B00R7FUC7M

*Make every effort to have enough money in the bank to be able to say “fuck you” whenever it’s necessary. AKA “Fuck you money.” Watch John Goodman The Gambler for motivation.

ENTERTAINMENT

Christopher Mintz-Plasse 1989 – watch Superbad

https://twitter.com/MintzPlasse

https://www.amazon.com/Superbad-Jonah-Hill/dp/B0010R08PO

MCLOVIN’S MOM HAD TO BE ON SET FOR HIS SEX SCENE.

Talk about awkward! Christopher Mintz-Plasse was only 17 years old when he shot the film, which required him to have parental supervision during his love scene with Nicola (Aviva Baumann). “It was real awkward but it worked out OK because when I watched the movie with her the sex scene wasn’t awkward because she’d been right there when it happened,” Mintz-Plasse told The Guardian. “Afterwards we didn’t talk about it; we still don’t speak about that moment.”

http://mentalfloss.com/article/66546/11-super-great-facts-about-superbad

*Get a fake ID, or take on a new identity, and watch Superbad – just don’t watch it with your mother.

FOOD

Alex Guarnaschelli 1972 – Scallops in their shells and chocolate caramel cake

http://alexguarnaschelli.com/

What was your most memorable meal? What, where, who? Details, please.

AG: My mother cooked me a birthday dinner at home when I was 11 or 12. Scallops in their shells and my favorite chocolate caramel cake. All the recipes are in my new cookbook. Best meal I can ever remember eating.

https://www.foodnetwork.com/fn-dish/shows/2013/03/alex-guarnaschelli-chopped-all-stars

Scallop Gratin with Scallions

Scallops with cheese? In this case, yes. My mother makes this as a holiday staple and I can still remember the first time I ate it as a kid. She ran out of the kitchen with the large scallop shells, sizzling, filled with this recipe. These are delicious, and the portion so small that it leaves you wanting more. Be warned: People may leave the table, shells in hand, and go somewhere and lick the crust of bread crumbs and leftover sauce from the shells in private. I also recommend some bread for sopping up the juices.

https://www.foodnetwork.com/recipes/alexandra-guarnaschelli/scallop-gratin-with-scallions-3364184

https://www.foodnetwork.com/recipes/alexandra-guarnaschelli/express-dobosch-torte-recipe-2013711

*Celebrate Alex Guarnaschelli’s birthday with her most memorable meal. Listen to Lionel Richie while making it and then enjoy it while watching a movie marathon of Superbad, The Gambler, and The Hours.

SNUB – Errol Flynn

Review –

• “Oh God, thank you for another day.”
• Nicole Kidman workout
• Feel it in your heart and feel it in your soul
• “Fuck you” money
• Watch Superbad
• Make scallops in their shells and chocolate caramel cake

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FADE AWAY DAY

MIND

Blaise Pascal 1623

https://www.biography.com/people/blaise-pascal-9434176

Pascal argues that our failure to understand the principles of reality is due to both our impatience and a certain lack of moral imagination:

Those who are accustomed to judge by feeling do not understand the process of reasoning, for they would understand at first sight, and are not used to seek for principles. And others, on the contrary, who are accustomed to reason from principles, do not at all understand matters of feeling, seeking principles, and being unable to see at a glance.

https://www.brainpickings.org/2015/06/19/blaise-pascal-intuition-intellect-pensees/

*Be patient and have moral imagination today.

BODY

Dirk Nowitzki 1978

https://twitter.com/swish41?ref_src=twsrc%5Egoogle%7Ctwcamp%5Eserp%7Ctwgr%5Eauthor

http://www.swish41.com/

Both men are quickly moving up the all-time scoring list.  Dirk currently sits sixth and LeBron is seventh.  Both men are likely to pass Wilt Chamberlain this season.

https://thesmokingcuban.com/2018/09/04/dallas-mavericks-2018-dirk-nowitzki-respect-lebron/

http://dnfoundation.org/

But all Nowitzki needs is a plain, old bicycle.

https://www.si.com/extra-mustard/2017/07/21/dirk-nowitzki-workout-photo-dallas-mavericks

*Go for a nice leisurely bike ride today. Then play some basketball and dominate like Dirk. 

SOUL

Lou Gehrig 1903

https://www.lougehrig.com/

http://www.alsa.org/

Yet, Gehrig’s speech tells anyone who suffers that certain gifts come with the inevitable outcome. Whether in the throes of cancer, late-stage AIDS or any other fatal illness, a renewed outlook on one’s current plot can offer many a balance to the fear of the final act. It doesn’t make the terror go away. But it offers appreciation for the past joys and blessings, in whatever form they came.

http://www.chickensoup.com/book-story/48214/the-greatest-baseball-story-ever

*Appreciate your past joys and blessings today.

MONEY

Macklemore 1983

http://macklemore.com/

Freedom is More Important Than Money

http://www.chasejarvis.com/blog/7-lessons-anyone-you-can-learn-from-macklemore-ryan-lewis/

http://www.metrolyrics.com/make-the-money-lyrics-macklemore.html

*Listen to Macklemore’s “Make the Money” and understand that your freedom is more important than money. Then go shopping at your local thrift shop.

ENTERTAINMENT

Kathleen Turner 1954 – watch Peggy Sue Got Married

https://www.amazon.com/Peggy-Sue-Married-Kathleen-Turner/dp/B0017I3U74

As Peggy Sue (Kathleen Turner) is being crowned queen of the reunion, she passes out and awakens back in 1961 in her senior year of high school. It’s a most unique time travel film, as Peggy Sue’s mind travels back to her younger body, and she gets a chance to experience her youth over again, knowing what she knows as an adult.

https://timetravel2015.wordpress.com/2015/08/04/entry-26-peggy-sue-got-married-1986/

*Think about the changes you would make, if you went back to high school, as you watch Kathleen Turner almost win an Oscar as Peggy Sue.

FOOD

Zoe Saldana 1978 – red bean stew

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

Diets don’t do squat.

“I don’t believe in cheat days because I don’t believe in diets. I try not to deprive my body of anything, because the moment I have just salads and protein for a few days, I crave carbs. But when I eat everything in balance, I think less about food and more about everything else. It’s about eating to live, not living to eat.”

https://www.shape.com/celebrities/videos/zoe-saldana-shape-june-2017

http://stylecaster.com/beauty/zoe-saldana-fashion-website/

http://www.womenshealthmag.com/life/zoe-saldana-0

http://www.sonypictures.com/movies/colombiana/

*Enjoy Columbiana’s red bean stew as part of a balanced diet while watching Peggy Sue Got Married.

SNUB – Paula Abdul

Review –

• Be patient and have moral imagination
• Go for a bike ride
• Appreciate your past joys and blessings
• Freedom is more important than money
• Watch Peggy Sue Got Married
• Make red bean stew

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INTERNATIONAL PICNIC DAY

MIND

E.W. Scripps 1854

http://scripps.com/

The National Spelling Bee first started in 1925 when nine newspapers joined together to host a spelling bee. Little did they know that 90 years later their literacy effort would reach 11 million students every year

http://spellingbee.com/take-test

Spell It

10 quick questions: hear them, spell them, and see how your skills compare to the crowd.

https://www.merriam-webster.com/word-games/spell-it

*Take this spelling test and see how you do.

BODY

Antonio Gates 1980

http://www.antoniogates.com/

The great thing about weight training is that it prevents injury along with making you stronger and improving your endurance. It makes your muscles that much stronger, so they don’t get hurt.

*Do this squat workout to be like a great college basketball player turned All-Pro NFL tight end.

SOUL

Frithjof Schuon 1907

http://www.frithjof-schuon.com/start.htm

Many questions arise simply because man lets himself be enticed into the domain where questions lie, instead of keeping firmly to the domain of certainty, If a man is confused by something, he should first of all come back to the certainty that it is not this world as such which is important, but the next world, and above all that God is Reality; and he should say to himself: in the face of this truth, which in principle is the solution to all questions, this or that question just does not arise; it is enough if he has the Answer of answers. And then God will give him a light also for what is earthly and particular.

http://www.studiesincomparativereligion.com/public/articles/Travel_Meditations-by_Frithjof_Schuon.aspx

*If you’re confused by something today, trust in God and he will show you the light.

MONEY

Scooter Braun 1981

http://scooterbraun.com/

“He worked odd jobs and ended up building bungalows and managing the properties… And he used to go get Fortune every month and sit at the table, according to my grandmother, reading stories about entrepreneurs to them… He got to work hard and live out his dream. If his great-grandson can be in Fortune [for being an entrepreneur], well that’s pretty cool.”

http://fortune.com/2016/02/18/scooter-braun-sb-projects/

*Go buy a Fortune magazine and read it cover to cover for entrepreneurial motivation.

ENTERTAINMENT

Paul McCartney 1942

https://www.paulmccartney.com/

McCartney believed he was on ‘the scrap heap’ following the break-up of The Beatles

Despite a post-Beatles career that has produced 17 solo albums and a further seven with his band Wings, McCartney felt that his time as a musician was over when The Beatles split in 1970.

“I don’t know how anyone could have lived with me,” McCartney explains in the book, paying tribute to his first wife, Linda, who died in 1998. “I was on the scrap heap in my own eyes… It was a barreling, empty feeling that just rolled across my soul.”

https://www.telegraph.co.uk/music/news/8-things-we-learned-from-the-new-paul-mccartney-biography/

*Listen to Sir Paul McCartney while enjoying a nice picnic.

FOOD

Delia Smith 1941 – chicken and herb picnic pie

https://www.deliaonline.com/

CHICKEN AND HERB PICNIC PIES

This one is perfect for food on the move.

Take along some radishes and crisp spring onions for an accompaniment and, of course, pickles and chutney.

https://www.deliaonline.com/recipes/type-of-dish/picnic-recipes/chicken-and-herb-picnic-pies

It’s often claimed that life is no picnic – but today it is! International Picnic Day is a chance to eat out in the open air with friends or family.

http://www.deliaonline.com/recipes/type-dish/picnic-recipes

*Enjoy Delia Smith’s chicken and herb picnic pies with friends and family on International Picnic Day. Don’t forget to play some Beatles and Paul McCartney music.

SNUB – Blake Shelton

Review –

• Take a spelling test
• Squats workout
• Trust in God to show you the light
• Read a Fortune magazine, cover to cover
• Listen to Paul McCartney
• Make a chicken and herb picnic pie

 

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COPACABANA DAY

MIND

William Kaye Estes 1919

https://www.revolvy.com/main/index.php?s=William%20Kaye%20Estes&item_type=topic

His pioneering methods of quantitative modeling and an insistence on rigor and precision established the standard for modern psychological science.

https://news.harvard.edu/gazette/story/2012/11/william-kaye-estes/

A quiet, reserved scholar who often waited what seemed like an eternity before answering a question, Bill nevertheless became an effective editor of three of psychology’s premier journals

https://news.harvard.edu/gazette/story/2012/11/william-kaye-estes/

*When asked a question today, wait before answering. Think it through.

BODY

Venus Williams 1980

http://www.venuswilliams.com/

My daily routine, all my life, has been all about workouts. I wake up, go play tennis for a few hours, then I go to the gym, and I do a few muscle groups. I do cardio, ride the bike, run, and do plyometrics or a field workout where I’m just sprinting on the field, or interval training, so there’s a lot of different options.

http://www.glamour.com/story/healthy-eating-and-workout-tip

*Play tennis for two hours, then go to the gym and lift. Then pick between the bike, running, or plyometrics.

SOUL

Amari Cooper 1994

http://www.raiders.com/team/roster/Amari-Cooper/50d52821-5dbf-4347-9a09-06fd8ba66a73

“As far as my personal growth, my faith has been tested many times,” Cooper said. “I’ve faced adversity a lot, but I remain faithful. So if you remain faithful, and you don’t quit, I believe that the Lord will bless you in all things. That’s how my faith system works.”

http://www.gospelherald.com/articles/54010/20150116/top-2015-nfl-draft-picks-amari-cooper-on-his-christian-upbringing-i-was-taught-to-be-hungry-and-humble.htm

*How does your faith system work? Not sure? Amari Cooper may be young, but he’s got a good one. Remain faithful and believe that the Lord will bless you in all things.

MONEY

Kendrick Lamar 1987

http://www.kendricklamar.com/

Don’t walk — or dream of walking — someone else’s financial path.

http://www.blackenterprise.com/kendrick-lamar-money-trees-finance-lessons/

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hwR_1EP18eo

*Walk your own financial path. Seek out help, but it’s your money and your path. Listen to Kendrick Lamar for motivation.

ENTERTAINMENT

Barry Manilow 1943

http://barrymanilow.com/

CROSSOVER: Money – So Manilow hired someone to take care of his finances. What he didn’t do, however, was think carefully about hiring the right person.

“I hired the wrong guy,” says Manilow to CNBC. “From ‘Mandy’ all the way through to ‘Copacabana,’ I didn’t see anything. And I didn’t know it until my manager, Garry Kief, came along and said, ‘You know, you have only got $11,000 in the bank.’

https://www.cnbc.com/2017/06/01/barry-manilows-biggest-money-mistake-left-him-with-just-11000.html

*Listen to Barry Manilow while checking up on your money today.

FOOD

Ruth Graves Wakefield 1903 – Tollhouse chocolate chip cookies

http://www.women-inventors.com/Ruth-Wakefield.asp

In 1930, Wakefield was mixing a batch of cookies for her roadside inn guests when she discovered that she was out of baker’s chocolate. She substituted broken pieces of Nestle’s semi-sweet chocolate, expecting it to melt and absorb into the dough to create chocolate cookies. That didn’t happen, but the surprising result helped to make Ruth Wakefield one of the 20th century’s most famous women inventors. When she removed the pan from the oven, Wakefield realized that she had accidentally invented “chocolate chip cookies.”

https://www.verybestbaking.com/toll-house#sm.001mudb4cm59dac100a1nlrvcgbh5?gclid=Cj0KCQjwqYfWBRDPARIsABjQRYzu5SbPht0OU9uZrF8WTE62QY_fNHDRF6w5QL9CaFDlspR150feswIaAmBcEALw_wcB&gclsrc=aw.ds

http://www.seriouseats.com/recipes/2011/11/original-toll-house-chocolate-chip-cookies-recipe.html

*Eat some Tollhouse chocolate chip cookies right out of the oven, or before they go in – your choice.

SNUB – Greg Kinnear

Review –

• Wait…before answering
• Play tennis
• Remain faithful
• Walk your own financial path
• Listen to Barry Manilow
• Make Tollhouse Cookies

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GO TO WHITE CASTLE DAY

MIND

Geronimo 1829

https://www.history.com/topics/native-american-history/geronimo

The 6’8″ Eberhardt did them one better — when his turn at the door came, he shouted “Geronimo!” — and a new military tradition was born.

Some of the top military brass weren’t in love with the new tradition, but others thought it evoked the bravery and daring of the Apache chief — the last holdout against American expansion to the West. They let the paratroopers keep the tradition.

https://www.businessinsider.com/this-is-why-soldiers-yell-geronimo-when-jumping-out-of-airplanes-2017-8

During this final campaign, at least 5,000 white soldiers and 500 Indian auxiliaries were employed at various times in the capture of Geronimo’s small band. Five months and 1,645 miles later, Geronimo was tracked to his camp in Mexico’s Sonora Mountains.

http://www.legendsofamerica.com/na-geronimo.html

*In which situation would someone yell your name one day? Evoke bravery today and never be afraid to be the last holdout on something you believe in.

BODY

Rick Nash 1984

https://www.nhl.com/player/rick-nash-8470041

Nash said that when he hits the gym he does a lot of Olympic lifting, hand cleans, front squats and jerks.

https://www.sny.tv/rangers/news/read-how-rick-nash-works-out-and-tries-to-get-better/149635558

*Get with your trainer and focus on Olympic lifting today – hand cleans, front squats, and jerks. Try to play some ice hockey today as well.

SOUL

Eddie Levert 1942

http://eddiewlevert.com/

Eddie has some advice for parents: “Spend time with those kids.” At the end of the day, if something happens to them, you’re going to hurt. But you won’t have regret.”

http://blackdoctor.org/460311/eddie-levert-i-still-wonder-was-it-something-i-did/

*Spend time with your kids today. No kids? Practice making them while listening to Levert

MONEY

Phil Mickelson 1970 – be a big tipper

https://philmickelson.com/

A recent article in Golf Digest magazine asked players, coaches and caddies on the PGA Tour how much cash they have in their wallets.

It ranged from only a few bucks, to closer to $1000, but ‘Lefty’ blew them all out of the water.

Known as one of the most generous tippers in the game, Mickelson revealed he had $8100 in cash.

“$6500 in $100s and $1600 in $20s,” the five time major winner said.

“I want to take care of people. You shouldn’t be expecting stuff for free.

“If someone does something for you, you should take care of them.”

Holding that sort of cash is a necessity when you’re as generous as Mickelson.

“I watched him tip $20 when all he had for breakfast was two strips of bacon,” recounts US PGA Tour official Slugger White.

http://www.sportingnews.com/other-sports/news/this-sportsman-carries-how-much-cash-around-phil-mickelson-golf/1srm2r03bzbj611trjhioq9o4n

*Go golfing today and leave a big tip in your golf cart – for whomever has to clean it.

ENTERTAINMENT

Tupac Shakur 1971

https://2pac.com/us

“You gotta make a change. It’s time for us as a people to start making some changes, lets change the way we eat, lets change the way we live, and lets change the way we treat each other. You see the old way wasn’t working so it’s on us, to do what we gotta do to survive.” – Tupac Shakur. We all come to a point when we become conscious of our environment and take steps on how to relate with it, Tupac moved for positive change.

https://www.quora.com/What-lessons-were-there-to-learn-from-the-brief-life-of-Tupac-Shakur-musician

https://www.amazon.com/All-Eyez-Jr-Demetrius-Shipp/dp/B071JSWRVC

https://www.amazon.com/Tupac-Resurrection-Widescreen-Shakur/dp/B0001US5T2

*Lots of options for Tupac. Listen to his music. Watch him act in movies. Watch movies about him. Be motivated to change the world.

FOOD

John Cho 1972 – Harold’s White Castle order

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

How many calories Harold and Kumar ate at the end of Harold and Kumar go to White Castle

At White Castle they each order 30 sliders, 5 french fries, and 4 large cherry cokes, except Kumar orders Diet Cokes

From the white castle website 1 slider = 140 calories, a regular order of fries = 330 calories, and a large Cherry Coke = 490 calories

30 sliders = 4,200 calories

3 orders of fries = 990 calories

4 Cherry Cokes = 1960 calories

So Harold ate 7,150 calories

Kumar ate 5,190 calories

https://www.reddit.com/r/theydidthemath/comments/2udrd0/self_how_many_calories_harold_and_kumar_ate_at/

http://mentalfloss.com/article/80386/10-meaty-facts-about-harold-kumar-go-white-castle

https://www.cinemablend.com/news/1537319/the-hilarious-drug-perk-john-cho-still-gets-thanks-to-harold-and-kumar

https://www.amazon.com/Harold-Kumar-Go-White-Castle/dp/B001W880O2

https://www.whitecastle.com/

https://krystal.com/

*There are no White Castles where I live. The closest thing is Krystal. I can buy White Castle burgers in my local grocery store though. So, depending on where you live, try your best to recreate John Cho (Harold’s) order. *It will help if you are really high and watching the movie – Harold and Kumar go to White Castle

SNUB – Stan Laurel

Review –

• Evoke bravery
• Olympic lifting
• Spend time with your kids
• Be a big tipper
• Listen to Tupac
• Consume Harold’s White Castle order

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64 BEERS DAY

MIND

Mario Cuomo 1932

https://apnews.com/4d0580746a6642ac84b918b28669d5ab

He embraced an underdog mentality

As the son of Italian immigrants, Mario Cuomo, a first-generation American who grew up in Queens behind his family-run grocery store, was always worried about “not being good enough.”

“He was fired up by that, you know, that was his motivation. He was very much devoted to a feeling of being an underdog and less than, and he had contempt for people who thought he was less than,” Cuomo said.

https://www.cnn.com/2018/03/23/politics/cuomo-axe-files/index.html

*Embrace the underdog mentality today. Have contempt for people who underestimate you and show them that you are more than they expected.

BODY

Courteney Cox 1964

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

‘I am an absolute guinea pig for anything that will keep me feeling good,’ she says, laughing. ‘If someone says, “You should try apple stem cells,” guess who’ll be putting them on her face the next day. Look, I’m close to 50. Getting older isn’t easy for anybody. Especially here in Los Angeles. So let’s be clear: looking youthful is something I do a lot of research on. Man, I could use some Botox right now.’

https://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/tvandradio/9133497/Courteney-Cox-I-could-use-some-Botox-right-now.html

http://www.vulture.com/2013/11/friends-monica-chandler-how-writers-paired-them-off.html

“My fitness philosophy is to be active in life and enjoy what I am doing,”

http://www.cheatsheet.com/life/courteney-coxs-workout-plan-the-secrets-to-her-success.html/?a=viewall

https://www.amazon.com/Ace-Ventura-Detective-Jim-Carrey/dp/0790732157

https://www.botoxcosmetic.com/

*Be active today, enjoy what you are doing, and maybe get some Botox. Watch Courteney Cox in Ace Ventura: Pet Detective for motivation.

SOUL

Lisa del Giocondo 1479

https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/world-history/mona-lisa-gherardini-book-people-and-the-painting-martin-kemp-and-giuseppe-pallanti-florence-a7916991.html

Towards the end of Lisa’s life, she had fully devoted herself to God and moved to the Sant’Orsola convent in Florence where she was eventually buried among other women.

https://www.thedailybeast.com/the-life-of-lisa-gherardini-del-giocondo-the-most-likely-real-mona-lisa

*Take today to fully devote yourself to God.

MONEY

Ice Cube 1969

http://icecube.com/

Follow Your Passion

Dr Dre and Ice Cube were passionate about rap and nothing was going to stop them from creating it and sharing it with the world. Dr Dre said fuck you to the owner of the club who wanted him to play some of the mainstream music. He stuck to his guns, threw Ice Cube on stage and got massive validation from the crowd.

http://nonjobs.com/10-killer-business-lessons-from-straight-outta-compton/

https://www.amazon.com/Straight-Outta-Compton-OShea-Jackson/dp/B013WF4XW0

*Follow your passion and don’t let anything stop you from creating it. Stick to your guns, this is your passion.

ENTERTAINMENT

Neil Patrick Harris 1973 – watch Doogie Howser MD

https://www.amazon.com/Doogie-Howser-M-D-Season-One/dp/B00076YOZY

http://nphbook.com/

Take Time for Self-Reflection

Doogie Howser was wise beyond his years in many ways. Not only did he graduate medical school at the age of 14, but he finished each day as a doctor by recording an entry in his personal journal. In doing so, he taught us it’s always a great idea to take time to reflect, to move mindfully through our days and constantly examine why we do what we do.

http://mentalfloss.com/article/69008/11-doctor-recommended-facts-about-doogie-howser-md

*Hopefully you have had the 365DOLF journal since January 1^st. If not, today is the day to go get it to move mindfully through your days and examine why you do what you do. Watch Neil Patrick Harris in the television show Doogie Howser MD for motivation.

FOOD

Leah Remini 1970 – pancake balls

http://www.leahremini.com/

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

http://www.leahreminiaftermath.com/

Two years out of the Church, Remini said her life is now better than ever and that the ordeal has reinforced the bonds within her family, bonds on display during their reality show on TLC, “It’s All Relative,” where the departure from Scientology is frequent fodder for discussion.

“At the end, I mean I don’t regret what I’ve been through,” Remini said. “I don’t regret spending my life there, because it really did teach me a lot … and because we’ve all survived it, we’re all surviving it and living life and it’s kind of like we have a gift of second chance of life.”

https://abcnews.go.com/Entertainment/leah-remini-break-church-scientology-wanted/story?id=34854744

http://www.tlc.com/tv-shows/leah-remini-its-all-relative/angelos-pancake-balls-recipe/

BONUS: Wade Boggs 1958 – drank 107 beers in one day

https://baseballhall.org/hall-of-famers/boggs-wade

With over 3,000 hits and a career batting average of .328, Wade Boggs was one of the greatest pure hitters in baseball history. Not as well-known is the crown Boggs holds as the game’s greatest pure beer drinker. Legend has it that the Hall of Fame third baseman once drank 64 beers on a cross-country flight from Boston to Los Angeles.

Day also claims that the stories about Boggs’s drinking prowess are true, and that Boggs even told him that the actual number of beers he drank was 107.

https://www.esquire.com/sports/videos/a32407/wade-boggs-charlie-day-107-beers-in-a-day/

*Enjoy these pancake balls for breakfast and 64 beers throughout the day. Make sure to reflect on this day in your journal.

SNUB – Helen Hunt

Review –

• Embrace an underdog mentality
• Be active and enjoy what you’re doing
• Fully devote yourself to God
• Follow your passion
• Watch Doogie Howser MD
• Make pancake balls and drink 64 beers

Seek out the * for today’s advice.

DJT DAY

MIND

Pat Summit 1952

http://www.patsummitt.org/

“She” is Pat Head Summitt, head coach emeritus of the University of Tennessee Lady Volunteer basketball team, who concluded a 38-year tenure at the helm of the Lady Vols on April 18, 2012, with a 1,098-208 overall record after raising the bar in the collegiate basketball world every time she stepped out on the court.

On Aug. 23, 2011, Summitt may have raised the bar on courage, as she bravely revealed the toughest opponent she will ever have to battle, early onset dementia, “Alzheimer’s Type,” after the doctors at the Mayo Clinic diagnosed her at the age of 59. To be sure, Summitt took on this invisible opponent with her signature game plan.

http://www.patsummitt.org/our_role/pats_story/her_story.aspx

https://www.everydayhealth.com/news/do-it-yourself-alzheimers-test-reveals-early-disease/

*Get yourself tested for early onset dementia today.

BODY

Lucy Hale 1989

http://lucy-hale.net/

SoulCycle, hiking, and coffee? Sounds like a pretty great little day to me.

https://www.wellandgood.com/good-sweat/soulcycle-lucy-hale-workout/

*SoulCycle again, hiking, and reward yourself with your favorite coffee.

SOUL

Harriet Beecher Stowe 1811

https://www.harrietbeecherstowecenter.org/?doing_wp_cron=1522682360.6279850006103515625000

The object of it has been distinctly stated in one sentence by Judge Ruffin—“The end is the profit of the master, his security, and the public safety.” Slavery, then, is absolute despotism, of the most unmitigated form.

http://utc.iath.virginia.edu/uncletom/key/keyII15t.html

The overarching lesson Stowe wanted to convey in her novel is that even under the best of conditions, slavery was an evil institution.

https://www.enotes.com/homework-help/what-lesson-uncle-toms-cabin-harriet-beecher-stowe-745340

*Regardless of politics, you know when something is wrong. Don’t be on the wrong side of history.

MONEY

Donald Trump 1946

http://www.donaldjtrump.com/

https://www.whitehouse.gov/people/donald-j-trump/

https://www.trump.com/

He bought beauty pageants, football teams, television shows and fashion lines and with every investment, ‘The Donald’ infused his brand: brash, boisterous, unapologetic and always entertaining, and marketers loved it. In a way, Donald Trump built his wealth simply from the fact his name was Donald Trump.

http://www.investopedia.com/articles/personal-finance/090215/how-donald-trump-became-rich.asp

*Once marketers fall in love with you, you can build your wealth just by your name. And maybe one day be president of the United States.

ENTERTAINMENT

Boy George 1961

http://www.boygeorgeuk.com/

“You don’t have to be different to be interesting, but there’s nothing wrong with being different. Being different is a gift.”

https://nypost.com/2018/09/11/boy-george-new-album/

*Embrace being different today and listen to Boy George and Culture Club.

FOOD

Che Guevara 1928 – tripe and Chilean wine

https://www.cheguevara.com/

Ernesto Guevara de la Serna was an Argentine doctor. Under the name Che Guevara, he became a commandant, or major, in the Cuban revolution, and later led communist guerrilla units in the Congo and Bolivia.

https://www.theguardian.com/film/2011/apr/14/che-guevara-motorcycle-diaries-reel-history

https://www.history.com/topics/che-guevara

https://www.seriouseats.com/recipes/2009/07/menudo-mexican-soup-red-chile-tripe-recipe.html

https://bookeats.wordpress.com/2012/10/18/a-food-revolution-inspirations-from-che-guevaras-motorcycle-journey/

https://winefolly.com/review/the-best-wines-to-try-from-chile/

*Be a revolutionary and eat some tripe with Chilean wine.

SNUB – Steffi Graf

Review –

• Get tested for dementia
• SoulCycle, hiking, and coffee
• Don’t be on the wrong side of history
• Have marketers fall in love with you
• Listen to Boy George
• Eat tripe and drink Chilean wine

 

The * provides your daily advice.

LATER DUDES DAY

MIND

John Nash 1928

https://www.cnn.com/2015/05/24/us/feat-john-nash-wife-killed/index.html

We owe him a lot, not only for his contribution to science but for telling us his story and returning to “the world of the sane” to teach us all that every mind is wonderful.

https://exploringyourmind.com/can-learn-beautiful-mind/

https://www.amazon.com/Beautiful-Mind-Russell-Crowe/dp/B00ENYKBD0

*Watch A Beautiful Mind. The life of John Nash will inspire you about life, love, and work.

BODY

Chris Evans 1981

http://chris-evans.org/

“It’s a very balanced workout, hitting every single muscle—I think even my toes got bigger, Evans says with a laugh. “We would take two muscle groups, whether it was chest and back or biceps and triceps and we would just destroy those muscles, literally, destroy them for just over two hours. Then we’d cool down with core and abs.

http://www.bodybuilding.com/fun/chris-evans-captain-america-training-plan.html

https://www.amazon.com/Captain-America-Avenger-Chris-Evans/dp/B005ZCXPP0

*Do this Captain America workout today. Destroy your chest and back for 2 hours and then cool down with a core and abs workout.

SOUL

Tim Allen 1953

http://www.timallen.com/intercept/COTO_now_available.php

Tim Allen believes in God. And if you meet him in person, you’ll quickly learn that he’s unashamed to tell you so.

But Allen doesn’t claim to be a perfect Christian. In fact, he admits that many of his life’s deepest struggles are what caused him to turn to Christ.

http://qpolitical.com/tim-allen-shares-the-heartbreaking-story-that-lead-to-his-faith-in-jesus/

https://www.amazon.com/Home-Improvement-Season-Tim-Allen/dp/B0002W4SWW

*If you do believe in God, don’t be ashamed to tell people. Admit to them that your deepest struggles caused this.

MONEY

Mary-Kate and Ashley Olsen 1986

https://www.therow.com/

Mary-Kate and Ashley Olsen’s Fashion Empire is worth an estimated $1 billion. Interns at the Olsens’ Dualstar Entertainment Company are unpaid. And, as of Tuesday, they’re suing.

http://thinkprogress.org/culture/2015/08/11/3690427/mary-kate-and-ashley-olsen-are-being-sued-by-their-unpaid-interns/

*Keep your workers happy, and yes this includes interns.

ENTERTAINMENT

Malcolm McDowell 1943 – watch A Clockwork Orange

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

https://www.amazon.com/Clockwork-Orange-Malcolm-McDowell/dp/B00005ATQB

https://www.theguardian.com/film/2004/apr/24/1

You need at least one deep, cultural passion

Despite his brutish, immoral, and illegal ways, Alex maintains a passion, even an obsession, with Beethoven, whom he calls “Ludwig Van.” Without a deep passion, you’re just another plebeian. Just an ounce of high culture makes you different from the rest.

http://www.returnofkings.com/138016/9-important-lessons-from-a-clockwork-orange

https://www.classicalradio.com/beethoven

*Watch A Clockwork Orange and listen to some “Ludwig Van” Beethoven.

FOOD

Kat Dennings 1986 – Halloween Salad

http://katdennings.net/

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

Unlike many young celebrities who embrace the party lifestyle that’s so prominent in Hollywood, Dennings has chosen to stay far away from drugs and alcohol. “I’m an idiot already, so I don’t need any enhancement,” she explained in an interview with Complex. “I don’t feel like I’m the kind of person who can deal with some kind of foreign stimulant. I don’t need an excuse to act a certain way. Some people use that to show their true feelings, whereas I do that all the time.”

https://www.thelist.com/59031/untold-truth-kat-dennings/

http://greatideas.people.com/2014/10/29/kat-dennings-halloween-salad/

https://twloha.com/

https://twloha.com/movie/

*Enjoy this Halloween salad just 4 ½ months before the big day, while watching A Clockwork Orange. No drugs or alcohol today though.

SNUB – W.B. Yeats

Review –

• Watch A Beautiful Mind
• Captain America workout
• Be unashamed about your feelings towards God
• Pay your interns
• Watch A Clockwork Orange
• Make a Halloween Salad

Check out the * for today’s advice.

READ MY LIPS DAY

MIND

George HW Bush 1924

https://www.bush41.org/

“He embraced compromise as a necessary element of public life, engaged his political foes in the passage of important legislation, and was willing to break with the base of his own party in order to do what he thought was right, whatever the price. Quaint, yes. But it happened in America, only a quarter of a century ago.”

https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/bush-41s-lessons-for-the-next-president/2015/11/27/8868362e-938f-11e5-8aa0-5d0946560a97_story.html?utm_term=.77754c32b332

https://www.oneamericaappeal.org/

https://www.whitehouse.gov/about-the-white-house/presidents/george-h-w-bush/

He finished Yale in 2½ years and graduated with a degree in economics, already married and the father of a son: George W.

http://www.cnn.com/2014/06/12/politics/george-hw-bush-41-things/index.html

*Embrace compromise today, especially if it’s what you think is right in the first place. Don’t argue just to keep the argument going.

BODY

Kendra Wilkinson 1985 – calorie blasting workout

https://www.shape.com/celebrities/celebrity-workouts/kendra-wilkinsons-workout-rock-hard-body

Get the secret to her awesome abs, toned triceps, and lean legs with this fierce and fun, calorie-blasting workout she created exclusively for SHAPE!

http://kendrawilkinsonworld.com/

*Try this calorie blasting workout and one day you could end up at the Playboy mansion.

SOUL

Anne Frank 1929

http://www.annefrank.org/en/

Always an aspiring writer, Anne wrote about her ambition in her diary entry for April 4, 1944: “I want to go on living even after my death! And that’s why I’m grateful to God for having given me this gift, this possibility of developing myself and of writing, of expressing all that is in me. . . . Will I ever become a journalist or a writer? I hope so, oh, I hope so very much.”

http://www.vision.org/visionmedia/biography-anne-frank/558.aspx

*Be grateful to God for the gifts that he has given you. Don’t wait too long before sharing them with the world.

MONEY

David Rockefeller 1915

http://www.drfund.org/

Live within your means.

“Easy credit might well lead to heavy speculation and over-expansion.”

https://www.forbes.com/sites/abrambrown/2015/06/12/25-life-lessons-from-100-year-old-david-rockefeller-the-worlds-oldest-billionaire/#6406e0e452f3

Save up for purchases instead of putting them on credit.

People often use credit cards for large purchases they can’t afford to pay for outright, like a new television. Instead of paying for these purchases on credit, put aside some money each month until you’ve saved up enough to buy it outright. If you can’t afford to save up for the purchase, then you can’t afford to buy it.

https://www.thebalance.com/ways-to-live-within-your-means-960044

*Start saving for something today. Think how nice it will be to pay cash for all of those Christmas gifts. Think how sweet it will be to not get hammered with credit card bills to start next year.

ENTERTAINMENT

Dave Franco 1985 – watch Nerve

Take Risks

Just like Vee you should take risks. Life is no fun unless you spice it up a little bit. We’re not saying that you should risk your life for a game, maybe just try a new restaurant or something.

http://fangirlish.com/six-life-lessons-nerve-trailer/

https://www.amazon.com/Nerve-Emma-Roberts/dp/B01J2IX53E

Try a new restaurant today. A place you would normally not think of going to.

FOOD

Adriana Lima 1981 – swordfish corn salad, with a side of LIMA beans

http://www.adrianalima.com/

Adriana Lima really commits. At the age of 17, she moved all the way from Salvador, Brazil, to New York City to become one of the most famous faces in the world. She’s been a Victoria’s Secret Angel since 2000, and has walked in every one of its shows since. She’s a dedicated mother to two daughters, Valentina and Sienna, aged 8 and 6, respectively. The list goes on—what you need to know is that when Adriana Lima puts her energy into something, she’s all the way in.

https://www.wmagazine.com/story/adriana-lima-instagram-victorias-secret-career-interview

http://www.recipecorner.com/dinner-recipe_recipes/slimming-swordfish-corn-salad_recipe

https://www.geniuskitchen.com/recipe/best-lima-beans-youll-ever-eat-162414

*Eating healthy dishes like this is Victoria’s secret.

SNUB – Mark Henry

Review –

• Embrace compromise
• Core blasting workout
• Be grateful to God for his gifts
• Live within your means
• Watch Nerve
• Make swordfish corn salad with Adriana Lima beans

Look for the * for today’s advice.

LOMBARDI TROPHY DAY

MIND

Vince Lombardi 1913

http://www.vincelombardi.com/

“The good Lord gave you a body that can stand most anything. It’s your mind you have to convince.”

http://www.csmonitor.com/Books/2012/0611/12-quotes-from-Vince-Lombardi/Mind-over-body

*Convince your mind to win the day today.

BODY

Mehmet Oz 1960 – 7 minute workout

http://www.doctoroz.com/videos/dr-ozs-seven-minute-workout

Is pain preventing you from staying active? Do not let discomfort sideline you from fitness. Whether you have back pain, a knee injury or another chronic ache, there are plenty of measures you can take to keep active and healthy – pain-free.

http://www.doctoroz.com/topic/fitness

*Fight through the pain and do this 7-minute Dr. Oz workout.

SOUL

Peter Dinklage 1969

https://www.rollingstone.com/movies/news/master-of-the-game-20120524

Let them see that their words can cut you and you’ll never be free of the mockery. If they want to give you a name take it and make it your own. Then they can’t hurt you with it anymore.

http://collegesnoops.com/home/life-lessons-by-tyrion-lannister/

https://www.hbo.com/game-of-thrones

*You know what people are saying about you. Address it with them – now you own it and they can’t use it to hurt you. I know that people talk about me marrying someone 21 years younger. So I talk about it too. I make fun of it because it is funny.

MONEY

Joe Montana 1956

http://www.profootballhof.com/players/joe-montana/

Montana is no stranger to investing. He has an ownership stake in the sports app company GameOn, and has also invested personally in hot tech startups Pinterest and Dropbox

http://www.businessinsider.com/joe-montana-is-raising-a-25-million-fund-for-startup-investing-2015-12

https://developer.amazon.com/gameon

https://www.pinterest.com/

https://www.dropbox.com/

*Do the same as Joe Montana. Invest in these 3 companies today and one day you will be in the Hall of Fame.

ENTERTAINMENT

Shia LaBeouf 1986 – watch Transformers

https://www.forbes.com/sites/danidiplacido/2017/07/12/what-happened-to-you-shia-labeouf/#ad0c13311933

https://www.amazon.com/Transformers-Shia-LaBeouf-Megan-Duhamel/dp/B000MM1HWQ

Yes, LaBeouf is the guy who was handed a golden ticket and promptly lit it on fire. But too often we forget that everyone screws up on their path toward becoming an adult; and that few do so under the gaze of the public eye

https://www.esquire.com/entertainment/movies/a19181320/shia-labeouf-interview-2018/

*Watch Transformers – just the first one. It makes a nice escape from reality. Just like Charlie and the Chocolate Factory later today and Alice in Wonderland yesterday.

FOOD

Gene Wilder 1933 – Charlie and the Chocolate Factory Dinner Party

https://www.amazon.com/Chocolate-Factory-Three-Disc-Anniversary-Collectors/dp/B005F96UF0

https://consequenceofsound.net/2016/09/gene-wilder-believed-tim-burtons-willy-wonka-remake-was-an-insult/

https://www.forbes.com/sites/roddwagner/2016/09/08/the-10-warped-lessons-from-willy-wonkas-chocolate-factory/#33f45088a222

http://blog.cookingchanneltv.com/2011/10/28/have-a-charlie-and-the-chocolate-factory-dinner-party/

Start by channeling your inner Charlie Bucket with a simple, humble dish. Jamie’s Italian Bread and Cabbage Soup with Sage Butter, though slightly more decadent than the version the Bucket family often ate, layered like lasagna with grilled bread and cabbage in stock that plumps up like bread pudding when cooked.

Serve a second soup in honor of Violet Beauregarde’s three-course bubblegum meal. To start, try Giada’s Hearty Tomato Soup with Lemon and Rosemary. Let it warm you up from the inside out as it slides down the back of your throat, and serve it with a dollop of lemon rosemary crème fraiche.

Violet’s second course consisted of roast beef and a baked potato. Whip up Sunny’s Herb-Crusted Roast Beef with Horseradish Cream and Michael Chiarello’s Mini Baked Potatoes with Marscarpone and Prosciutto Bits. The bite size potatoes will leave just enough room for dessert.

Even if you ate Alex Guarnaschelli’s Blueberry Pie with a scoop of vanilla ice cream in its entirety, we promise you won’t actually turn into a blueberry.

Float on a Fruit Fizz high as you let the rest of dinner digest. Charlie and Grandpa had to burp their way down from the ceiling, but these mango, raspberry and blackcurrant versions from Nigella won’t leave you feeling bloated or gross.

No Wonka feast would be complete without chocolate. Chocolate-Covered Peanut Butter Cheesecake Pops are a perfect parting gift that’s both easy to make and fun to eat.

*Give out 5 golden tickets to attend your Charlie and the Chocolate Factory Dinner Party.

SNUB – Jacques Cousteau

Review –

• Win the day
• Dr. Oz 7-minute workout
• Own what people say about you
• Invest in startups
• Watch Transformers
• Throw a Charlie and the Chocolate Factory dinner party