Is there anything more badass / sexy than a lady out walkin’ her dog in sweatpants and her Caterpillar sh*t kickers? | |
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Tell me they don’t SCREAM attitude… LoL!!! | |
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On This Day In: | |
2020 | Skyin’ |
2019 | I Hope He Has A Lot Of Room Down There |
2018 | What Time Is It? |
2017 | Gifts |
2016 | 30 Seconds |
2015 | Success |
2014 | Create The Fact |
2013 | Overpowering Curiosity |
2012 | On Planning The Invasion Of Iraq… |
2011 | This And That |
I’m Bettin’ On The Bible | |
Posts Tagged ‘Family’
Shapely Ankles
Posted in Family and Friends, Pictures, Walking, tagged Caterpillar Boots, Family, Pictures of Hil on February 12, 2021| Leave a Comment »
DIY: Outdoor Gym Modifications (2)
Posted in Boxing, Family and Friends, Health, Pictures, Sports, Workouts, tagged Backyard Gym, Boxing Station, Bungee Cords, Double-Double-End Balls, Double-End Ball, Family, Health, Pictures, Triple-Double End Balls, Workout Station on January 20, 2021| Leave a Comment »
My “Do It Yourself” (DIY) efforts on setting up a home workout station are proceeding. Below are some images of the yesterday’s progress… | |
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Yesterday, I assembled my “double-double”. Basically, it’s two striking targets attached at two ends. The bottom target is roughly the height of a body shot (waist to lower ribs). The top target is roughly the height for head shots (chin, front and side of the head). You may notice a few things: | |
1) the top attachment is vertical while the bottom is horizontal. The bottom target would normally be either fixed to the flooring below or (using some type of rope or bungee) attached to a weight to stabilize the target and limit random / excessive swinging movement. In this case, I had to work within the “command structure” of: “I don’t want any of your weights damaging my concrete!” So, I used a horizontal bungee (with a loop to keep the rope from sliding left and right). The practical limitation to this setup is I cannot work around the target; I am limited to the 180° on the front side. Still, I can live with it… | |
2) less obvious until you start hitting the targets… They are not “fixed” within the netting. There are gaps above and below the balls where they can move when struck. The practical effect of this is they are not staying in the same place in the netting when you try to do a double-up punch (like two jabs to the head). I will try to correct this by tying rope / paracord around one end of each ball / net to “lock” them into a more standard position within each net. | |
3) FAR less obvious, (but which I have learned from recent experience,) is that these targets hit back at you – and from unexpected angles (at least up to now unexpected). In my initial setup (prior to my wife’s objection), I had the bottom ball / net secured by weights. This tended to produce reaction motion for both balls in a relatively circular motion around a vertical axis (much like an up-right cylinder). After the modification to the bottom to include the horizontal bungee, a solid right punch to the bottom target resulted in a solid left hook by the upper ball to the right side of MY head. My wife started laughing and said: “It hits back!!” (Note: Not “Are you okay, dear?“) As near as I can tell, this is due to the back and forth (back to front) motion of the lower horizontal bungee and the circular (like a vertical cylinder) motion of the upper vertical bungee. My response: “I’m gonna need a head-guard.” Her reply: “You sure are!“, still giggling. Fortunately (for me), there wasn’t sufficient mass / speed in the basketball to knock me out, because it certainly struck me full on the side of my head at roughly temple / cheek height. | |
My next brilliant (okay, obvious) idea was to attach the original horizontal double-end target (“bag”) and see what that felt like. To my surprise, a “triple-double” and it is terrific! I now had a target (the bottom ball) for body shots, a target (the middle ball) for upper-cuts and body jabs, and a top target (the top ball) for chin and head shots. The only trick now is to find a way to attach the original double-end to the double-double which keeps them together (when used together), but which also easily separates so I can continue to use the single-double on its own. The original horizontal “single-double” works as a “slip-rope”. A “slip” is when you move your head side to side (like a metronome) to avoid an incoming punch. It is frequently accompanied by a “bob” (up and down head movement). Together, they are referred to as “bobbing and weaving”. Basically, I stand next to one post and move to the other ducking under the rope with each step to the side. When I get to the middle, I release an upper-cut. I then continue to the opposite post. When I reach the post, I turn around and start back, trying to time the steps so my next upper cut with be with the other hand. (Always try to practice every punch with both hands.) Anyway, there is still some tweaking to do… | |
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The next image is what’s happening in the background. I attached a “hook-screw” to the back post and then I just swing the weighted chain up to it and hook onto it. The lat-pulley set up is then out of the way for the boxing. It is adjustable for more clearance, but because of the angles, it (the chained weights) doesn’t have to be as far back as I initially expected. | |
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And, finally, here’s an image of the “normal” lat-pulldown. We timed the set up and take down and it takes under a minute to set up or take down! It takes longer to put on a single boxing hand-wrap than it does to set up the station for boxing. | |
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And so the adventure continues… | |
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On This Day In: | |
2020 | Posting As A Continual Exercise |
2019 | Border Security – Yes, Border Wall – No |
2018 | Supporting Survival Values |
2017 | Inauguration Day 2017 [Sometimes, I hate it when I’m right! — KMAB] |
2016 | Or A Pot Of Gold After The Storm |
2015 | One, Two, Three… |
2014 | Lend Your Hand |
2013 | Amnesty, n. |
2012 | Best Resolv’d |
The Clock Is Running | |
2011 | Magic |
First Hammock Hang Of 2021
Posted in Family and Friends, Pictures, tagged Backyard Hammock, Family, Picture on January 17, 2021| Leave a Comment »
Apologies to all of you putting up with less than ideal weather conditions… Here in the San Francisco Bay Area it’s a comfortably warm 72°… In other words… | |
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On This Day In: | |
2020 | Still Crazy After All These Years… |
2019 | 20 / 20 Foresight |
He Knew Damned Well… | |
2018 | Be Someone’s Kindling |
2017 | When The Moment Comes |
2016 | Changed Clothes Lately? |
2015 | Like Stone |
2014 | Resistance Is Futile |
2013 | Subtle Humor |
To Look Behind Green Eyes | |
2012 | The Path Is Endless |
2011 | Happy MLK, Jr Day!!! |
A Factor Of Ten | |
Better Late Than Never? | |
Whoops! | |
Acceptable Beginnings | |
Slow Progress | |
Useful Confrontation | |
When Phenomena Are Different | |
Creative Avoidance | |
Thinking | |
Fast And Flexible | |
Surrender Certainty | |
Techniques | |
Vive La Difference | |
Destiny | |
Completeness | |
Art | |
Boxing Day 2020
Posted in Family and Friends, Pictures, tagged Boxing Day 2020, Family, Pictures of Art and Me, Pictures of Carm, Pictures of Carm and Art, Pictures of Carm and Me, Pictures of Me, Pictures of Mom and Me on December 27, 2020| 2 Comments »
Here are some photos of our visit to my sister, her husband and my mom for Boxing Day… (for non-Brits: “Boxing Day” is the day after Christmas) | |||||||||||||
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2019 | Almost Soulful Pleasure | ||||||||||||
2018 | Cursive In The News | ||||||||||||
2017 | Coffee Crunch | ||||||||||||
2016 | Preparation | ||||||||||||
2015 | Scarcely Asked | ||||||||||||
2014 | They Resemble Us | ||||||||||||
2013 | Both | ||||||||||||
2012 | That’s Success! | ||||||||||||
2011 | Losing At Dominos | ||||||||||||
2010 | 1,001 | ||||||||||||
Happy 36th Anniversary, Hil!!
Posted in Faith Family and Friends, Family and Friends, Family History, Included Video, Music and Concerts, Philosophy, Quotes, Videos, tagged Family, Happy 36th Anniversary, Included Video, Philosophy, Quotes, Robert Browning Hamilton, Stevie Wonder, You Are The Sunshine Of My Life -- music video, YouTube on December 3, 2020| Leave a Comment »
Grow old along with me! The best is yet to be, The last of life, for which the first was made . . . Trust God; see all, Nor be afraid. | |
— Robert Browning Hamilton | |
[Happy 36th Anniversary, Hil | |
You are my sunshine!! | |
Love Always, Your Kev XXX 00 X |
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— KMAB] | |
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On This Day In: | |
2019 | Sampling 3:16 |
Happy 35th Anniversary, Hil!! | |
2018 | Happy 34th Anniversary, Hil!! |
2017 | Happy 33rd Anniversary, Hil!! |
2016 | Happy 32nd Anniversary, Hil!! |
2015 | Happy Anniversary Hil!! |
2014 | 30th Wedding Anniversary |
2013 | Number 29 (And Counting) |
2012 | Hammer ‘N Roses |
Happy Anniversary | |
2011 | I Can Hear It Now |
Just Dessert
Posted in Family and Friends, Pictures, tagged 2020 Thanksgiving Dessert, Family, Images, Pictures, Trifle on November 28, 2020| Leave a Comment »
The photo above is a snap of the trifle dessert my daughter (Sarah) made to compliment our Thanksgiving day dinner. You can’t tell from the image but it was about ten(10) healthy servings – divided among the three of us. (LoL!!) It lasted until Black Friday dinner afters… And, then there was none. 😦 Trust me. It was even better tasting than the picture looks… 🙂 | |
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On This Day In: | |
2019 | Happy Thanksgiving (2019) |
2018 | And Smiles… |
2017 | Or Savor A Little Longer… |
2016 | Sometimes I Just Want To Smell The Flowers |
2015 | One Truth – Done Well |
2014 | Now In Imagination, On The Other Hand… |
2013 | No Plan, No Map |
2012 | Singing About Love |
2011 | The Awesome Power Of Truth |
A Mandelbrot Set
Posted in Faith Family and Friends, Family and Friends, Philosophy, Quotes, tagged Family, Fractals, Mandelbrot Set, Patterns, Philosophy, Quotes, Robert M. Pirsig, Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance on October 29, 2020| Leave a Comment »
You look at where you’re going and where you are and it never makes sense, but then you look back at where you’ve been and a pattern seems to emerge. | |
— Robert M. Pirsig | |
From: “Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance“ | |
[A “Fractal” is a curve or geometric figure, each part of which has the same statistical character as the whole. A “Mandelbrot Set” is description of a type of fractal. Somehow, this quote strikes me as a viewing of a personal relationship as a Mandelbrot set which appears to repeat itself over and over again, no matter the scale at which it is viewed. Like the love I feel waking up each morning and saying “Good Morning” to my wife. — KMAB] | |
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On This Day In: | |
2019 | Proposing A Happy Birthday |
35 Years Later | |
2018 | Forever |
2017 | Too Good To Be True |
Plain Speaking | |
2016 | She Is Still Singing |
2015 | Don’t Complain |
2014 | Nothing Is The Same |
Orange October (XII) – Giants Win Game 7 (3 To 2) And World Series (4 To 3) | |
2013 | Hours, Days, And Years |
2012 | In Kev Are In Hil |
2011 | No Game, Didn’t Really Happen |
A Good Post | |
Another Opportunity
Posted in Faith Family and Friends, Family and Friends, Philosophy, Quotes, tagged Christopher Reeve, Family, Happy Birthday Rebecca, Hope, Philosophy, Positive Attitude, Quotes on September 23, 2020| Leave a Comment »
Happy Birthday, Bec! | |
Once you choose hope, anything’s possible. — Christopher Reeve | |
Another trip around ol’ Sol done… Another chance to take a day to look back and think about all you’ve done and think about what you hope to accomplish on this trip. No matter what, you know we love you and are here to listen (and maybe advise). And, sometimes just chat… Sometimes that’s all it takes to remind us what a great job we did in raising you (although we’re sure you deserve some of the credit). | |
We love you always, | |
Mum and Dad | |
XXX |
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On This Day In: | |
2019 | Birthday Gifts For Our Daughter |
Feeling Age | |
2018 | Seeking To Make A Difference |
2017 | Happy BD, Bec! |
2016 | BD Quotes |
2015 | Princess |
2014 | Optional |
2013 | Happy Birthday, Rebecca |
2012 | Be Not Old |
2012 National League Western Division Champions!!! | |
2011 | What Kind Of Work Do You Do? |
2010 | Another Loser… And Come November |
Happy Meeting Day 36 (And Counting)
Posted in Faith Family and Friends, Family History, Included Video, Videos, tagged Family, Happy 36th (Meeting) Anniversary, Happy Meeting Day - 2020, I Wanna Hold Your Hand -- Music Video, Included Video, The Beatles, YouTube.com on May 19, 2020| 2 Comments »
Thirty-Six years ago I met the love of my life… And holding her hand still makes me happy inside. | |
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On This Day In: | |
2019 | Happy Meeting Day 35 (And Counting) |
2018 | Happy Meeting Day 34 (And Counting) |
Storytelling | |
2017 | Happy Meeting Day 33 (And Counting) |
2016 | Picture Perfect |
2015 | Life Showed Compassion |
2014 | And Then I Met Her |
2013 | Defining Maleness |
The Run Continues | |
2012 | All Set |
2011 | Not Always |
Nearer My God To Thee, By George
Posted in Faith Family and Friends, Family and Friends, Family History, Pictures, tagged COVID-19, Doreen Carter, Family, George Carter, Images, Pictures on May 15, 2020| 6 Comments »
Early this morning, my mother-in-law, Doreen Carter passed away from COVID-19 back in Liverpool, England. She was predeceased by her husband, George Carter, by some twenty-years. They are survived by their three children and five grand-children. Below are some photos to remind us of her journey through life… | |
And more recently… | |
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Way back in 2011, I posted a conversation I had with “Nana” Carter: Things I’ve Learned From Life – Nana Carter | |
Her thoughts on “Life’s Lessons” may give you some insight into our loss… | |
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On This Day In: | |
2019 | Laugh With Me |
2018 | Both Sides, Mr. President? |
2017 | Republicans Better Wake Up |
2016 | Truth Telling |
2015 | To Be Effective In The Modern World |
2014 | A Little Cover |
2013 | Binding |
2012 | Lift |
2011 | Another Good Movie, Another Excellent Book |
miSFits | |
I’m Just Not Sure | |
Hanging In There
Posted in Faith Family and Friends, Family and Friends, Quotes, tagged Family, Happy Birthday Mom, Quotes, Yogi Berra on April 3, 2020| 3 Comments »
I usually take a two-hour nap from one to four. | |
— Yogi Berra | |
[When my mom comes over to “visit”, after saying hello to everyone, she sits in the Lazy-Boy, pulls a blanket over her lap and lets the TV watch her sleep until she’s ready to go home. She particularly enjoys sports and news. Still, she loves visiting us (at 93). Happy Birthday, Mom!! | |
We love you! — KMAB] | |
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On This Day In: | |
2019 | Her Job, Too |
2018 | Just Another Song I Like |
Earlier Still | |
2017 | Ten To Go |
2016 | Unstable Emergence |
2015 | 88 |
2014 | Some One-Liners Are Too Easy |
2013 | Greatness |
2012 | Memories Of Arlington |
2011 | Wake Up |
Especially You, Bro
Posted in Family and Friends, Philosophy, Quotes, tagged Dr. Leo F. Buscaglia, Family, Happy Birthday Bro, Philosophy, Quotes on March 24, 2020| Leave a Comment »
We all need each other. | |
— Dr. Leo F. Buscaglia | |
[Happy birthday, Bro! Hang in there. We still got a long road to travel… Love, ya. — KMAB] | |
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On This Day In: | |
2019 | Enjoy! |
2018 | Happy Birthday, Bro! |
2017 | Love Can Change The World In A Minute |
2016 | 60, Little Bro! |
2015 | Vision and Courage |
2014 | 58 – Little Bro |
2013 | New Adventures And Old Hopes |
Caving In | |
2012 | Bits And Bobs And Birthdays |
Always Hope | |
2011 | Wet Snow And Long Hills |
Happy Valentine’s Day – 2020!!
Posted in Faith Family and Friends, Family and Friends, Philosophy, Quotes, tagged Daffodils, Dr. Leo F. Buscaglia, Family, Friend, Garden, Happy Valentine’s Day – 2020, Philosophy, Quotes, Rose, Sir Isaac Newton, World on February 14, 2020| 1 Comment »
A single rose can be my garden… a single friend, my world. | |
― Leo Buscaglia | |
I do not know what I may appear to the world, but to myself I seem to have been only like a boy playing on the sea-shore, and diverting myself in now and then finding a smoother pebble or a prettier shell than ordinary, whilst the great ocean of truth lay all undiscovered before me. | |
― Sir Isaac Newton | |
[Happy Valentine’s Day, Hil!! You are the daffodil in my garden and the diamond sparkling on my sandy sea-shore. | |
All my love, Always, Your Kev XXX 00 X] |
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On This Day In: | |
2019 | Happy Valentine’s Day – 2019!! |
2018 | Happy Valentine’s Day – 2018!! |
2017 | Happy Valentine’s Day – 2017!! |
2016 | Happy Valentine’s Day – 2016!! |
2015 | To My Special Lady |
2014 | Awakening |
2013 | Drowsy In Comfort |
2012 | Happy Valentine’s Day |
2011 | Own Your Bible |
Looking Forward To Tomorrow (2019 Version)
Posted in Faith Family and Friends, Family and Friends, tagged Christmas Dinner Plans, Family, Merry X-mas on December 24, 2019| 2 Comments »
Tomorrow will be the first Christmas in over a decade in which we didn’t host dinner for the (extended) family. Our oldest daughter recently moved into a more spacious apartment, and she will be hosting!! Yeah!! Since I will be driving there and back, I won’t be drinking, but I also won’t be getting up at 6am to get the turkey in the oven. (LoL) Life is full of trade-offs… | |
Anyway, we are looking forward to a nice, relaxing meal with lots of family and natter (and maybe a little football on the telly). | |
Merry Christmas to all!! Be safe! And, if you are so inclined, say a prayer of thanks for those in harm’s way (and their families) who keep us safe. | |
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On This Day In: | |
2018 | Not One Cent! |
Looking Forward to Tomorrow | |
2017 | Make Glad The Heart Of Childhood |
2016 | Sincerest Flattery |
The President-elect: Making Spirits Bright | |
2015 | What Are You Looking At? |
2014 | Ite, Missa Est |
2013 | I Hear Voices |
2012 | Positive Thoughts |
Hope Works | |
2011 | Look! Up In The Sky… |
Humility Before The Unknowable | |
I Still Can’t…
Posted in Faith Family and Friends, Family and Friends, Included Video, Music and Concerts, Quotes, Videos, tagged Can't Take My Eyes Off Of You - music video, Comments, Family, Favorite Lines, Frankie Valli, Happy Birthday Hil, Included Video, Vevo, YouTube on October 29, 2020| 3 Comments »
Can’t Take My Eyes Off Of You
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