Sugar - BAD

Harmful Foods

yogurt - 2x sugar  than lucky charms    13g sugar only (20 to high) prio biotics claim false
  HIGH FRUCTOSE CORN SYRUP

WHeat bread - BAD.  WonderBread Pepperidge  contain HighFRUCTOSE Syrup - (FAT STORING)
- 20x sweeter than sugar.  Not recognized by brain.  Disrupts "i'm full"


CEREAL BARS - BAD.  Sugar + Con Syrup, sugar sugar sugar

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4 Natural Weigh Loss Helpers:
Makes energy or Fat.  Not both


1.  Packed Preservatives - avoid Long Expirey Dates.  Causes stomach problems.  Preservatives take longer to digest causing storing fat.    AMAYLAE LIAPSE BROMELAIN - cuts preservatives and aids digestion.

2. candida - bad bacteria. feeds on sugar and overgrow and demand more sugar. digestion is disrupted by the candida overgrowth.  Probiotics - good bacteria.  10 Unique

3. No Diet Beverages. Caralluma Fimbriata - reduces appetite.

4.  EGCG -  Green Tea Extract.  Metabolism Booster.  Drink before workout.

This Is The Year I start Hiking

Inspired by the book - A Walk In the Woods that I picked up while visiting in Canmore BC, i really got into the notion of hiking.

Nothing crazy - but my goal is to do some sort of hike every weekend.  Spring is right around the corner and I'm just chomping at the bit to get going.

When I was younger my friends often camped and hiked.  I miss it.  A lot.   My first set of hikes will be re-visiting the old trails that I haven't seen in probably 20 years.  This weekend I'm planning on hitting the Kakabeka Little Falls trail.

It's a nice little 2KM in 2KM out.

My plan is to journal my hikes here on the my blog.

Stay tuned!

Deadpool

Got out to see Deadpool.

I'm not a 'comic book' guy. I did enjoy it. I think i would have enjoyed it even more if i had never seen the Jim Carey in the Mask.

All in all a great entertaining flick. Because it was 'R' i was excited by the unpredictable path this story took. It wasn't glued down in the last 10 years of traditional comic book movies.

I always like stories/films that don't involve 'the fate of the world' plot lines. Individual people stories are far more fascinating.

I won't give away any details.  It's worth seeing if you don't have any idea what it's about.

Roll Up The RIM - Quick Facts

Roll Up the Rim is back!

Based on Tim's Website (TIMHORTONS.COM)  here is what's of interest:

1. 38 Cars (2016 Hona Civics) in total
2. 113 LG TVs
3. 23, 578  $100 GCs
4. Ontario has 131,264,160 contest cups floating around


And what ever you do - DO NOT TOSS THE BAR CODE if you win.  The bar code is necessary to claim your prize.   The donughts and coffee - i don't think they worry - but the big ticket items - you're best keeping the whole cup. :)

The Cure

I don't profess to be the BIGGEST Cure Fan.  I did however go through a Cure phase back in high school. For about 4 years I was very influenced by the Cure.  Porl Thompson was a guitar hero to me and most of my favorite tunes involved his contributions.  I'm in a small minority when I claim the WISH album was the pinnacle of the Cure.  That's when 'my' Cure sort of dissolved after that album.  Some players left and were replaced.  They weren't' quite the same for me after that.  I enjoyed some of the stuff they put out but feel they would never recapture that 90's period. After all I was a teenager then and nothing really compares to that very impressionable age.
I recently had a very good friend discover the Cure.  The catalog is vast and spans I think almost 4 Decades.  Here are the albums that resonated with me the most.

Standing on the Beach the Singles.  This was my introduction to the Cure.  It was a sort of best of up to 1981 I think.  Killing an Arab, Jumping someone else's train, A Forrest.  The late 70's early 80's dark textures really struck a chord with me.  The BassIV and droning bass lines stirred up the 'alternative' personality in me and a identity germinated and planted some pretty strong roots.  I was now part of a culture outside the norm.

I was fortunate to be born in the 70's and my teenage years aligning with the release of Disintegration.  I was a fan after Standing on the Beach, but I was official with being hit with Disintegration.  I absorbed this album.  Front to back.  I wrote high school essays on Plain Song.  I recorded all the videos on VHS (Love Song, Pictures of You, Fascination Street).  I started growing my hair out and dressing more and more 'cooler'.

I got my first pair of Doc Martins.  Had Rolling Stone articles cut out and pasted in my locker.  I even bought a massive Robert Smith Disintegration album poster for my room.  I was now in a band and we started covering these songs.  For the next 4 years - THE CURE was ME.  What a bloody dark record.  It really had me digging deeper and deeper into myself.

A few years later WISH dropped.  A very guitar-centric album - probably the biggest reason this was my favorite release and incarnation of The Cure.  TONS of textured guitar parts with loads of effects.  I read everything I could about the making of this album.  My favorite is Robert Smith story is how he  just went into the studio after dinner, stomped on a bunch of BOSS pedals and ripped off the solo for Edge of a Deep Green Sea in one take.

The lyrics are pretty awesome as well.  Smith has always been known for his great poetry but Wish to me was his best work.

Could have been my parting years in high school, but this album really connected with me.  Not as dark as Disintegration (which was a relief).  It was dark in texture but not in theme.  There was a bit of lighter air to this album.  The Cure this formation was MY Cure.  They just looked like the coolest MFs going.  I had a friend who had this awesome t-shirt with the band standing in long wool coats with a snowman.  That has always had a huge impact on me.   I too had a long wool  coat, my hair was now down to my shoulders and I could see myself playing on stage with the Cure.

The Cure was never quite the same for me after that album.  Some members changed and the direction had changed.  But so did I.   Maybe that's why i'm not so keen on the later albums.

Blood Flowers came out a while back and was a re-visitation of Disintegration and Pornography.  There was a cool concert they did where they played those 3 albums live back to back to back.  What an undertaking.    I liked Blood Flowers but it seemed more nostalgic in tone.  Nothing would top WISH for me.

My Favorite Podcasts

Had an interesting discussion about podcasts today.  Here's my favorites at the moment.


First i'm so glad that Andy Greenwald and Chris Ryan re-surfaced after being laid off.  They're now part of the Bill Simmons Podcast Network and that's just awesome.  Channel 33 is what it's filed under.

Steve Dangle Podcast (you might know him from the Leafs youtube videos that show up on Sportsnet from time to time).  His Leafs centric podcast with Adam Wylde is great. Hockey player impressions.


Marek vs Wyshnyski  - more hockey.  Also hilarious, but with a bit more depth to it.  Jeff Marek of Hockey Night In Canada and Greg Wyshnyski of Yahoo sports really get into some meat and potato stuff.  More hockey player impressions.  Oh and it's extra special when Greg Lozzo is on.

Eli Glasner on film (CBC) quick in depth movie reviews.

The Filip and Fredrik podcast - to Sweedes talking pop culture with a very abrasive comedic flair.  They are celebrities in their home country.  North America - not so much - which is what makes this such a great listen.

The Nerdist.  I'm a huge fan of @midnight so when i found Chris Hardwick's podcast it was love at first listen.  Primarily a long form interview style pod - he get's some pretty big hitting guests from the entertainment world - music/film/tv.   It's in depth but also very humorous.  He's not just a funny guy - he's pretty smart too.  My favorite so far was with Garbage's Shirley Manson.

Get it Done Guy - with Stever Robins.  Quick and dirty tips to work less and do more.  Everything from consulting tips, negotiating, organizing - all with an undertone of world domination.

My Picks of the Year for 2015

I managed to find more time this year to listen to more new music and watch more films.  Here quickly are the most notable things that had a big impact on me:

Movies: (these are titles a i watched this year, not released this year)

1. Mad Max
2. Ex Machina
3. All is Lost
4. Search for Freedom
5. Interstellar
6. Looper
7. Only Lover Left Alive
8. Inception
9. The Trip
10. RIPD

Music:

1. Jean-Paul De Roover
2. Mitch Murder
3. Sam Roberts Band
4. Queens of the Stone Age
5. Ellie Goulding
6. Jennie Vee 
7. Kyuss
8. Silversun Pickups