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Picture this, a tiny, 30 nm, relentless RNA virus named norovirus slips into your life, uninvited, and turns your gut into a battlefield. It's not the flu. Forget that “stomach flu” misnomer. It's a Caliciviridae family member, a nonenveloped, single-stranded RNA ninja that thrives in making chaos. As a pediatrician, I've seen it wreak havoc in kids and parents alike, and it's a master of surprise. It just played Risk in my GI tract last week. Not Fun! Let's unpack how it infects, spreads, and toys with us humans, straight from the AAP's Red Book (2024) and other research. Norovirus causes an estimated 1 in 15 US residents to become ill each year as well as 71,000 hospitalizations and 800 deaths annually, predominantly among young children and the elderly. Norovirus doesn't knock, more so it sneaks in, needing under 100 viral particles to ignite trouble. You're sipping contaminated water, munching an oyster from a shady bay, or your toddler's unwashed hands after a playdate deliver the payload. It's mostly fecal-oral, stool to mouth via food, water, or surfaces. But don't sleep on aerosolized vomit. One hurl in a crowded daycare, and airborne particles linger, landing on toys, doorknobs, you name it for days. Did I say lingering! Smart viral spread! Gorilla warfare is on! Dr. M

How To Prevent A Pantry Moth Infestation. I'm currently dealing with a pantry moth infestation. NOT FUN! Listen to today's episode to learn how you can avoid this time-consuming and extremely costly situation. Written by Brigitte Gemme at VeganFamilyKitchen.com #vegan #plantbased #plantbasedbriefing #wfpb #pantrymoths #mealmoths #weevilmoths #infestation #pantrystorage  ======================= Original post: https://veganfamilykitchen.com/how-to-prevent-pantry-moth-infestation/ Related Episodes: 679: [Part 1] How To Store Groceries To Reduce Food Waste And Cook Faster https://plantbasedbriefing.libsyn.com/679-part-1-how-to-store-groceries-to-reduce-food-waste-and-cook-faster-by-brigitte-gemme-at-veganfamilykitchencom 680: [Part 2] How To Store Groceries To Reduce Food Waste And Cook Faster https://plantbasedbriefing.libsyn.com/680-part-2-how-to-store-groceries-to-reduce-food-waste-and-cook-faster-by-brigitte-gemme-at-veganfamilykitchencom Upcoming FREE Workshop: Intentional Eating & Living 2025 https://veganfamilykitchen.com/programs/ Vegan Pantry Challenge: https://veganfamilykitchen.com/vegan-pantry-challenge/  ===================== Book: Flow In the Kitchen: Practices for Healthy Stress-Free Vegan Cooking Brigitte offers delicious whole food plant based weekly meal plans to make meal planning and batch cooking easier! No need to worry about “what's for dinner?” anymore. You can try a one-week plan for free. She also offers free templates and printables on her website as well as great recipes and strategies for success at veganfamilykitchen.com. Brigitte Gemme is a vegan food educator, meal planner, and coach. After a PhD in sociology of higher education and a 15-year career in research management, she got impatient with the slow pace of planet-friendly change and decided to help individuals live a gentler life. She offers delicious whole food plant based weekly meal plans to make meal planning and batch cooking easier! No need to worry about “what's for dinner?” anymore. You can try a one-week plan for free. She also offers free templates and printables on her website as well as great recipes and strategies for success at veganfamilykitchen.com.   ============================== FOLLOW THE SHOW ON: YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@plantbasedbriefing     Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/2GONW0q2EDJMzqhuwuxdCF?si=2a20c247461d4ad7 Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/plant-based-briefing/id1562925866 Your podcast app of choice: https://pod.link/1562925866 Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/PlantBasedBriefing   LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/plant-based-briefing/   Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/plantbasedbriefing/      #vegan #plantbased #plantbasedbriefing #wfpb #pantrymoths #mealmoths #weevilmoths #infestation #pantrystorage   

Laura gives an update on her son's diagnosis and her efforts to raise funds to fight his Not Fun condition. Zach shares about his upcoming book club.  They address a listener's question about differentiating from your grown kids. They discuss how it is necessary, but sometimes painful. This is a great episode for folks with kids of any age.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

De Clarke/ Cortes Currents - : In this third episode of our special feature we're talking to Noba Anderson about the decision recently handed down by the appellate court of BC. The panel of three judges ruled decisively in Anderson's favour in her dispute with the Strathcona regional district. The district had refused to honour their indemnity bylaw and cover her defence costs during a very poorly founded litigation to remove her from office — and subsequently, had censured her for revealing in-camera information to her legal counsel. [00:01:05] DE: So Noba, we were talking last time about how SRD may have to blow a lot of taxpayer money on paying the legal costs of this… attempt to get rid of you, back in 2018, 2019. But apart from those costs, there are a few consequences for them — and absolutely none for the anonymous instigators of this entire drama. So I have this sense that while, as you said so eloquently, kindness and truth may have triumphed in the end… justice hasn't exactly triumphed here. There's no requirement for SRD even to apologize. And you can hardly be reinstated — because you've already left office. [00:01:52] Noba: Yeah, I was censured and removed from my ability to sit on external committees, and well, okay, so that censure is repealed. Well, I'm not going to go sit on a bunch of committees now. [laughs] I'm done with that. So, no, materially, there isn't much difference, now that I'm not in office anymore. [00:02:10] DE: So this decision, you know, satisfying though it may be, doesn't deliver much benefit to you personally. [00:02:18] DE: Do you think that this judgment is beneficial to the Cortes community? [00:02:23] Noba: Well, I hope that it will relieve some of the rightly-induced fear of running for elected office. I mean, I would not have run for elected office if this was still hanging! Why, why would I put myself in such a vulnerable position without the backing of the organization that I've been elected to serve? So I think just at that fundamental level of… making sure that potentially elected politicians on Cortes are supported financially, legally. But beyond that, no — there's no sweetness in this justice. It's a… it's a very bitter pill. [00:03:14] DE: I guess, as we were saying earlier… it might bring more closure, it might be more beneficial to the community, if the secrecy of it all could somehow be overcome. If we even knew for sure how all of this craziness came about. [00:03:30] Noba: I can't go so far as to speak publicly about who said what and what really happened and in camera and out of camera — and not because I'm not legally in the right to at this point, but because that would bring about defamation suits against me probably, from people who are litigiously minded. [00:03:51] Noba: But what I will say generally is that the spirit at the Regional District Board in those days was absolutely toxic. And they wanted me gone. And that speaks to, you know, a number of things. It speaks to a regional district system that is so far from understanding the constituents in various portions of the district; just by its very nature, the people at that board don't understand the constituents on Cortes. [00:04:27] Noba: And I don't understand the constituents in Sayward, and don't know the nuances. So it speaks to a fundamental flaw in the governance system that we have. And it also speaks to the ability of a small group of people to — over time, with concerted effort — really poison the pot. And it speaks to a young, female, progressive, non-simpering person in a very patriarchal, Jurassic environment — being a hard row to hoe. [00:05:05] Noba: And it wasn't fun. I was there for 14 years and a lot of it was really, really Not Fun.

Being in a state of victimhood is NOT FUN. It can be extremely challenging, painful, and difficult to get out of -- especially since it's an unconscious state of being. By virtue of living in a human family, society, and culture, we're often conditioned or taught (unconsciously) to use victimhood to bond with others, to get sympathy or care, or to lower others' expectations of us. In this episode of Inner Work, I talk in depth about what victimhood really is, how and why we might get stuck in it, and how to identify when you're operating from a state of victimhood in your life. I also share ways in which the Akashic Records can powerfully help you shift out of victimhood and claim your full power, self-worth, and energy. Get my free Akashic Records Mini Course (and my weekly newsletter) by joining my email community here: https://josephinehardman.com/akashic-records-intro/ Connect with me online: https://josephinehardman.com Thank you for spending this time with me, and please keep doing your inner work! As you free yourself, you inspire others to become free as well. Music & editing by G. Demers Inner Work 2024 All Rights Reserved.

A Señora Summer Series!  Rebranding and Relearning when you're a Señora? Yeah, Not Fun! I'm rebranding my podcast and I tell you why in this episode.  PLUS, I've just completed my Real Estate license, and I have had to learn something completely new at this stage in my life. I haven't taken quizzes much less a test in over 20 years. You'd think that at this señora era, I'd be more confident but no, there was doubt and fear of failure.  Add to that my hubby and I went through a big medical crisis the week before the BIG test!  Have you tried learning something new at this stage of your Señora era?  Tell me about it! @vibesbyalicia Viator: Ever wonder if there was an online store, but for like, fun things to do on your vacation?  I use Viator, with over 300,000 experiences around the world—from simple tours to extreme adventures, to book your own experience anywhere in the world Use my  LINK Capsho: Use my link below for The Best AI Copywriting Software for Podcasters, the most efficient way to work your podcast copy!  https://freegift.capsho.com/extended-trial?affiliate_id=4144433  

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I hate when I encounter someone creepy... NOT FUN!  Send your TRUE Scary Stories HERE! ► https://southerncannibal.com/ Follow me on Twitch! :) ► https://www.twitch.tv/southerncannibal LISTEN TO THE DINNER TABLE PODCAST! ► https://open.spotify.com/show/3zfschBzphkHhhpV870gFW?si=j53deGSXRxyyo9rsxqbFgw Faqs about me ► https://youtube.fandom.com/wiki/Southern_Cannibal Stalk Me! ► Twitter: https://twitter.com/Southern_Canni ► Instagram: https://instagram.com/Southern_Canni/ ► Snapchat: southerncanny ► Merch: https://teespring.com/stores/southern-cannibal-merch ► Scary Story Playlist: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL18YGadwJHERUzNMxTSoIYRIoUWfcGO2I ► DISCLAIMER: All Stories and Music featured in today's video were granted FULL permission for use on the Southern Cannibal YouTube Channel!  ► Thumbnail Artist: Myself Huge Thanks to these brave folks who sent in their stories! #1. -  John  #2. - Mari  #3. - Small town peepers #4. - Dakota  #5. -Anonymous  Huge Thanks to these talented folks for their creepy music! ► Myuuji: https://www.youtube.com/c/myuuji ♪ ► CO.AG Music: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCcavSftXHgxLBWwLDm_bNvA  ♪ ► Kevin MacLeod: http://incompetech.com ♪ ► Piano Horror:  https://www.youtube.com/PianoHorror ♪ https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/us/

Diving Into “What a Fish Knows” with Jonathan Balcombe at AnimalOutlook.org Original post: https://animaloutlook.org/jonathan-balcombe-what-fish-knows/     Related Episodes: 504: [Part 1] Do Fish Feel Pain? 505: [Part 2] Do Fish Feel Pain?  503: ‘Eyes looking back': From Commercial Fishing to Strict Vegan 425: Avoiding Fish for 5 Years Before Pregnancy 253: Health Concerns About Fish 252: We Now Know Fish Feel Pain. Why Continue Harming Them In The Billions? 205: Is There Slavery in Your Seafood?  110: 5 Reasons to Stop Eating Fish 88: Fish: The New Factory Farmed Animals 51: The Last Fish 40: Fishing is Not Fun for Fish and Oppose Youth Fishing Promotions 32: 5 Takeaways from 'Seaspiracy' 356: The Hidden Toll of Factory Farming Animal Outlook's TryVeg.com: https://tryveg.com/  Animal Outlook is a national nonprofit 501(c)(3) animal advocacy organization based in Washington, DC and Los Angeles, CA. Their mission: Working today to build a better tomorrow for all animals. We're strategically challenging the status quo of animal agribusiness through undercover investigations, legal advocacy, corporate and food system reform, and empowering everyone to choose vegan.   How to support the podcast: Share with others. Recommend the podcast on your social media. Follow/subscribe to the show wherever you listen. Buy some vegan/plant based merch: https://www.plantbasedbriefing.com/shop      Follow Plant Based Briefing on social media: Twitter: @PlantBasedBrief YouTube: YouTube.com/PlantBasedBriefing  Facebook: Facebook.com/PlantBasedBriefing  LinkedIn: Plant Based Briefing Podcast Instagram: @PlantBasedBriefing   #vegan #Plantbased #veganpodcast #plantbasedpodcast #plantbasedbriefing #animaloutlook #animalcruelty #fishfarm #jonathanbalcombe #fishing #fish #sentience #fishes    

Rick Gehman is joined by Greg DuCharme on a rain shortened Friday to discuss Day 2 action from Augusta National. Brooks Koepka backs up an opening 65 with a Friday 67. He'll take a three shot lead into Saturday with half of the field still needing to finish Round 2. Can anyone catch Koepka? Rory McIlroy misses the cut and Tiger Woods will need a good Saturday morning to play the rest of the weekend. (0:00) Intro (1:03) Three Trees Fall right of the 17th Hole (2:47)The Weather for the Weekend is Not Fun. What does Augusta National do? (9:38) Brooks Koepka is Running from the Field, Cards a 5-under in Round 2 (15:33) Jon Rahm is halfway through Round 2 (19:01) Amateur Sam Bennett sits in Solo Third (23:40) Rory McIlroy Will Miss the Cut (28:15) Scottie Scheffler Shoots a 75 on Friday (34:19) Tiger Woods and Other Notables (46:32) Betting Favorites --- SUBSCRIBE TO THIS CHANNEL: https://youtube.com/FirstCutPodcast Get your First Cut merch here: https://paramountshop.com/collections/the-first-cut-golf AUDIO ‘First Cut' is available on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Stitcher, Google Podcasts and wherever else you listen to podcasts. You can listen to First Cut on your smart speakers! Simply say "Alexa, play the latest episode of The First Cut Golf podcast" or "Hey Google, play the latest episode of The First Cut Golf podcast." -LISTEN to First Cut on your preferred podcast platform: https://plnk.to/TheFirstCut -LEAVE a 5-star review on Apple Podcasts: https://apple.co/2VOeKVW -STREAM on Spotify: https://sptfy.com/firstcut -FOLLOW on Stitcher: https://bit.ly/34b073I -SUBSCRIBE on Google Podcasts: https://bit.ly/3oOvDfD -SUBSCRIBE to CBS Sports variety of other podcasts: https://cbssports.com/podcast VIDEO -WATCH CBS Sports HQ: https://cbssports.com/live -SUBSCRIBE to CBS Sports HQ on YouTube: https://youtube.com/c/CBSSportsHQ/ WEBSITE -READ top-notch golf content from CBS Sports: https://cbssports.com/golf/ SOCIAL MEDIA -FOLLOW First Cut on Twitter: https://twitter.com/FirstCutPod -FOLLOW First Cut on Instagram: https://instagram.com/firstcutpod/ -FOLLOW CBS Golf on Twitter: https://twitter.com/GolfonCBS -FOLLOW CBS Sports on Twitter: https://twitter.com/CBSSports -FOLLOW CBS Sports on Instagram: https://instagram.com/cbssports/ ABOUT THE SHOW: The First Cut brings you everything you need to know in the world of professional golf. Nearly every day Rick Gehman, Kyle Porter, Mark Immelman, Greg DuCharme, Sia Nejad and Jonathan Coachman bring you the best analysis in the game. From DFS to betting previews, interviews and recaps… everything golf is on the table when you listen to The First Cut. To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Business in Not Fun, Stealing Phones, and Horse Money - Episode 013

Welcome to the Social-Engineer Podcast: The Doctor Is In Series – where we will discuss understandings and developments in the field of psychology.     In today's episode, Chris and Abbie are discussing: Natural born killers, or monsters in the making?  We are all curious about the origins of evil and violence. We see a story on the news and ask ourselves, how could anyone do that? So, let's dive into how. We are not going to cover specific cases and talk about specific serial killers, because you lose the science and we “celebritize” serial killers.  [Dec 05, 2022]    00:00 – Intro  00:19 – Dr. Abbie Maroño Intro  00:52 – Intro Links  Social-Engineer.com - http://www.social-engineer.com/  Managed Voice Phishing - https://www.social-engineer.com/services/vishing-service/  Managed Email Phishing - https://www.social-engineer.com/services/se-phishing-service/  Adversarial Simulations - https://www.social-engineer.com/services/social-engineering-penetration-test/  Social-Engineer channel on SLACK - https://social-engineering-hq.slack.com/ssb  CLUTCH - http://www.pro-rock.com/  innocentlivesfoundation.org - http://www.innocentlivesfoundation.org/  03:37 – The topic of the day: Natural born killers, or monsters in the making?  04:48 – Born this way?  08:25 – The "X" Factor  10:11 – Self-soothing  13:18 – The importance of Anxiety  14:34 – Made by the military  15:23 – You can't pick and choose  18:18 – Gag reflex  19:50 – Who's to blame?  20:59 – The "Criminal Gene" fallacy  24:39 – A happy ending  26:50 – “This isn't set in stone”  29:31 – Silver Linings  31:13 – “It's a bit of both”  32:02 – Misguided markers  35:42 – Is there prevention?  39:05 – Minority Report  41:18 – An unsupportive system  42:34 – Touch is vital!  45:26 – An interesting (NOT FUN!) quote  46:27 – Wrap Up  47:07 – The request lines are open!  47:35 – Outro  www.social-engineer.com  www.innocentlivesfoundation.org      Find us online:  Twitter: https://twitter.com/abbiejmarono  LinkedIn: linkedin.com/in/dr-abbie-maroño-phd-35ab2611a  Twitter: https://twitter.com/humanhacker  LinkedIn: linkedin.com/in/christopherhadnagy    References:  Entail, W. D. A. S. K. (2021). Are Serial Killers Born or Made?.    Johnson, B. R., & Becker, J. V. (1997). Natural born killers?: The development of the sexually sadistic serial killer. Journal of the American Academy of Psychiatry and the Law Online, 25(3), 335-348.    Ioana, I. M. (2013). No one is born a serial killer!. Procedia-Social and Behavioral Sciences, 81, 324-328.    Mitchell, H., & Aamodt, M. G. (2005). The incidence of child abuse in serial killers. Journal of Police and Criminal Psychology, 20(1), 40-47.    Miller, L. (2014). Serial killers: I. Subtypes, patterns, and motives. Aggression and Violent Behavior, 19(1), 1-11.    Wiest, J. B. (2016). Casting cultural monsters: Representations of serial killers in US and UK news media. Howard Journal of Communications, 27(4), 327-346.    Wrangham, R. W., Wilson, M. L., & Muller, M. N. (2006). Comparative rates of violence in chimpanzees and humans. Primates, 47(1), 14-26.    Newton-Fisher, N. E., & Thompson, M. E. (2012). Comparative evolutionary perspectives on violence.    Marono, A. J., Reid, S., Yaksic, E., & Keatley, D. A. (2020). A behaviour sequence analysis of serial killers' lives: From childhood abuse to methods of murder. Psychiatry, psychology and law, 27(1), 126-137.    Marono, A., & Keatley, D. A. (2022). An investigation into the association between cannibalism and serial killers. Psychiatry, Psychology and Law, 1-12.    Entail, W. D. A. S. K. (2021). Are Serial Killers Born or Made?.    Njelesani, J., Hashemi, G., Cameron, C., Cameron, D., Richard, D., & Parnes, P. (2018). From the day they are born: a qualitative study exploring violence against children with disabilities in West Africa. BMC public health, 18(1), 1-7.    Boyle, K. (2001). What's natural about killing? Gender, copycat violence and Natural Born Killers. Journal of Gender Studies, 10(3), 311-321.    Formosa, P. (2008). The problems with evil. Contemporary Political Theory, 7(4), 395-415. 

California's pop punk/easycore band Protect Your Heart is on the podcast today! We talk with the guys about their individual origins making Dance/EDM music, how one trip to Warped Tour changed their trajectory, and how they all came together. We also dive into the writing process of their debut LP [re]introduction, and how they wrote it with their Dance/EDM roots in mind. If you are a fan of A Day To Remember of Chunk! No, Captain Chunk, then you will like this band.   Find Protect Your Heart Online: Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/protectyourheartmusic Twitter: https://twitter.com/PYH_Band Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/pyh_band/ YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCrZy4lxT_NHwbzH1QYDZfWA Tik Tok: https://www.tiktok.com/@pyh_band Website: http://pyh.band/reintroduction Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/artist/3GUobk4gLGjpqT8gJc1hJ0?si=DYty7j9PSuqvC4hac3sYiA Apple Music: https://music.apple.com/us/artist/protect-your-heart/1572316978   Get 20% OFF @manscaped + Free Shipping with promo code CPP at https://www.manscaped.com #ad #manscapedpod   Follow us on social media!   Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/chordprogressionpodcast   Twitter: https://twitter.com/cppodofficial   Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/chordprogressionpodcast/   Tik Tok: https://www.tiktok.com/@chordprogressionpodcast   YouTube: https://youtube.com/channel/UCqRKZCDMcFHIYbJaLQMfDbQ   Chord Progression Podcast (Spotify): https://open.spotify.com/show/53XWPGrIUvgavKF5Fm6SLk   Chord Progression Podcast (Apple Podcast): https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/chord-progression/id1454876657   Chord Progression Podcast (Amazon): https://music.amazon.com/podcasts/b8dad803-444c-4a73-8aa5-67b4fc43f4ba   Chord Progression Podcast (iHeart Radio): https://www.iheart.com/podcast/269-chord-progression-70632531/   Podcast Webpage: https://mysongoftheday.com/my-song-of-the-day-rock-2000-today/chord-progression-podcast/   Intro: (0:00) Welcome Protect Your Heart & Mosh Pit Energy: (3:09) Wait... Only 1 Live Show? And PBR?: (8:59) How Protect Your Heart Formed & Writing [re]introduction: (16:30) From Dance/EDM to Pop Punk/Easycore: (25:59) If It's Not Fun, Then What's the Point?: (36:54) Different Writing Style from EDM Background: (43:43) Showing Their Authenticity and Ability to Experiment: (49:55) Follow Along with Protect Your Heart: (57:17) Closing It Out: (1:01:34)

Whoa!!! This is a GOOD one, and I'm not trying to be biased. It's just good.   If you're a hunter who likes to "follow" along with the who's, who of the hunting side of social media and Youtube. Then this episode is for you.So, if you are one of those people, then I'm sure you have heard of Meateater, right? How about "Wired to Hunt"?  Yep. My next guest is none other than the Meateater's own,  Mark Kenyon! I probably don't have to tell many podcast listeners who Mark is or what he does. So I wont. But what I will tell you is how this episode came about. I've known Mark for 10 years or so. He's one of the guys who in the hunting world that I would say. "has made it" Right!? Like a baseball player coming out of triple A. He's been "called up". His platform is arguably one of the largest in the industry.  He is literally 'livin the dream'. Well. At least that's what it looks like to us who follow along on social media. I mean, think about it, his job is to travel the Country chasing White-tailed deer basically from the beginning of the early season all the way up until the last day of the late season. Then, all he has to do is tell us about it via social media, the website, articles and videos on Youtube.  How hard can that be!? Ha!Well.. That's where this story takes a turn. Not to say Mark doesn't thoroughly love his job, he does. But it became NOT FUN! That's right, I just wrote, Mark was "livin the dream", right? But somehow it managed to make him miserable.  So he had to ask himself so difficult questions. Somehow try to get it all back into perspective. And that's what he did. He put it into perspective,  made a new plan.  Then he wrote about it.  Back in September Mark penned an article "How to make Deer Hunting, Not Fun". I read the article and it resonated with me. It's very easy to get caught up in what we think is the "dream". Especially in the days of social media. It's one big buck picture after another.  Mid October through mid November after about 10 minutes scrolling though Instagram I feel like the worst hunter ever. ha! "What am I doing wrong!?" "Must be something, I better get out there!" "I need a buck picture to post"! Right? Don't lie, we've all been there. In this episode we unpacked it all. All the emotions, all the anxiety and more. Have a listen. As always feel free to leave your question and comments. I'd love to hear some feedback.  I hope you enjoy.  

#5amMesterScrum Show 859 Live - Complaining about stuff is Not Fun, however, improving or at least trying is and Fortune Cookie Friday - Today's topics: (1) I met my squatter neighbors this morning and what a conversation and (2) Fortune Cookie Friday. Please like and subscribe and share 5amMesterScrum.  Please send me your topics.   You are are doing Great Please Keep on Sharing. 5am Mester Scrum 5am Mester Scrum Show 859 went live on Youtube, LinkedIn and Facebook Friday 9/9/2022 from Philadelphia, PA  Happy Scrumming, Social Media: - search 5amMesterScrum or #5amMesterScrum  and you should find us and if not please let us know LinkedIn, Youtube, Facebook, Instagram, Twitter, TikTok     Podcasts: (search 5amMesterScrum) 

There are some people who will find the good in everything, and there are some people who will find the bad and everything. I had a patient who went to greece last summer with his whole family. They went in July, so it was going to be hot. They were gone for 2 weeks, and when they came back, I asked how it was. The FIRST and really ONLY thing they said, “Greece was too hot.” Not delicious. Not historical. Not beautiful. Not Fun. HOT. There are some people who you could put on an all inclusive island for a month and then come back and you ask how it was and they'll tell you that the drinks were to water down where the drinks were too strong or the sand was too hot, and there are people who you could put in a cardboard box in the woods for a month, come back and ask them how it was, and they'll tell you how beautiful the stars were and a lovely the sound of the birds in the morning was. You will have players, we all have who are like these two types of People. I say it all the time, the best we can be as examples, be the kind of coach who sees the beauty and the stars, and appreciates the sound of the birds. Find the good in your kids.

There are some people who will find the good in everything, and there are some people who will find the bad and everything. I had a patient who went to Italy last summer with his whole family. They went in July, so it was going to be hot. They were gone for 2 weeks, and when they came back, I asked how it was. The FIRST and really ONLY thing they said, “Italy was too hot.” Not delicious. Not historical. Not beautiful. Not Fun. HOT. There are some people who you could put on an all inclusive island for a month and then come back and you ask how it was and they'll tell you that the drinks were to water down where the drinks were too strong or the sand was too hot, and there are people who you could put in a cardboard box in the woods for a month, come back and ask them how it was, and they'll tell you how beautiful the stars were and a lovely the sound of the birds in the morning was. You will have players, we all have who are like these two types of People. I say it all the time, the best we can be as examples, be the kind of coach who sees the beauty and the stars, and appreciates the sound of the birds. Find the good in your kids.

Hello again! A lot of what's going on in the world right now is Not Fun, but we're going to soldier on and return to our our look at deck-building games and what's happened in the genre since our first episode ever. This one may, at times, sound like the Renegade Games episode, but we promise we're not sponsored by them. (Not that we'd turn down some money from them, mind you...) In this episode, we discuss: The Cubitos Llama, distant relative of the Altiplano Llama from last month A game that Frank thinks is even better than the beloved Legacy of Dragonholt A tie-in with our sister Twitch RPG channel, Feats & Fables Frank tells us about more great games we can't buy A cross between Edge of Darkness, Seafall, and Scythe??? We coin the term "Quacks battle" And we plan a heist of Frank's house Stay tuned for a brand new topic next month! Will it be the long-dreaded Roll and Move episode? Tune in to find out! In the meantime, if you'd be kind enough to write us an iTunes review it'd help us out a great deal. We'd also love to have you visit our website and let us know what kinds of games we should discuss next. You're also more than welcome to comment on the episode page, or our Facebook page, or tag @ascentofgames on Twitter - whatever way you prefer to share your opinions with us, we'd love to hear them. As always, we appreciate your listening - stay safe out there! Website: https://www.ascentofboardgames.com Email: ascentofboardgames@gmail.com Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/groups/ascentboardgames/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/ascentofgames Discord: http://discord.ascentofboardgames.com Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/ascentofboardgames/ And, occasionally, Twitch: https://www.twitch.tv/ascentofboardgames Intro and outro music is "Evening Melodrama" by Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com), licensed under a Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License. The Ascent of Board Games is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License. Some rights reserved. Thank you for listening!

(Full spoilers!) Dave is joined by returning guest Jake Anderson to tier-rank the bosses in Dark Souls 3. This is a game with some boss fights that are among the best in the whole series, and some that are straight up Not Fun. Find out where we're ranking bosses like Abyss Watchers, Dancer of the Boreal Valley, Slave Knight Gael and Sister Friede. Make your own Dark Souls 3 bosses tier list here (https://tiermaker.com/create/dark-souls-3-bosses-power-ranking-45993) And share it with us in the Discord! (https://discord.gg/V3ZHz3vYQR) Social Media: Instagram (https://www.instagram.com/talesfromthebacklog/) Twitter (https://twitter.com/tftblpod) Facebook (https://www.facebook.com/TalesfromtheBacklog/) Cover art by Jack Allen- find him at https://www.instagram.com/jackallencaricatures/ and his other pages (https://linktr.ee/JackAllenCaricatures)

IT'S TYRANNY, NOT POLITICS AS USUAL Beth revises the Patriot Pledge from just “I will NOT” and adds “I WILL. IT'S NOT MY FAULT. HAPPY NATIONAL BLAME SOMEONE ELSE DAY, OTHERWISE KNOWN AS DEMOCRAT DAY" Political games are NOT FUN. LIVE FB videos start at 10:06 AM CT. CSC Talk Radio, PO Box 73, California, MO 65018 573-796-2166 --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/loving-liberty/support

This New Season will Blow You Away! | My Story with Intro to Soul Families, Dark Night of the Soul and Ancestral Karmic Debt So where have I been the last year and a half? I've been going through the Dark Night of the Soul which... Not Fun.. But definitely necessary! The Dark Night of the Soul is when any karmic debt that is left from past lives or this life, such as forgiveness or rage and anger (and a lot more) , is cleansed away. When I say cleansed away, I don't mean a beautiful wave from Heaven's Ocean comes flowing gently through your home, your family and friends and Voila! Your life is cleared. I mean that YOU HAVE TO RELEASE the karma. Remember Karma is NOT A PUNISHMENT! It is an experience that contains a lesson... Whether it is good bad or ugly. When we don't release the emotion attached to the situation or experience before we cross over, that karma is passed onto your kids and grandchildren..and on and on it goes into our future generations until someone finally pays the karma and resolves it. I will be getting into much more about karmic debt, ancestral karma, past lives, and how you can release it so you can balance your mind, body spirit complex. I will be using the Ra Material as well as other sacred texts and channeled series to explain things the best I can. I hope you decide to join me in our new season at NJRayse.org --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/spiritualteacher/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/spiritualteacher/support

MRSI Fam - its a Mikey Only episode. News update. Informative. Not Fun. Good Not Great.   letseat@mikeyandrinnestayin.com   @mikeyandrinne on the Grams.

You can't make millions with a broke mindset. If only someone has drilled this into my head earlier in life. So now one of my jobs is to drill it into yours, so you can have financial success much easier and faster than I did. Sadly, 9 out of 10 of you reading this, will go “yeh yeh yeh I know mindset work is important, I'll focus on that after I bring in some cash.”  I said the same thing. This is why I say doing mindset work is like stretching at the gym, you know it's important but don't realize how vital it is until you pay a major price for not doing it. Going from making 17k a year to being a multi-millionaire is wild, and the path here was messy AF. You see I had to lose almost everything more than once to finally prioritize uncovering my poverty money beliefs, and cement in an abundance mindset. NOT EASY, NOT FUN, AND OFTEN TEDIOUS WORK. You will be “sold” a bag of crap online that you can reframe your thinking in 5 days, or shift all of your beliefs by taking this one course…while it's often a great start, is it far from enough to embody entirely new ways of operating. To generate the wealth I have today, an entirely new operating system was required, and consistent system-wide upgrades were necessary. I worked with a Law of Attraction Spiritual Coach privately for 8 years. (250k) I worked with a life coach specializing in body and energy work for 2.5 years. (150k) Taken courses, attended workshops, read books, blogs, did meditations, had weekly therapy….you get my point, it wasn't as simple as a vision board and crystals (God I wish it was). The cost of me continuing to avoid this work would have been at least 10 million dollars, plus destroying my health and my mental well-being. So I would say it's damn worth it, wouldn't you?  If you aren't living the lifestyle you dream of, or generating the kind of wealth that gives you and your family freedom….it's time for you to dig in and prioritize a long overdue a full operation system overhaul. Where to start? Listen to this special new birthday podcast episode, where I share  all the things about making money I wish someone taught me early on.  BIRTHDAY BONUS OFFER: Stop trying to figure it out all on your own, and let me show you how to get consistent clients and cash online for only $3.33 per day.   To get all of the details and join visit my website at projectmewithtiffany.com/projectmeposse   Welcome to ProjectME the Podcast with your host Tiffany Carter, who takes the mystery out of making BIG money? A former NBC and CBS TV journalist, turned multi-millionaire entrepreneur, teaching you all things wealth, health, worth, and business. You can follow Tiffany on Instagram @projectme_with_tiffany  on Facebook @projectmewithtiffany and watch her TV episodes on ProjectME TV with Tiffany Carter on YouTube. Subscribe to Tiffany's FREE weekly digest, The Secret Posse, and get exclusive content you won't find anywhere else: millionaire mindset exercises, custom weekly abundance affirmations, and her best money making tips. 

Welp, we got Kawhi news and it was NOT FUN. Reacting to Kawhi Leonard getting surgery on his partially torn ACL, answering Clippers Fan questions on Mailbag Wednesday, running down a list of what Paul George can do to improve next season, and the Clippers work out yet another wildcard for the NBA Draft Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Welp, we got Kawhi news and it was NOT FUN. Reacting to Kawhi Leonard getting surgery on his partially torn ACL, answering Clippers Fan questions on Mailbag Wednesday, running down a list of what Paul George can do to improve next season, and the Clippers work out yet another wildcard for the NBA Draft Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Perception is Blocking SEEing... When you are in your thoughts, That's. NOT FUN! Fun is being presence... Present Support the show (https://hopejohnson.org/donate/)

So many times we tell ourselves that we want to get healthy and reach our weight loss goals but that it will be difficult, boring, secluded and just overall NOT FUN!  We ask ourselves negative questions like:  “Why can't I lose weight?” or “Why am I fat?” and create a lifestyle that feels restricted. The […]

So many times we tell ourselves that we want to get healthy and reach our weight loss goals but that it will be difficult, boring, secluded and just overall NOT FUN!  We ask ourselves negative questions like:  “Why can’t I lose weight?” or “Why am I fat?” and create a lifestyle that feels restricted. The […]

I am sure we all had that one BAD trip, and in this episode, I take it back to a HIGH time during my very first edible experience, and BOY was it NOT FUN! Please welcome my best bro/bud Chad in which he joins me in this hilarious episode. :) Chad: IG-Chaddy_hart

Welcome back Unbelievers!Having sex with aliens is fun! Right? Maybe not! Especially when months later you're suddenly face to face with your hybrid offspring, with no memory of the fun time, and they love education. Even worse if you DO remember the fun times and they were NOT FUN. This week we're talking alien-human hybrids, and the poor souls involved in their creation tonight ONLY on the program where you CONTINUE to LEARN to UNLEARN, everything you KNOW! #nobowlsHost: Rus RyanCo-Hosts: Drea Mora, Rob Okey, & Pete McCarthy (Creepy Little Book)Produced by: Rob OkeyFor links to all of our content:https://linktr.ee/unbelieverspodcastCreepy Little Book on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/user/creepylittlebookUNBELIEVERS TAROT CARDS: www.unbelievablepodcards.cominterested in joining us for Movie Night?JOIN THE DISCORDhttps://discord.gg/NBWVAvbFOR BONUS CONTENT & TO SUPPORT THE SHOW, JOIN OUR PATREON AT:www.patreon.com/unbelieverspodcastwww.unbelieverspodcast.comFollow the Official Twitch Channel at www.twitch.tv/TheUnbelieversPodcast@UnbelieversPodcast on Instagram@The Unbelievers Podcast on Facebook@UnbelieversPod on TwitterUnbelieversPodcast@gmail.com& Be Sure to Check Out Drea's new podcast Spirits & Spirits available everywhere! https://linktr.ee/spiritsandspiritspodAnd Rob's new Star Wars show “Baby Yoda's Escape Pod” https://linktr.ee/Babyyodapod

Joey Barnes (Ice Road Truckers) is the king of obsolete. He joins us here on episode 189 of the Soul Forge Podcast. We talk about his current life, his Ice Road Trucker days, and the books he has been busy writing during the lockdown. The king of obsolete has many stories to share. In a remote corner of Manitoba, Joey “The King of Obsolete” Barnes has deemed his plot of land  “The Kingdom,” and it’s filled with vintage CATs and trucks from the 1930s to the 1970s. Many of the vehicles are rarities, and he’s re-engineered many of them into his own unique pieces of equipment. On this episode, you will hear about Naughty Natalie and Love is Trust. We talk about Joey's 1937 Dodge hotrod truck and his time with the bikers of the 1980s. We also spend some time talking about his writing process. Joey believes in one-shot writing, where there is little to no editing involved. The following is copied from his website and is a list of his books: Naughty Natalie Series (3 book series) Paperback Edition (amazon.com) Amazon.com: Dominatrix School: Failing Military Marriage (9798700687997): Barnes KoO, Joey: Books Amazon.com: Love is Trust: Summer of Fun 1985 eBook: Barnes, Joey: Kindle Store My Wasted Youth: Alexander Manitoba: Barnes KoO, Joey: 9798700173766: Amazon.com: Books The Corvette Stingray Art Bookbindery Recovery Plates No Fear No Common Sense Flying ---- 10th book Misc Stories ---- 9th book The 4 book series on Naughty Natalie are books 5,6,7,8  Oh My, This is Not Fun ---- 8th book  Dominatrix School Book ---- 7th book Love is Trust Book ---- 6th book My Wasted Youth Alexander MB Book ---- 5th book King of Obsolete Books Series are book 1,2, (3,4 are not in print) KoO Book Set ---- 1st & 2nd books Check out Joey's website at www.kingofobsolete.ca Get his books on Amazon at https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B08V17R5XB?ref_=dbs_dp_rwt_sb_tkin&binding=kindle_edition&fbclid=IwAR1lkmx2tAq5Q8JWntPm1i6HxOPn_ES7RKXP3Hviur5QFKv94OH5HlU3cJw He's on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCzEFqMtbWfRYPoOOl89M7sg/videos?fbclid=IwAR3AkEKEzddSh0Wg9jaCBfgayOIjXXcM46MEzh7aYp6foJQeXip7JyetMxE You can support the podcast at https://ko-fi.com/rustedsoul This week's podcast promo: Dr Geek's Lab

Experiencing a birthday and a breakup while covid positive was definitely NOT FUN but she made it out y'all. How? Honestly I don't even know but let's cry together hehe…. 

You'd never believe that around the Holiday Season, I was the Scrooge..Not Fun! Listen to my transition from feeling crappy around the holidays to actually embracing the season with wide arms. This could be you as well. Contact: @candidwithkibo instagram.com/candidwithkibo Email: Candidwithkibo@gmail.com Personal: @Kibobetts instagram.com/kibobetts

In this episode we re-watch the NOT FUN movie Law Abiding Citizen (2009). Follow along as we break down how the movie addresses the broken legal system and how the main characters are neither heroes nor villains. We also taste and discuss the Old Fashioned Cocktail (made with Wathen's Bourbon), as well as Westbrook Citrus Redacted Imperial IPA. http://1bourbon1movie1beer.com/ Find us on social media: Instagram @1bourbon_1movie_1beer Facebook https://www.facebook.com/1bourbon1movie1beer Twitter @1movie_1beer --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/1bourbon1movie1beer/message

Buffalo James and I dissect each of our teams' games from Week 3 of the 2020 NFL season (spoiler alert: my take on the Washington Football Team was NOT FUN to talk about!). Plus, we had some special guests join us to make picks for the upcoming Week 4 of this season! Follow us on Twitter @FOPod2020 and let us know your picks for games this weekend and let us know your thoughts on the show!

On the Overthinking It Podcast we wonder why we play video games even when they’re Not Fun. Episode 639: A Series of Pellets and Shocks originally appeared on Overthinking It, the site subjecting the popular culture to a level of scrutiny it probably doesn't deserve. [Latest Posts | Podcast (iTunes Link)]

LA based actor, comedian, and ex-colonial tour guide, Ian Michaels, is 72% funny and 61% fun...and is obviously not a mathematician.

Hello, and welcome to Funny, Not Fun! What can you expect from this podcast? Listen to the trailer and find out...Was that a good cliff-hanger?

So Shawna took all of Justin's notes about how he always wins the argument . . . LOL. Shawna had MULTIPLE difficult conversations with people due to COVID policies this week on the phone and even in email. NOT FUN.The current reality is that life is STRESSFUL due to COVID, economic crisis and racial and political tensions. Add in a hard conversation and you might be ready to scream. In this episode of the Less Stress Family Podcast, we discuss an article based on an interview with an FBI Hostage Negotiator. His tips really helped Shawna get thru those difficult talks in the business world this week. We are positive they will help you, if you implement them with your customers, business partners and family, too! Blessings.

Today I look back on a day with some outdoor fun and a lot of time spent at a Lowe's store. NOT FUN. This Monday reminds me about my recent past of being a student athlete and my dreams of playing division 1 lacrosse (which did come true). Hopefully next Monday is better. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/dave-reiter/message

In this weeks episode we talk about life at home during the #stayathome orders! Both @the.keto.firefighter and I, @theketocolombian are dads and have the kids doing their homeschooling! NOT FUN! We also talk about eating, fasting and being ok with NOT being ok AND what you can do during the #stayathome to stay busy! Enjoy Episode #2!Jon and Kieran 

Writing code and solving problems is fun. Writing emails, blog posts, podcasts, screencasts is NOT FUN (most of the time). I repeat: NOT. It takes serious effort and discipline. That is why it's worthwhile. In this episode I talk about my journey from programming to communicating and the struggles and wins along the way. Dig it.

LOVING & LIVING IN GOD’S BETTER WISDOM  - Eccl. 7:1-14 Well, good morning again to everyone watching online.  It’s good to have you joining us, whether you are a member, regular attender or someone “visiting” our live stream Sunday service today. In fact we have people from other parts of the world, including England and even India that tune into our livestream…so welcome all around the world! Now, before we start in our Bible passage this morning, I promised last week that we would give our church an update on the mission trip to India that myself and 4 others went on, just a few short weeks ago. So, here is one our team members to fill you in on that trip: VIDEO w/ slides interspersed. It was  such a pleasure to be on this team with Cindy, Kristie, Lisa and Ryan…It truly was life-changing for me as well. I wanted to add to what Cindy has said by showing you a few more pictures and stories of people we met during our time in India: The family on the left were new believers…They made breakfast for us while neighbors from the surrounding area, both Christians and Hindus came into the house for prayer… ON the right is a couple who were celebrating their 13th wedding anniversary. They invited us to the party and asked us to preach the word and pray over them during the party!  IN fact when we were late because our van broke down, the man left his own party and came and picked us up! This is a photo of some of the leaders of the church in one village. The family is prominent in the local village council and they lead worship for the church These two men had dramatic testimonies. The on on the right was demonized until Christ saved him…and the younger man on the right came to Christ after his wife nearly died in child birth…the older man shared the gospel with him in the local market. This is a plot of land donated by the older evangelist that is planned for a small church building. There were so many others!  I wish we could tell more stories of these precious believers, and how they endure opposition simply to live for Jesus. We are truly looking forward to more fruitful partnership with the seminary as it moves the Northeast, and with the mission work in the villages. And I also wanted to pass on my thank you to FCBC as I was able to arrange my flights on the way back to stop by our church in England, Bridgeway Church.  It’s been a year and half since we left the church we planned there to come back to the USA. I was able to gather with them for communion before their Sunday service Meet new babies born to some of the families since I left See that some who had fallen away have come back to following Christ Get to preach to a gathering and worship with them even in the midst of many being absent due to the Corona virus scare I can report that they are now flourishing, growing and experiencing God’s grace. The elders, my friends Adam and Danny, that are leading are doing an amazing job and the whole church is growing together.  They’ve added to their numbers with new members in the short time since we’ve been gone! They pass on their thanks for sending me there on a Sunday to preach the word to them… And honestly, one of the greatest things in both places, India and England, was the worship!  Here is a brief clip with a little taste of each: VIDEO As I experienced all this I asked myself the question….WHICH WAS BETTER?…Being in a new culture and serving with our mission partners in India.  The absolutely electric joy in their sung worship that was so powerful….or visiting the church we planted in England and having an emotional reconnection and seeing God’s work there? Hearing them sing with beautiful simplicity, but also very loud! I can’t really say which is better…. Is one really better than the other? Like a lot of choices, there are many factors and it can be a matter of perspective.. On a less serious note its like asking: Do you like coffee from Black Rock or from Push and Pour? Would you want a take out pizza from Blaze or MOD pizza? Subway or Blimpie? These things are trivial, but we ask those questions.  Which is better? And that actually leads us to our text of scripture this morning in Ecclesiastes chapter 7, where we will be talking about: Loving and Living God’s Better Wisdom. I’ll show you what I mean after I read our passage for today. READ 7:1-14 This passage is filled with comparisons, and we will spend the majority of our time taking about them. But, this passage is also full of the tensions we have come to expect in the book of Ecclesiastes. And let me remind us quickly of that tension and the context of this book as we start. Because as one commentator said, “chapter 7 is the most difficult passage in a difficult book.” Why is this chapter so difficult? Why is this book so difficult? There are many reasons, but here are a few that reveal themselves both in chapter 7 and overall for us to remember This book is Hebrew wisdom literature. It has a poetry all its own that is not readily recognizable in English or in our culture. There is confusion about the purpose of this book. Is it 11 chapters of bad theology, just to show us to fear God and walk with him as the outcome statement in chapter 12 says?  Or is there a God-centered reality weaved throughout the entire book? This book can seem overly pessimistic and we fight against that knowing the whole redemptive story of God. We want to get to the place where we things are not futile in Christ.  Not meditate on the futility of life under the sun. We ask ourselves, do we really want to sit at the feet of a jaded, cynical teacher like Solomon when have such clear teaching in the New Testament to meditate on?    I believe the answer is yes! I believe this is a part of God’s word that helps us in the long run. We perhaps prefer the book of Proverbs that tells us how to navigate life when things are going well….but we need Ecclesiastes when we are struggling to comprehend the meaning in life. And we need to read it rightly…. In Ecclesiastes God has not sent us an angry prophet, but he has sent us a thoughtful teacher to expose the futility of life and point us to God infused wisdom once again.  It can seem bleak, but this is God’s way of pointing us to the ultimate wisdom in Christ that gives meaning to life in the here and now, and for eternity. And in here in chapter 7 the preacher uses a handful of comparisons to point us to a wise life.  A good life. It begins a section of this book that is less tightly organized and seems a little more like the book of Proverbs with its punchy statements.  Each one could be a sermon or a study, but there still does seem to be an overall connectedness to it.  In a series of “this is better” statements, we are getting the further answer to the question that he asked in chapter 6 verse 12: “For who knows what is good for meanwhile he lives the few days of his vain life, which passes like a shadow?” Having shown us in chapter 6 our hearts sickened discontent and started pointed us to the solution of coming under God’s rule and his knowledge of our lives, in Chapter 7 he presses the point in further. And we need to pay close attention because many of his statements are counter-intuitive.  They don’t seem right…but maybe that’s because our hearts don’t always love the right things.  WE need to change what we love, specifically to Love God’s good wisdom more than our own.  And that’s what we see in verses 1-6.  The preacher wants our hearts to get to the place where we are: Loving God’s Good Wisdom (v. 1-6) And the first category we see that our heart loves need to be changed is to 1 - Love God’s name better than our fame Look in verse 1 This is actually a double comparison even though they don’t seem connected. And it gets the heart of what we love the most.  You see we all want to have a good name in one way or another. And on a level that is fine.  We want to be known for: being hard-working being a good husband, wife, parent or child Or simply smelling good - even today doing live stream I got a shower and put on cologne! But we also have this part of us that wants our name spread for our fame.  Just look at how we react when we get a “like” on a social media post, we get that retweet, or comment on Instagram about how people think we are beautiful, wise, or funny. And those “names” we get for ourselves, whether matters of work family or instant gratification are like the ointment in our passage. In the ancient culture this is written in, this ointment or oil is the perfume that people bought, sometimes with medicinal effects. It smells wonderful, it’s expensive and a lot of effort goes into getting it. but it doesn’t last that long.  Maybe a couple hours, or if you put a lot on like a teenage boy or girl. But here the writer challenges our desire for momentary fame and the spread of the glory of our own name, and calls us to love the legacy of a lasting name. And the idea is that every comment we make or action we take is building a character that leaves a legacy of self or of God. You see, we as believers should all be known more for our: joy rather than critical nature Generosity rather than stinginess hospitality rather than self-isolation (except for during Corona virus!) That should be our character and the fragrance we spread…And finally as this passage says, on the day of our death this should be a good legacy… finally sealed on the day of our death, when our tombstone is carved and the small dash of our lives between the date of our birth and the date of our death is over. But, instead of daily building a legacy of little acts, our days start with grabbing our phones, reading the news and weather, going off to work, coming home exhausted, eating some food, maybe go to Life group if you can manage, coming home even more tired so you watch some tv, and then you can’t sleep and you watch you’ve clips or look for what you can buy on Amazon, before eventually falling to sleep to wake up exhausted the next day…!  All these little perfume shots all day long to keep us going, and are what we live for! The preacher says, you need a different legacy! You need a different name… And in the Bible’s terms, a lasting name come through God loving us and us loving God and his name.  All throughout scripture, the people with a good name are those that had hearts changed to love God. Think about Abraham - who went from being an idol worshipper to a friend of God Moses - who went from being a murderer to a leader of God’s people David - who though he failed tragically he was a man after God’s heart And I love particularly the story of the woman in Luke 7 and Mark 14. She started as a woman of bad character, who when she came to Jesus the first time, she had to fight through the condemning glares of the religious people around her.  But yet she wept at the feet of Jesus and poured out costly perfume at his feet. She was loved by Jesus and and forgiven by Jesus in that moment!  Then later we see her loving Jesus by pouring perfume on his head to anoint him for his burial.  I love that Jesus tells this woman, that because of this act of love..that this story will be told wherever the gospel goes!  That is a legacy changed.  A good name given through the forgiveness and love of Christ. That’s how a good name happens.  A good name is not to us trying to keep up a reputation, or an appearance…but about loving god and his glory because He has loved us in Christ so well. That is what we have in the gospel.  So we don’t have to be anesthetized by the perfumes of the culture around us, but we can love the name of God, who gives us a good name.  Then when we really believe this,  we can live in that daily and build a legacy for His glory. The preacher continues in verses 2-4 with more wisdom Specifically that our hearts should: 2-4 - Love sad lessons better than superficiality Let me read again verses 2-4… This is where it gets really counter-intuitive.  We don’t like this comparison….How is better to go to the house of touring rather than the house of feasting…But remember it is a comparison.  This isn’t saying that it wrong to enjoy life (we’ll see that later). Jesus himself was at feasts very often in his life on the earth. BUT, it is saying that one is better than the other in this life under the son. That the house of mourning (a funeral) is better than the house of feasting (a birthday party) This is particularly hard for a culture like our that does everything it possibly can to domesticate, deny, or run from death like the plague. I am convinced that part of our reaction to the current COVID -19 crisis is not only because it is a a serious disease that is sadly taking the lives of many people….but also because we can’t handle the hard straight look into the face of death that this pandemic is giving us. We are the opposite of the medieval culture that actually had a booklet called the “art of dying” that warned about temptations that could arise for dying people, pointed them to seek forgiveness through confession of sin, and instructed on prayers you could pray modeled on Christ’s 7 prayer from the cross. They thought about death, and they considered death, and it made them prepare for it before it ever came to them. But we run from this, don’t want to talk about this, never see death (until now), and think it isn’t relevant to us. And because we aren’t prepared, when the rattle of death starts to ring loud like it is in culture today, we don’t know where to turn. Luther said we should: “Invite death into our presence while it is still at a distance” This is the reality that Psalm 90 brings to bear on us….”Teach us to number our days and thus gain a heart of wisdom.” What the preacher is saying is that we can learn more at one funeral than we can at 100 birthday parties…That’s hard for us to believe.  We would all rather go to a birthed or anniversary celebration. And now he says, we need to love this reality…But How can I love these sad lessons you might say? I do this by remembering the lessons learnt from several funerals of people I love.  For example: My Pop-pop. He died when I was in my early twenties.  Sadly he had a heart attack in the parking lot of a grocery store and was found in his car later.  When I went to his funeral, I was doing ok….until they actually lowered his casket into the ground and then it was buried.   I LEARNED FROM THIS THE FINALITY OF DEATH. In a way I never would have learned this… It made me want to make sure people knew about Jesus Christ. My Grandmother - She was an ardent unbeliever for much of here life. My parents prayed for years for her.  Sadly she got a cancerous growth on her forehead, which led to a surgery, where our her forehead lost much of its mass.  But through this tragedy, she began to go back to God…To read her Bible, confess Jesus as savior, and go The power of the gospel and a changed legacy An alcoholic man that we ministered to in England. The first time we met him he was in the gutter outside the church. He would come and weep when he would her the Bible, but sadly we could never tell what he believed.  And one day he passed away in his apartment.  We went to the funeral and realized how all alone he was and as the priest gave a message of absolution for a man he did not know, I realized the loneliness of death and the deception of religious false hope. A Dear Lady in India. While not a funeral, it was surely the house of mourning.  We had the sad opportunity and privilege to pray for a woman who was in the back of a residence with a massive cancerous growth on her cheek.  I learned that there is only HOPE ONLY IN CHRIST. When all the western medication is not available, when there are no hospital beds, only concrete floors…There is only Christ to hope in. These kind of lessons can only be found in the house of mourning.  It is not better in regards to being more enjoyable, but you can love the lessons learned through being there. Next he goes on to say that if we are to have our hearts changed to love God’s wisdom, our hearts will learn to: 5-6 - Love hard truths better than hilarity Read verses 5-6 again… I am someone who loves a meme more than anyone else..I love sharing them, emojis, jokes and ways we can have a little levity and share some fun together. I’m sure we’ve been doing this a lot during our time of isolation and staying at home. But if I am on my death bed and really throughout my life, I want someone to speak to me - not jokes, not the drunken songs of fools, but something with real substance. Real wisdom that has weight. That’s what the “Crackling of the thorns under the pot, being the laughter of fools means. He is comparing the light hearted way that people deal with their lives with the way the ancient culture had their version of a microwave meal. They would gather thorns and light them up, they would flame hot, but go out very quickly….That is all that foolishness gets you.  A little heat without any real substance…and that’s our culture of laughter. The preacher isn’t saying something that should be considered new to us as NT believers, because Jesus himself said: “Woe to you who laugh now because you will  out and weep” The serious attitude of Ecclesiastes is encouraging us to think about life and death. Some people just caught heir lives away…IN fact that is the norm.  One of the worst things you could be labelled as in our culture is NOT FUN….And why is that so bad? Why is it so important..? Of course we should have joy…but is life a joke?  The fool thinks it is. But there is nothing funny about life and death.  The preacher says, you need to learn to listen to rebuke from the wise. Godly criticism, which is counter-intuitive wisdom. Jesus said things we didn’t want to hear, like “repent, the kingdom of God is at hand…” And this writer in Ecclesiastes has done the same thing all along…telling us we often pursue futility.,.. So that leads to a question.  Who are the wise people that you pursue to tell you the hard truths?  Men and women who will tell you not what you want to hear, but what you need to hear… Being people who ask questions and ask for help…Not being like people in our culture just want to spout their opinions, and and are internet experts in life. People who say I will figure it all out myself…I don’t need to listen to others. Then we get offended with those who have experience and can bring wisdom to bear on us… No, as God’s people we need to love God's wisdom, to be those that can say with God’s word - tell me anything from the word, every bitter word will be sweet to me. And as God’s people we need to realize that the light heartedness we see in our culture about every bit of life is not necessarily the whole story in the Bible. The overarching tone in scripture is full of joy and feasting and laughter, but is very serious. It tells us of a world all around us that is dying.  Our neighbors are dying with out Jesus Christ, in the futility under the sun that the preacher talks about. Jesus tells us to deny ourselves, pick up our cross and die….to be able to go to people and say…MY life looks joyful, but also serious.  That’s because I am living for more than the concerts and songs and laughter of fools. Well, that first section in verses 1-6 told us how our hearts loves need to change to love God’s upside down wisdom…But as we move on, we see our second main point.  We need to also be brought around to: Living Contentedly in God’s Good Wisdom (v.7-12) 7- 8— Live Content that the long game is better Reading verses 7-8 again we some some points that will be more quick hit points to remind us that once our hearts our changed to love what God loves - you love the truth being told to you, you love the lessons you learn through sorrow - as you love them, you can live out a life content with God’s better wisdom. Verse 7 makes a reference to the fact that even wise people can be bribed and corrupted, and the end is the better.  The outcome of our lives and the end needs to be pointed to.  Wise people need to get to the end as well. I can live in this present moment because there is more going on than this moment tells me.  As Romans 8:28 says, all things are working for good for those that love God and are called according to His purpose. It is clear that here the author is saying even for wise people things can go poorly, but wait for the outcome. Parents, are you discouraged at the season of your kids lives? Wait for the final outcome, you don’t really know how He might work. Who is to say the outcome won’t  be good by God’s grace. In any ministry. Like I experienced in church planting.  There were so often trials, difficulty and even opposition.  Many times I wondered how can this small weak group of people including myself do anytime for God’s glory.  But then a year and a half later, got the opportunity to see that they are flourishing, growth is happening, the elders are leading well, and God is at work. Praise God for the end and the outcome! Whatever the case, whatever the situation, we need to keep in mind the words of Romans chapter 5:1-5: “Therefore, since we have been justified by faith, we have peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ. Through him we have also obtained access by faith into this grace in which we stand, and we rejoice in hope of the glory of God. Not only that, but we rejoice in our sufferings, knowing that suffering produces endurance, and endurance produces character, and character produces hope, and hope does not put us to shame, because God's love has been poured into our hearts through the Holy Spirit who has been given to us.” You see, the long game is what God is all about.  He pours out his love by the Spirit, through Christ, in us and then we can recognize that this endurance and persevering patient spirit is what we need. Because the proud man says I need to manipulate my life right now and control it…if not there will be consequences for those around me.. That’s how the preacher continues in verses 9-10, where he teaches us to 9-10 - Live Content that the present is better When we realize that we can be patient, play the long game by the grace of God.  We don’t have this unsettled dissatisfaction that increases in our impatience to anger… We look at dead end jobs, money being tight, kids and family being a mess, health issues, Corona virus….We look at all this and if we are not patient we can develop an angry resentful sprite because we don’t like our reality and we can’t escape our reality. And the preacher says “Don;t say the former day were better…” There is one temptation to look forward and say, I will make things better…then it will be good. The other temptation is to look back in nostalgia and say wouldn’t it be great if things were like they used to be….BEFORE CORONA VIRUS! But were you really happy then? See, glorifying one time over another in our lives is an illusion and it robs us of the joy living for God in the present today. This is the shadow of the passing life that the writer talked about in 6:12. The writer is making the “uncle Rico” joke.  He is painting the picture of a man looking back to his high school glory days, who would have been a starter on the team…who thought he was all full of glory in school! But high school ended, and in fact it will end for everyone…it doesn’t last!  And instead of trying to hang on to that glory, learn the lessons of life that will equip you with the wisdom and skills to really live in the present every day after you have left school. So the question is are you living in the wisdom of God now to see his glory and future come to pass in your life…Are you patiently waiting for God’s plan to come to pass in your life. Be patient: In your sanctification - with yourself With your husband, wife and children IN the mist of your isolation Finally he says in verses 11-12: 11-12 - Live Content that your benefit package is better I’m sure many of you will thankfully receive a check from the government as part of the stills package that is happening.. I’m sure you have already calculated it and know how much that will be.   You know what your “benefit package” will be - what you are entitled to. And that is fine and good.  If you have out a job or business or just need some help that is God’s gracious and sovereign provision for you right now. This passage tells us that money CAN provide protection - literally a shadow over us in our lives. He compares money and wisdom in a good way here…Money does mean something…but wisdom means more. The same way that chapter 6 said our life is a shadow, now it says there is a shadow bigger than that.  Bigger than the shadow of protection money can provide.  It’s the picture of a massive umbrella covering us right when the storm breaks and it rains cats and dogs on us. Throughout this book money has been decried as our hope, and here it is seen simply as less of a protective shield than the spiritual wisdom i God’s word that can guard you in this life and lead you to eternal life. Finally, what is the summation of all of this? We need to be: III.   Living IN and Loving God’s good work in the world (v. 13-14) We read verses 13-14 again, and the writer goes back again to what we remember from chapter 6. It echoes the same truth that God is in control. The futility and the crookedness we feel in this life is instituted by God.  That is a part of his active work.  He passively allows this reality of futility to continue so that we have to learn his wisdom and learn to love his wisdom that we might live the good life, respecting and considering that this is all from his hand. Human experience is twisted and bent, the world is full of death and sorrow the writer has said. But God operates on a level infinitely above us. He says “My thoughts are not your thoughts, my ways are not your ways…” No amount of us sanitizing our lives, or isolating ourselves from the realities of life can change God’s work and what he is doing in the midst of this brokenness.  So we need to see what God is possibly doing right now. Take for instance this quote attributed to  CS LEWIS, from all the way back in 1942. (Note: after the preaching of this sermon, the author found out that this quote was mis-attributed to CS Lewis.  Apologies for this mistake, but the sentiment and point in the sermon remain.) “Satan says: I will cause anxiety, fear and panic I will shutdown business, schools, places of worship, and sports events. I will cause economic turmoil. Jesus says: I will bring together neighbors, restore the family unit, I will bring dinner back to the kitchen table I will help people slow down their lives and appreciate what really matters. I will teach my children to rely on me and not the world I will teach my children to trust me and not their material resources.” So, God is at work!  Can we consider that today…. Why can we love his better wisdom, why can we live contentedly in his better wisdom? Because He is at work!  Sometimes the work seems good to us and feels great.  Sometimes we are called to acknowledge all his good gifts…Many of us were in a season of that only a few weeks ago. But the problems arise and disaster strikes, call out to God, as verse 14 says. God has made one as well as the other….! We see this, we accept that, but what can make our hearts get into this place where we love the hard truths God speaks to us, where we love learning the lessons of life through sorrow and suffering…Where we love living in his wisdom, not in the future or the past..but today for His glory.  What can give us a legacy like that, and for our kids and our grandkids one day?  What can do that work in us? ONLY UNDERSTANDING THE LOVE OF CHRIST FOR US IN THE GOSPEL CAN DO THIS. Seeing someone spend their legacy and give up their good name for you, will do that. Maybe you are cold, struggling to live for Jesus.  maybe you don’t like his wisdom in this present moment and want t live for the future or the past…what can you do?  Look at Jesus! To illustrate how this change takes place, I’’l use an illustration I heard from another preacher.  From the movie Iron Man. The main character Tony Stark was stuck in a cave taken captive by terrorists and told he had to build them a bomb.  He didn’t want to do that. So he secretly was contrasting a suit that would help him get out of there.  an Iron suit.  he did this with the help of an other scientist in the cave.  Well just as they were about to complete this suit, they heard the enemy coming.  The scientist proceeded to take a gun and hold them off so that Tony could finish the suit.  He did and he got out of there…but the scientist was shot and dying. As he approached this dying man, he said thank you…thank you for saving me….And the man responded with one phrase… DON’T WASTE IT… And he didn’t! He went on to be Iron Man!  But the point is, the sacrifice of one man changed the heart of another man to want to live for a legacy beyond himself.  It was love that changed his hearts loves, and then he went and applied all the wisdom he learned i that cave to the rest of his life. May we love God and his better wisdom.  Christ the wisdom of God.  The expression of the counter intuitive wisdom of God, who gave up his own glorious name and took on no reputation to pay for your sin by coming to die for us in his love…. All he asks is a changed heart, a response that says I will live for his glory, a legacy in the line of all those wit changed hearts and good lives and good names that point to Christ. May God give us his Spirit in this season to do that in all the ways we can in the limited sphere we all have now in the midst of this current season of suffering… Amen Application Questions: What aspect of God’s better wisdom seems hard to love naturally for you? How has hearing the wisdom of God in this chapter spoken  to you today? Where do you see Jesus as the fulfillment of God’s better wisdom in Eccl. 7? What work are you aware that God is doing in your midst through your joys or adversities right now?

Below is a machine transcription of this episode (and there is bound to be loads of errors).  I am currently traveling off grid and didn’t have a chance to work up the complete webpage before I left, so this is the best I could do in the meantime.  Either check back later, or if you email me, I’ll write you back to let you know when I’ve got the post up.  Thanks for your understanding!  Kit   00:04                                     Going into an outfitter to divide new hiking boots or shoes can give you a migraine. You’ll see foot were labeled not just hiking boots or shoes, but also trail runners, ultra light boots, cross trainers, hiking sandals and walking boots to name a few in the hiking boot versus shoe battle. How do you determine which is the best hiking shoe for you and your feet? That’s what we’ll be discussing today. 00:27                                     Welcome to the venture trial show podcast. I’m your host kip parks and that’s why we’re going to be working on today. We’re going to try to figure out what is the best footwear for us to wear for our different hiking adventures and we not only have to worry about the type of shoe, we’ve got to consider the prices too cause the prices run the gamut as well and they can get really up there so it’s not something you want to make a booboo on the answer to what to wear and you knew this was coming is it depends. We’re going to look at the different features and then you can compare what the different features do for you against the general environment you’ll be hiking in, but regardless of the charts and the information that we’re going to discuss today, and I’ll have all this on the website at adventure travel show, podcast.com/shoes the key feature of any hiking shoe is comfort. 01:13                                     Every manufacturer’s mold is different. Some have wider widths than others, and so my own size eight in one brand might feel great but aren’t going to give me nearly enough tow room or with in another brand. If your budget permits, you might want to buy a couple of different boots or shoes so that you have the right gear for whatever your individual hike is going to be. For example, I use my boss or Wask, I’m not sure how he’s supposed to say it, my boss boots whenever I’m doing any serious hiking or on some challenging terrain, but the trails are well maintained. I’m usually gonna opt for my mural hiking shoes later on this month. I’m heading on a rafting and hiking trip in Idaho. And so for that trip I’m just going to be packing my hiking sandals that have a toe guard so I can use them both as my water shoe and my hiking shoe. 01:58                                     So in deciding what we’re going to wear, we need to actually consider a couple of different things. Let’s look at the different types. First. Number one, the heavy hiking boot back country trailblazers should consider a heavy boot. If your hike is gonna include some large bouldering and bushwhacking. The heavy hiking boots are going to have some serious tractions on the soul and they’ll sometimes even have a cramp on like tip. These boots are heavy, not just hiking, but they’re also heavy on the wallet. Often they’re made a leather and they will require a sizable breaking in period, but once they’ve molded to your feet, they’re going to protect your feet and all sorts of difficult terrain. But you can expect some blisters, especially in the beginning. Heavy hiking boot is going to offer you some excellent ankle support and their good grip is an asset on steep slopes and boulders. 02:49                                     Plus a heavy hiking boot is going to last the longest of all. The hiking, footwear, mud, snow, and water will slough off these boots the best, and they’re warmer. If you’re going to be hiking and cold climates than a hiking shoe would be hiking boots also provide the best ankle and underfoot support, but they’re going to feel weighty and clunky compared to the other options. The more rocks and debris you hike on, the more you’re going to appreciate wearing a hiking boot. However, depending on the material, they can take a long, long time to dry out leather, it seems to take forever. They’re also the hardest to pack. I’ve got some mid weight boots that I’m bringing on an upcoming trip and I’m going to have to wear them on the plane, otherwise they take up half of my suitcase. So you know, I’m gonna Look Trey Chic on that plane. Right? And if you hike in rainy or snowy conditions, a boot’s going to be preferable because they’re high tops combined with waterproof hiking pants can keep the water out of your boots and the higher ankle coverage can also be helpful when hiking among briers and other off trail treats. They can cut you up and bruise you. 03:53                                     You can also get a waterproof boot. Some hiking foot wear has gore-tex in it, which makes the boot waterproof. It’s great if you’re crossing puddles and streams, but they don’t breathe as well so that can make your feet sweat. I personally prefer to have my feet breathe. I swear they have lungs so I don’t do these, but other people swear by them. So again, this is going to be down to the comfort. What do your feet like? So next on the list after the heavy hiking boot is the mid weight boot, like the kind of mentioned and bringing on my upcoming hike. This is my go to when I’m going to be in a serious mountain. I don’t do the heavy rock climbing mountain, he kind of things. So for what I consider a difficult hike and the kinds that we cover on this show at the four and five level where they’re hard and challenging but not ever see hard. 04:35                                     This is usually a suitable shoe, but I consider these my backpacking boots so my boots have stiff souls that cover the ankle for a little bit more support. You can get them either in synthetic materials, which is lighter and breathe better, which is what I choose, or leather, but they’re still heavy and you’re going to feel the weight of them at the end of a long hiking day. And I would suggest you break these in at least a few days before taking them on a long hike just to be in the safe side. If you’re hiking in shallow slush, some snow, some small puddles or streams, choosing a waterproof boot is going to keep your feet dryer than with the shoes and the boots. Also going to provide you with a tad more protection if you’re hiking in snake territory, 05:19                                     plus you’re less likely to get pebbles in your boot than if you’re wearing a shoe. Although you can put some gators on which are these little cloth cover things that can cover over your shoes to help keep debris out of your shoes. So we’ll talk about that a little bit later. At the top of your boot there’s got to be a metal lacing hook that allows you to tighten your shoelaces even further for more strength and stability. The head on some really challenging terrain, so we’ve covered the boots. Another thing people are starting to see more and more on the trail are trail running shoes. These offers are usually a little bit more ankle support than a hiking shoe because people are actually running on the trails over rocks and roots strewn trails with them. You’re going to find a little bit more padding and a sturdier soul than a regular trail shoe. 06:04                                     [inaudible] 06:04                                     my recommendation is after my research is only by these, if you plan to actually run on the trails because they were great for running, but they’re really not designed for actual hiking and so actually they won’t work quite as well for you. A trail running shoe should feel great as soon as you put them on. 06:22                                     So unless you’re actually running and you don’t want something so heavy, then you want to look at getting a trail shoe or a hiking shoe. These have thicker soles than traditional running shoes, but they’re lighter and more comfortable than boots and make sure that you’re actually buying a trail shoe and not just some fashion shoe that looks like one. Otherwise you might find that on the quote unquote fashion one that the stitches in the souls are not going to hold up to the terrain and the job that you are going to be given them and like the trail running shoes. These should feel great as soon as you put them on, you’re going to find trail shoes cooler and warm weather as well. You also with the trail runners and hiking sandals and trail shoes and hiking shoes have more flexible souls so they bend more, make an easier to, if you’re trying to rock hop across the stream and the last choice is hiking sandals. 07:13                                     This is what I’m taking on my rafting trip. They’re lightweight, they’re great for water crossings, they let your feet breathe, however, you’re going to get some rocks and some small sticks in them, so you’re gonna have to pause to remove them more often. Make sure you get one with a toe guard and don’t even think about wearing hiking sandals. If you’re climbing a screen strewn hill, you’re going to go nuts trying to get those pebbles out. So questions to ask yourself before buying a hiking boot or shoe number one, are you a hiking Newbie? If you’re just learning to hike and your eyes and your feet haven’t yet developed, great natural foot placement, consider getting a hiking shoe with a sturdier soul than you might normally need. This might help your ankles until you get your your eye foot coordination going worse. You don’t even have to think about it. Your foot just knows right where to go when it sees the train. Number two, consider the trail terrain that you think you’re gonna be hiking on. The smoother, more well-maintained the trails, the less important the sturdiness of the soul is. If you’re gonna be crossing shallow creeks, you might want to consider a waterproof one or if you do like I do get a breathable hiking shoe and they dry up pretty quickly. 08:25                                     Number three, ankle strength. You’ve got to consider your ankle streak, the weaker your ankles, the stronger ankle support you’re going to need. If you have ever, I mean, ever sprained your ankle even as a kid. Unfortunately it’s always going to be a little bit weaker than you’d like it to be, so you’re better off stepping up your ankle. Support on the adventure travel show podcast number one we talk about what to do if you do sprain your ankle in the wild and I’ve got a video that I’ll be posting on the site as well of how to test your ankle strength on your own. The fourth thing you want to think about is the pack. Wait, are you going to be carrying a light day pack? Are you going to be doing some heavy duty backpacking? If you’re going to be carrying significant weight, you need the added strength and support of a heavier boot. 09:13                                     Number five, how long are you going to be out in the trail? If you’re going to be hiking all day long, you’ve got two things to consider. The first one is weight. The sturdier, the hiking boot or shoe. The more it’s going away. So at the end of the day, your feet are gonna feel like lead weights. I’ve read that the weight on your feet takes four to six times the energy to lift in the same weight on your back. So for example, let’s say your boot weighs two and a half pounds, but your shoes weigh a pound, then your boots, you’re going to feel like you’re carrying an extra six to nine pounds on your back compared to just the shoes. Ouch. 09:49                                     However, at the end of the day, you’re going to be tired and you’re going to tend to make more mistakes, such as not lifting your feet high enough. That extra ankle strength is gonna come in handy. So you’re going to be trading off the heavy weight of the shoes that are gonna make your feet feel like lead with the strength that you get. If you do make the mistake at the end of the day, it’s going to give you that little bit of extra support that could make the difference between twisting your ankle or not. So again, it’s going to depend and it’s a trade off. The sixth thing we want to consider is our hiking pace. If you are truly trail running, you simply can not do this in a boat. Plus you’re gonna need the lighter weight for speed. Some trail runners have a grippy rubber compound that helps your feet stick better on wet rocks and roots. 10:36                                     And the final thing you want to think about is how long do you want your shoes to last? Most trail shoes and runners are going to give you about 500 miles of service. However, a good pair of sturdy boots might give you a thousand miles. So let’s go through this one more time. Heikki newbies want to beef up their ankle support. Number two, you want to consider the terrain the heavier the train, the Sturdier, the boot. Number three, consider your ankle strength. What is your particular ankle strength into the test on the website? Number four, consider your pack weight. The more weight, the Sturdier the boot, how long you’re going to be out in the trail. There’s a trade off between the weight of the boot versus the strength of them. Ankle support, depending on how tired you’re gonna be at the end of the day. And you want a number six, look at your hiking pace. If you need to go fast, you need to go light. And finally, number seven, how long do you want them to last? Your hiking boots or shoes or an investment? 11:33                                     Okay, now let’s look at what kind of fit you should get out of your hiking boot or your hiking shoe. Number one, whatever hiking footwear you choose, it should feel snug but not tight. Remember that your feet are going to swell as the day goes on. So some even recommend, if in doubt, go up a half a size. You know, some people say, oh, would get a size bigger. Don’t do that because your foot is going to slosh around too much in the shoe. And if your shoe is too loose, you’re more prone to twisting your ankle and you’re not going to have enough ankle support. So it should be snug but not tight and not to this number two, your toes should not be all the way to the top of the shoe unless you planning on losing all of your toenails whenever you descend down a mountain. 12:13                                     And that happened to my mother. Not Fun. It’s been 30 years and she still has ms form toenails. From that and while we’re talking about the, to keep your toenails clipped when you’re going to go hiking. Number three, every manufacturer uses a different mold. Does the shoe of a particular manufacturer give your particular arches to proper support? Are they wide enough? Do they cradle your heel comfortably? Can you wiggle your toes around? Do you have plenty of room for your toes to move around? A good outfitter will have some place in the store that you can practice the ascent and descent so you can see whether or not your toes are being jammed in the front when you’re going downhill. You don’t want to be like my mom and lose your tail nails going down because there’s just not enough room for your toes, so you want to wear them in the store or at home. 12:58                                     If you’re shopping online for at least 30 to 60 minutes and wear them with the socks you plan to use with them. Like I said, a good outfitter is going to have a practice hill somewhere in the store that you can practice going up and down. Take advantage of it. Try Rolling your foot to the side. See how does it feel? Is there any stitching that’s rubbing you the wrong way? If it’s bugging you in the store, it’s going to really bug you on the trail. At the end of the day, if your feet aren’t happy, you’re not happy. Number five, speaking of happy feet, many people swear by the happy feet inserts. Consider buying a quality insert and then try them on together with the inserts. When your shoes get wet, you can remove the inserts and the other two out separately and they should dry quicker. Number six, consider the brand. 13:44                                     I have favorite brands that work well with my feet. It’s sometimes when a manufacturer comes out with a new edition, the new shoe doesn’t work quite as well for me as the old. So whenever I find a pair that I really like, if I love them, I’ll go back and buy a second pair for that very reason. So when the first one wears out, I know I’ve got a winner. So even though I have certain brands that my feet like there’s still some variances within that brand. And since hiking footwear is one of the most important outdoor gear purchases that we make, it pays a try on the different brands to find the shoe that works best for your feet. Currently I’m wearing the Vasquez hiking boots and the Merrell hiking shoes and chuck us hiking sandals and I’m choosing what to wear. Depending on the training I’ll be hiking in and I tried to go at the lightest weight shoe that will best protect my feet and my ankles for my adventure. 14:34                                     The seventh consideration of course is quality. Good hiking boots and good hiking shoes are important and I wouldn’t necessarily buy cheap hiking boots. You want to look for quality stitching of materials. We foresee all, there’s almost everything goes on sale at least once during the year and get the best quality hiking shoes you can rather than buying cheap hiking shoes. So hiking shoes versus hiking boots. To me the best trail boat depends on what I’m going to be doing and where I got to think about how portable do I need my footwear to be if I’m traveling. Lots of people love waterproof walking boots, but I personally prefer this synthetic materials that breathe. I find they dry out quickly and I’d rather have cool feet most of the time in exchange for occasional wet feet. My trail hiking shoes seem to dry drought quickly once the rain stops and I’m always wearing wool socks year-round and just different thicknesses depending on the season. 15:26                                     So even if my feet are wet, there’s always still warm in the winter and they’re always breathing. Sometimes I worry that manufacturers just shrink their men’s hiking boots and call them hiking boots for women instead of making women’s hiking shoes specifically for women like me. That’s why it really is important for you to try before you buy or else buy from an online company that gives a great return policy. The bottom line is my favorite trekking shoes are whichever one I’m wearing on the trail because I follow the guidelines above and choose the right hiking gear for each particular adventure and when you’re in doubt, err on the side of extra support on the website. I’ve got a video that’ll help you test the strength of your own ankles. Plus links to my doc on the run interview where we talk about ankle strength and what to do if you sprain your ankle in the wild. 16:12                                     I consider that a must listen episode. You don’t think spray Nichols would be interesting. It’s a really interesting interview. He does a great job. I’ve also got links on the website to recommend and shoes, boots and gators, and if you use my links at no additional cost to you, you’re going to be helping to support this show. The costs do add up over time, so I appreciate that. And if you are going to get gators, gators like I said, or the little like fabric coverings that snap onto your shoes to make sure that debris or to try to keep the debris out of your shoes. One of the more popular brands is the dirty girl. But please use my link because if you just Google that, you’re liable to go to some websites you’d rather not see. So please use Manning’s instead on that. I’d appreciate that. 16:52                                     I’d like to know what you think. Where do you stand in the boot versus shooed debate, right? And tell me what shoes you prefer. I’d love to hear from you. You can always reach me at kit, at active traveled ventures.com and also just let me know what you think of the new show next week on the companion show, the act of travel adventures podcast, where we go to destinations. We’re going to be going to the little known mummy range. It’s in the rocky mountains. I just love learning about magnificent areas to explore that haven’t really been discovered. And then the following week on this show, the adventure travel show podcast, we’re going to look at what you need to learn in order to begin backpacking. I appreciate you listening. Until next time, this is kit parks at venture on.  

First, let me tell you what it's like to have a surgery that knocks you to your knees! Holy Moley! But damn it? You can knock me down, and I'm gettin' right back up again! Hip Surgery is Not Fun, but when you have someone like me put a spin on it... it's not as bad! The Sugar Mom Spin, on a surgery from ago! See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Will from the YouTube Channel The Weekend Homestead joins me to talk about how his solar panels are doing in the snow and the large and expensive propane leak he had. Not Fun. Then we discuss some common topics on the show, the Apollo 8 program on Nova on PBS and Decluttering with Marie Kondo on Netflix. DavidPoz is the name of the YouTube Channel where David hooks up a Chevy Volt battery to his solar array.  Support GardenFork, become a monthly supporter on Patreon: http://patreon.com/gardenfork   Check out the GardenFork Amazon Shop: http://amazon.com/shop/gardenfork   Amazon links are affiliate links.   Get Our Email Newsletter: https://www.gardenfork.tv/sign-up-for-our-email-newsletter/ Learn more about Danny here: https://www.choosefi.com/author/fi-nancial-planner/  Watch us on YouTube: www.youtube.com/gardenfork 

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Dan talks about how to get ideas and images and stories from your head into the readers'. Here is a Venn diagram:   Writing that comes close to accomplishing all three: (1) Was Jesus Crazy? (2) Why I Created Fruitless Verses (3) Learning is NOT Fun! (4) The Truth of How I Graduated High School FAILURES: Good Readability, Good Communication, Poor concision: (example)   Follow on Twitter: @TotallyComposed Follow on Facebook: @TotallyComposedPodcast Follow Dan on Twitter: @thatdankent Follow Dan on Facebook: @authorDanielKent One way you can support my show is by buying one of my books. I recommend my KX12 Series. I also have a book of poetry—calm down! It's mostly funny stories and silly jokes. It's called: Diamonds Mixed with Broken Glass.     

Welcome to Episode 9 of All the Bits, wherein Shaun and Michelle go profess their love for all things games! The Drive Bys are fast and furious with titles such as Sidereal Confluence, Oh My Goods! Longsdale in Revolt, Mini Rails the Lost Expedition and more! From there, the spotlight is cranked up on the BGG thread titled "What is it that makes games NOT FUN (categorically)?". In our All the Bits bit, we look at Chimera Station: Deluxe Edition and El Guacho. Our Next Up bit features a mixture of Pandemic Legacy and Essen banter. Oh yeah, don't forget all of the other fun Bits which involves guessing games, bad sound effects and... pottery? Tweet us: @allthebitspod Follow us on Instagram: @allthebitspod Email us: allthebitspodcast@gmail.com Visit the website: https://allthebits.podiant.co/ Leave us an itunes review: https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/all-the-bits-board-game-podcast/id1254767438?mt=2 _Time Stamps_ 00:01 Intro 01:24 Anniversary Game Bit 03:55 Ask Me Anything Bit 06:06 Guess the Game Bit 07:54 Drive By Bit 46:25 BGG Thread Spotlight Bit: What Makes Games Not Fun (Categorically)? [https://boardgamegeek.com/thread/1873973/what-it-makes-games-not-fun-categorically](https://boardgamegeek.com/thread/1873973/what-it-makes-games-not-fun-categorically "Link: https://boardgamegeek.com/thread/1873973/what-it-makes-games-not-fun-categorically") 46:38 All the Bits Bit 100:04 Next Up Bit

Welcome to Episode 9 of All the Bits, wherein Shaun and Michelle go profess their love for all things games! The Drive Bys are fast and furious with titles such as Sidereal Confluence, Oh My Goods! Longsdale in Revolt, Mini Rails the Lost Expedition and more! From there, the spotlight is cranked up on the BGG thread titled "What is it that makes games NOT FUN (categorically)?". In our All the Bits bit, we look at Chimera Station: Deluxe Edition and El Guacho. Our Next Up bit features a mixture of Pandemic Legacy and Essen banter. Oh yeah, don't forget all of the other fun Bits which involves guessing games, bad sound effects and... pottery? Tweet us: @allthebitspod Follow us on Instagram: @allthebitspod Email us: allthebitspodcast@gmail.com Visit the website: https://allthebits.podiant.co/ Leave us an itunes review: https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/all-the-bits-board-game-podcast/id1254767438?mt=2 Time Stamps 00:01 Intro 01:24 Anniversary Game Bit 03:55 Ask Me Anything Bit 06:06 Guess the Game Bit 07:54 Drive By Bit 46:25 BGG Thread Spotlight Bit: What Makes Games Not Fun (Categorically)? https://boardgamegeek.com/thread/1873973/what-it-makes-games-not-fun-categorically 46:38 All the Bits Bit 100:04 Next Up Bit

Marriage Counseling & Imago Couples Therapy | Marriage Restoration Project When having fun is NOT Fun for you… Sometimes as seemingly simple as having fun is just not fun at all! Fun may bring up childhood trauma believe it or not and that trauma may tarnish the experiences that you are now TRYING to have with your current partner and children. Listen to discover more about your experience and relationship with FUN. The post When having fun is NOT Fun for you… appeared first on Marriage Counseling & Imago Couples Therapy | Marriage Restoration Project.

Fun. It is the biggest reason kids play sports and it is also the reason why they quit. That is widely known. What is not widely known is the fact kids define fun differently than us adults. In fact, they define fun 81 different ways. You'd be surprised at what they consider fun... In this episode, John talks with Amanda Visek, PhD, the world's leading expert on Fun Integration Theory, about the research she has done in discovering what it takes to make sports fun for athletes of all ages. Bio Amanda J. Visek, PhD, CC-AASP is an Associate Professor at The George Washington University, Department of Exercise & Nutrition Sciences, Milken Institute School of Public Health, Washington, D.C. Her federally funded applied research includes the FUN MAPS – the latest sport science advancement capturing attention from local grassroots communities to national sport organizations. The FUN MAPS are the scientific blueprints for the fun integration theory, the first-ever fully conceptual framework for optimizing youth’s positive sport experiences in childhood and through adolescence. Her work has been featured in USA Today, the Washington Post, the Huffington Post, CBS Radio, ABC News, NBC News, FOX News and others, and has also been featured in Canada, the United Kingdom, Germany, Holland, Poland, and India. She has authored over 25 peer-reviewed papers, 5 book chapters, and given more than 116 refereed and invited talks. The recipient of early career achievement awards from the Association for Applied Sport Psychology and the American Psychological Association’s Division 47, she is committed to leveraging children’s physical literacy via the most fun sport experiences possible.    Subscribe to the Way of Champions Podcast on iTunes   Show Notes 8:15 How do children define fun? 81 different ways 15:00 Fun fallacies and adult errors in defining fun 23:00 USOC research reveals fun is the driving force at all ages and levels of sport 33:25 What are fun determinants of practice? 38:40 The emergence of “Not Fun” maps – 91 things that get in the way of fun 42:40 How parents can help their kids get more fun out of sport 51:25 Finding Amanda online and parting wisdom   Get in Touch Fun Maps PDF Download: Amanda Visek Fun Maps Twitter: @AJVisek Email: AVisek@gw.edu   If you are enjoying our podcast, please help us out and leave a review on iTunes. How to leave an iTunes rating or review for a podcast from your iPhone or iPad   Launch Apple’s Podcast app. Tap the Search tab. Enter the name Way of Champions. Tap the blue Search key at the bottom right. Tap the album art for the Way of Champions podcast. Tap the Reviews tab. Tap Write a Review at the bottom. Thanks so much, every review helps us to spread this message!

Tracklisting for last nights set - had to mix with a weird old skool headphone like telephone - NOT FUN!! QST Red Dwarf (Saxxon Remix) Solid State Just a Vision (Marcus Intalex & ST Files Remix) Ram Trilogy Reflection Q Project Champion Sound (Total Science Remix) Bad Company Numbers Calibre Behind The Sun Q-Project Feel It Ram Trilogy Beastman Keaton & Hive The Plague_Keaton & Hive Dillinja featuring Skibadee Twist Em Out High Contrast Racing Green DJ Marky & XRS Rotation Calibre Drop It Down DJ Zinc Casino Royale Moving Fusion Turbulence D.Kay & DJ Lee Touch UFO Something Out There Ed Rush & Optical Watermelon Freestyles Musically Dope (Ganja Kru Remix)) Dillinja Hard Noize Optical To Shape The Future Origin Unknown Sound in Motion Capone Tudor Rose Ram Trilogy Titan Reel Time Mine Stakka & Skynet Decoy Bad Company wednesday Hatiras Spaced Invader (J Majik Remix) Danny Byrd Gold Rush SIGMA EL PRESIDENTE VIP Aphrodite Style from the darkside

Corinne's pissed at women, Krystyna's eatin' pussy...what a fucking week it's been for the hosts of #GuysWeFucked! On today's episode, the girls of Sorry About Last Night welcome comedian and writer MYKA FOX to talk about being late to the masturbation game, doing a shit-ton of coke, breast reduction, obsession, desperation, rape fantasies with a hot magician, and what to do when your boo barks at you in bed. PLUS: Is being in the army as a woman (a) NOT FUN, (b) REALLY NOT FUN, or (c) SUPER DUPER NOT FUN?? Tweet this week's guest, MYKA FOX: twitter.com/mykafox **PLEASE RATE & REVIEW US ON iTUNES!! Theenkyasomuch!* Email us: SorryAboutLastNightShow@gmail.com Tweet the ladies: twitter.com/SryAboutLastNyt Tweet Corinne: twitter.com/PhilanthropyGal Tweet Krystyna: twitter.com/KrystynaHutch Follow us on Instagram: SorryAboutLastNight YouTube: www.youtube.com/sryaboutlastnyt Facebook: www.facebook.com/sorryaboutlastnight SEE US LIVE IN NEW YORK CITY (NJ/MIAMI!) MONDAY, APRIL 25TH - Doors at 7pm, Show at 8pm ! GUYS WE FUCKED: TEST TOUR DATE ! SubCulture 45 Bleecker Street NYC ALL AGES (under 16 must have a guardian) Tickets are $15 and can be purchased here: http://subculturenewyork.com/guys-we-fucked/ FRIDAY, APRIL 22ND @ 11:15pm NACHO BITCHES hosted by Corinne Fisher & Blair Socci New York Comedy Club 241 E. 24th Street Tix are $10 with code NACHO http://newyorkcomedyclub.com/events/late-night-comedy-04-22-2016 SATURDAY, APRIL 23RD @ 7:30PM GLAMOURPUSS! Hosted by Krystyna Hutchinson + Wendi Starling Zinc Bar - 82 W. 3rd Street, NY, NY For tickets: glamourpuss10.brownpapertickets.com **MIAMI, FL** SATURDAY, APRIL 30TH - GLAMOURPUSS Does Florida {with a special surprise guest!} The Flamingo Theater 905 Brickell Bay Drive, Miami For tickets: http://tinyurl.com/z78cq6x MUSIC FEATURED THIS WEEK: 1. Kaz - "Come to You" https://soundcloud.com/karenkazlucas/come-to-you 2. The Soft Spots - "Wake" https://thesoftspots.bandcamp.com/album/gently-down-the-stream Do you think your music should be featured on an episode of GWF? E-mail Stephen a streaming link to: GWFPodcastMusic@gmail.com

Mrs. Toad has been stranded in God Bless America by that infernal cloud of Icelandic ash, so I am home alone for the last week and all of the next one.  This is very much Not Fun, because as much as she's a mean old bitch, I do seem to have developed a grudging affection for the silly old mare so a fortnight apart is very much unappreciated.  It's about time those Icelanders re-established some bloody discipline, honestly. Anyhew, there is some excellent stuff on this podcast, even though it really doesn't hang together around a particular theme as they sometimes do.  In actual fact, I don't think I've done a themey one for a while - might give that a go next week. Toadcast #118 - The Ashcast 01. Johnny Flynn - Kentucky Pill (4.11) 02. Burnt Island - A Supposedly Fun Thing I'll Never Do Again (10.51) 03. Draw Me Stories - Becomes the Hunted (18.25) 04. Haunted Stereo - Lock the Doors (22.29) 05. Ragged Claws - Lamed Wufniks (30.44) 06. Fleet Foxes - Silver Dagger (36.07) 07. Hezekiah Jones - I Love My Family (40.13) 08. Cocorosie - Lemonade (42.14) 09. Br'er - Crocus (50.41) 10. Devolver - Promise (56.24) 11. Giant Sand - Anarchistic Bloshevistic Cowboy Bundle (58.44)

This video, the last in the work life balance series, explains how to get a fun, not fun balance in three easy steps. It also looks at how trainers can assist learners to achieve a fun balance.

Work can be boring, dull and repetitive but so are many other things in our life. The trick is to have more fun events in your life than non fun events. Work can be part of the fun.

Worklife/Balance is a stupid term. It implies that you need a balance between work and other stuff (whatever that is). Work for many is fun, exciting and relaxing. Some of the so called balance activities cause more stress than going to work. Get rid of this term and replace it with Fun/Not Fun balance and enjoy life.