Monday, February 11, 2008

Without me you are just aweso, Torn Slatterns and Nugget Ranchers

Or something like that
The Westminster Dog Show is tonight. Did you know the most popular dog this election year is named for the candidates as well the election? It’s the combination Bullmastif and Shih Tzu, that’s right: the Bull Shih Tzu.

Just in tyme
The writer’s strike is over. Just in time because, between I and you, we wasn’t doing near rightly as goodly without our writerers.

Good to know
An Arizona drug company has a new test that will determine if the substance you find your kid is hiding is either marijuana or oregano. So, for $40 bucks you find out if your kid is a stoner or really stupid.

Not good
Paris Hilton movie, “The Hottie and the Nottie” made a whopping $91 per screen this weekend. That means that, this weekend, less people went inside a movie theater to see Paris’s movie than ended up inside Paris.

First time for everything
Now Roger Clemen’s trainer, Brian McNamee, claims Roger requested he inject HGH into Roger’s wife Debbe’s butt, for her “Sports Illustrated” bathing suit photograph. If this is true Clemens will be the first guy to intentionally put together the words trainer, inject, butt and wife.

Well, they didn’t
At Guantanamo Bay they are seeking the death penalty for six of the September 11th planners. “Gosh, that’s really too bad” said nobody on the planet.

Hate to see that happen again
It’s fashion week in New York so the Bronx zoo wants to avoid another tragedy by asking please, please, fashion models do not walk in between the cage bars to pet the lion or polar bear.

Nice move
Hillary Clinton fired her campaign manager. It’s all part of Hillary’s new “Rearranging The Deck Chairs on the Titanic” strategy.

Big night
Amy Winehouse had a big night last night as she won the most Grammys; in addition, when it came to drugs, Amy had the most grams.

Amy Winehouse won the most Grammys. Gosh, I wonder what she is going to do to celebrate?

I swear I saw this
It’s fashion week in New York. In central park, a squirrel and a super model fought over the squirrel’s nuts.

Those guys are amazing
At the Grammys, the Foo Fighters won best rock album; those Foo Fighters are hard workers, they fight more Foo before Nine A.M. than most people fight all day.

And here we have a new feature at a.L.bB. we call:

Lex’s Totally Unqualified and Unsolicited Health Tips:


Hydrate. Your drate can never be too hy. That being said, that whole ten-glasses-of eight-ounces- of-water is a waste of time and urine. It turns out that those beverages that were deemed diuretics (made you lose water) are not if your body needs water, like coffee, juices, etc. When your pee is in the clear, so are you.

One day a week, try and sleep late or nap until you just can’t sleep no more. Nobody these days can do that regularly but once a week is doable.

Keep a workout journal and write in it everyday. Those days you are thinking about blowing off a work out it is a lot harder to blow it off when you have to write down: Did not work out today, I ate fudge and drank Yoo Hoos instead.

Fire up a really fun iPod playlist to workout to. Get creative. There are songs you may think you don’t like but are awesome to work out to. For example, Kenny Loggin’s “Top Gun” inspired “Danger Zone” may seem helplessly dated but it will fire you up. Same with ACDC’s “Shook Me All Night Long.”

If it's fun, you will work out more. For example, I have snowboarded and stand up paddle boarded until I had to lie down and groan. This has never happened to me on the Stairmaster or treadmill.

If you are thinking about blowing off an afternoon workout, drink coffee. It will jack you up and it helps you get more oxygen into your bloodstream during aerobic exercise. Or something like that, I told you I wasn’t qualified to give this advice.

Grill or bake instead of frying. Cut up a bunch of small Yukon gold potatoes into fourths or eighths, place in a bowl, drizzle with olive oil, add sea salt, fresh ground pepper, garlic powder, smoked paprika and rosemary, mix well and place on a baking sheet in the oven at 450 degrees for about forty minutes. Much better than French fries and better for you.

Stretch. This is really an example of the pot calling the kettle a hypocrite as I am way too tight. But stretching is the best thing you can do with the least amount of effort to improve your fitness and how you feel. A hot shower can really help you get loose fast.

One day a week, save time from fixing and cleaning up dinner and just snack on relatively healthy things like pistachio nuts, Greek olives, apple slices, grapes, cheese and crackers with some salami, small carrots. Grill some good sausages, slice them up and place out a choice of fancy mustards to dab them in to. Do not double dab.

If you don’t have time to do your regular workout, just do something. A little exercise is a whole lot better than none. Days when I just have time to run and pick up my daughter from soccer practice, if I start juggling a soccer ball enough to break a light sweat, or if I just take the doggies for a 15-minute brisk walk, I feel much better than if I did absolutely nothing.