December 9

Post 1020, Day 343 of 2013
- and 1073 days since I started this blog -

Daily Comment

I'm back, but under the weather - a little sore throat from a post-nasal drip (that I'm subject to because I'm a mouth-breather in my sleep). That was all the excuse I needed to blow off work today, and spend the time sleeping and catching up with my DVR.

Which leads me to recommend Mob City, the cops-and-gangsters show that started last week.

I can't recommend the show except for one thing - the wonderful soundtrack of this show.  Mark Isham scores the show with what seems to me to be the entire spectrum of post-war West Coast jazz:  hot jazz, cool jazz, blues. I was knocked out by the score. And, at least in the pilot, there were a number of scenes showing the music in performance, with all the LA/Hollywood post-war-period costumes and settings.

As a drama, the show isn't bad, but it isn't really my cup of tea. The shades of gray in the characterizations run from neutral to black: There are no good guys. At this point, it looks like the 'hero' is a cold-blooded murderer working for the police, in the Dexter mold: his victims are bad guys who've committed capital moral crimes. There's a lot of typecasting going on, and the Fox-R-rated period noir dialog is trying too hard.

But the soundtrack. I'll watch and listen to every minute of this show just to see what Mark Isham is up to.

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 Food and Diet Section

2013 Daily Weight

Today's Weight:         205.6 lbs

Previous Weight:        206.8 lbs

Day Net Loss/Gain:      - 1.2 lbs

Diet Comment

The turnaround continues.

Food Log 

Breakfast

Skipped.

Lunch

A cacao-kale-hemp-chia protein shake (almond milk, kale, a large egg, raw organic cacao powder, hemp seeds, chia gel, whey powder (30g protein), cinnamon and stevia-inulin blend). 

Snack
Lentil salad and Ezekiel 4:9 Golden Flax sprouted grain bread with guacamole.

Dinner
Hard-boiled eggs and cole slaw.

Liquid Intake

   Coffee:  28 oz.   Water: 24+ oz.

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