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Hi All!
Here is the current issue of my weekly “Sunday Share,” a list of what I have been engaging with, excited by or otherwise found intriguing. This issue just has two items, because, well, I don’t want to manufacture items I haven’t been caught up by this past week…
What I’m watching —
Fast Color by Julia Hart
After enjoying Motherless Brooklyn recently I did what I often do: browse Amazon for related movies of interest. Okay, I have to admit that this time it was a search for other films starring Gugu Mbatha-Raw who I developed a fast crush on as the movie unspooled… And how about that name — Gugu Mbatha-Raw?!
Turns out Gugu’s been in a ton of great movies including Belle and Beauty and the Beast. But the one I decided to watch was Fast Color. This low-budget film is no great masterpiece but is still soulful and intriguing and different. And hey, I got to indulge my Gugu crush some. Which is a good thing.
What I am putting into my body —
Epic Lamb Bar
I have sometimes joked that Tai Chi is a search for the right shoes. I am sure dancers and runners share my pain. But a far greater and less joke-worthy enterprise is the search for a truly decent protein bar. A protein bar that’s not an excuse to foist suspect, potentially body-damaging and health-sapping ingredients on as many gullible saps as possible.
Let’s face it, the road to protein bar bliss is paved with the smeary wrappers of ill-digested insults to our indignant bodies…
So far, the ONLY “protein bar” line that I’ve welcomed, particularly when I am travelling, is the Epic line. I’ve put quotes around the phrase protein bar, because for instance my favorite the Lamb Bar has only 6 grams of protein. And because of the currants ,the net carbs weigh in at 9, so you have to watch it if you are a ketoist.
Still, my go-to hit for a quick protein energy boost — when the immediate need is there and the food-landscape is otherwise pitifully barren or dysfunctional — remains the Epic Lamb Bar. Oh, and it tastes pretty good too which is more than I can say for most of the wretched imposters I’ve grudgingly swallowed in times gone by…
Thoughts, comments, wishes, suggestions? Hit me up by email at johnrducane@gmail.com