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#ManCandyMonday Mets Pitcher Jacob de Grom

Last year the Mets found themselves with a dilemma: three players with little d’s in their name. Travis d’Arnaud. Matt den Dekker (now with the Nationals). Jacob de Grom. Since there were no lower case letters in baseball, the Mets had to use updside down Ps. LOL. This year they added the lower case d.

Today’s cutie, Jacob is a pitcher for the Mets. He got off to a rocky start, but has bounced back with some solid outings. He’s currently 7-4 with yesterday’s win over the Diamondbacks. Jacob is a lean mean 6’4″ phenom who won the NL Rookie of the Year last year.

Jacob deGrom, New York Mets Spring training, March 7, 2014 (13023488203)
By slgckgc (Jacob deGrom) [CC BY 2.0], via Wikimedia Commons

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#ThrowbackThursday My Best Friend & Me

I’m sorry I missed you yesterday, but I was feeling a little under the weather. I think this year has kicked my butt and I really need to get some rest.

This is a picture of me and my best bud, my daughter, during one of her soccer games. She loves playing soccer and I hope she’ll find the time in the future to play on an adult league.
samandmesoccer

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Grilling Your Food & Health Risks #TuesdayTip

This morning I was reading a magazine that mentioned the risks of grilling your food and the connection to cancer. Apparently there is no hard evidence about this, although there are some studies that say that grilling, as well as broiling and frying, can create some compounds that are associated with certain cancers.

There are steps you can take to lower the risk (if it exists).

  • Cook for less time at a much higher temperature.
  • Lower the temperature and cook the meat/fish longer.
  • Trim fat so you don’t get a lot of drips and flare-ups.
  • Clean all charred bits off the grill and take them off your food.
  • Cook fish which doesn’t create as many of the compounds that could harm you.
  • Marinate your meat/fish and use spices like red pepper, rosemary and garlic.

Hope today’s Tuesday Tip was a help!
Grilling Tips

For additional reading on this subject, please try:

Eating Well
American Institute for Cancer Research
Rodale’s Organic Life
Prevention Magazine

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#ManCandyMonday Say Hello to the Dark Knight Matt Harvey!

Besides being an awesome pitcher, he is soooo sexy! Of course, you know I’m a Mets fan and a little disappointed by their recent outings. Despite that, I have faith that they’ll regroup and be in the run for the playoffs come September. My husband thinks I’m crazy, of course. But heck, it takes character and a little craziness to be a Mets fan! LOL.

Posted by Matt Harvey on Thursday, May 7, 2015

Photo by Michael LeBrecht.

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#FunFriday All Kinds of Funny Stuff

It’s been a long few weeks! I’m glad this weekend will be a little easier for me and give me a little time to recover. Hope you enjoy today’s funnies. My favorite is the planking one. Makes me think of when I do yoga (or maybe it’s better to say try to do yoga).

Source: familytechreviews.com via hhandal on Gentlemint

What Planking Really Looks Like Funny Meme

Thinking Outside the Box Funny Meme

Screwed Up My Diet Funny Meme

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#WriteWed Joint Task Force Inspiration #Military

JTFESLogoI’m hard at work on a new story that will be released as part of CJ Lyon’s Shadow Ops world. Very excited to be working with CJ on this project. When I was trying to work up a story, I realized that the elements for it were staring me right in the face every day, namely, the men and women of the Joint Task Force Empire Shield.

The Task Force was formed after the September 11 attacks and is headquartered in Fort Hamilton in Brooklyn. This is a National Guard task force that is on state active duty (SAD). Check out these photos of the task force training and on duty.

The heroine in my story is a Warrant Officer in the New York Army National Guard. Can’t wait to finish the story and see what happens!
JTFES Logo Credit: http://dmna.ny.gov/jobs/?id=sad

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