Today’s the last day to get those steps in! The CMEpalooza STEPtacular Challenge ends tonight.

Click here for all the details.

Good luck, and step to it!

On Monday, I posted about the start of the CMEpalooza STEPtacular Challenge and included a Top 5 list of songs with “walk” in the title. Here’s the list:

5. Walk On the Wild Side – Lou Reed
4. Walking On Sunshine – Katrina & The Waves
3. Walk Like an Egyptian – The Bangles
2. Walking in Memphis – Marc Cohn
1. Walk This Way – Run-D.M.C. & Aerosmith

I was immediately bombarded with messages from individuals outraged over the songs I did not include in the list. Unfortunately for them, all rankings are final, as I’ve previously noted numerous times. However, I am happy to put together an unprecedented second Top 5 list of songs with “walk” in the title.

5. Walk Like a Man – Frankie Valli & The Four Seasons
4, Walk of Life – Dire Straits
3, Walkin’ After Midnight – Patsy Cline
2. These Boots Are Made for Walkin’ – Nancy Sinatra
1. I Walk The Line – Johnny Cash

This list is somehow even older than the first Top 5 list, with Dire Straits’ Walk of Life the “newest” song. It was released in 1985. Well done, everyone.

The CMEpalooza STEPtacular Challenge ends Sunday. Click here for all the details.

Good luck, and happy stepping!

Tis’ the season of CMEpalooza giving…

First, we had last week’s special sponsor event, CMEpalooza Meets the Golden Bachelor, where we gave away $500 in Amazon gift cards. We’re in the midst of the CMEpalooza STEPtacular Challenge, sponsored by Talem Health, for all of you exercise types (it ends Friday so still time to “step on up” to the challenge). That’s another giveaway of $500 in Amazon gift cards.

And now I’m here today to announce another special giveaway event that is going to put some food in your belly and keep some change in your pocket (does anyone keep change anymore? Let’s just assume for now that the answer is yes). It’s the return of our CMEpalooza Feeds the People promotion, this year sponsored by epocrates®.

I am not a breakfast guy so I consider lunch personally to be the most important meal of the day. I love a good sandwich and will often search far and wide to add a new stop to my list. My friends and family are probably tired of hearing me talk about my favorite sandwich in the whole wide world (it’s called Give Me Liverty or Give Me Schmaltz! and is served at Kenny and Ziggy’s New York Delicatessen in Houston, TX). I desperately wish I could have it delivered to me, but it’s a few thousand miles door to door. Probably a good thing for my cholesterol level.

But that doesn’t mean that you can’t enjoy my favorite sandwich, or whatever other lunch delicacy seems particularly enticing, when CMEpalooza Fall rolls around next Wednesday, Oct. 18. And best of all, we’re picking up the tab!

Here are the very simple “rules” of CMEpalooza Feeds the People:

1. Click on this link to sign up for your $20 Grubhub gift card
2. It’s a very simple registration process. You don’t have to do any research or complete any onerous tasks. Just give us your email and tell us why you eat three bowls of Count Chocula for breakfast every morning.
3. We’re giving away 75 of these gift cards – that’s a lot of free food! One per customer.
4. For our “winners,” we’ll be sending a electronic Grubhub gift card over early in the morning of CMEpalooza Fall. Our hope is that this giveaway will allow you to order lunch delivery so that you can watch each and every session of CMEpalooza Fall without leaving your home or office. You never know what tidbit you might miss that will revolutionize your professional life, so better to nosh and listen through your noontime meal.
5. Based on previous years, we expect this promotion to fill up quickly, so probably best not to hem and haw too much. Again, click here to sign up.

CMEpalooza Feeds the People sponsored by: