I’m kicking back today and enjoying the break in the mini-heat wave out here at the Deer Creek mini-ranch. I love it out here at the mini-ranch….it makes me feel like Reagan, Bush 43, or even LBJ. The Kennedys, Clinton, and President Obama never had a ranch. Just an observation.
A hard week, but a great week, as I took my physical rehab to a whole next level. Instead of walking at North Park yesterday, I went back to ‘my’ Health Wellness center and did my most grueling workout to date.
Thirty minutes on the terrain bike, then an hour on the weights with Jerome somewhat supervising. He’ll be my alpha on Mike’s Team over at the Wellness Center with Megan and Earl in support.
Jerome is uber competitive like Charity… which I like. Jerome early on noticed my intials are the same as Michael Jordan and is calling me MJ during the workouts….which I like as well.
“Damn…MJ, you got some dog in you like Michael.” I love that. Just sayin’.
So…I think moving forward I’ll do four days a week at the NW OKC Wellness Center and two days a week at North Park until the Beautiful People in North Edmond get the running trails back open at Mitch Park since they’ve been down pretty much all spring and summer. Sigh.
Sunday will be my kick back day and my Smerconish Sunday question of the week deal which I’ll deal with tonight in relation to the movie “Oppenheimer’ and Harry S. Truman’s decision to use the bomb.
My Sundays are usually a light breakfast, coffee, the Sunday news shows, some reading, an early dinner with either my Mom or my wife’s parents and just kicking back in general. Maybe a movie or something on Netflix. I believe if I’m correct the series Winning Time: The Story of Jerry Buss’s LA Lakers begins Year 2 tonight. I would suggest Sam Presti view this if he’s not already.
I finished the Herman Melville double novelette of Billy Budd and Benito Cereno. Given the very real possibility Donald Trump could somehow get elected again…I’m now reading Churchill’s ‘The Gathering Storm.’
Since Covid started…I’ve begun watching the Saturday Night Movie of the Week on Oklahoma’s PBS affilliate. Last night was a movie titled Love and Mercy which dealt with the life of Brian Wilson from the Beach Boys starring John Cusack and Elizabeth Banks. Whew…what a very dark film.
I knew Brian Wilson had some problems, but I had no idea he was Hunter Biden. So I’m closing this session with a Brian Wilson song so as that’s the guy I remember.