Author: Mike

What a magnificent day it was last April 14th. Of course, there won’t be a Masters this April given Trump’s abysmal handling of the coronavirus. But for today this will have to make do as Tiger won’t be able to defend his championship until November.

And for good measure we’ll never have to listen to Traber’s non-stop chirping of things Tiger related any longer.

Augusta National isn’t a gaudy whoreish course like most of those which Trump owns minus the one in Scotland. There is an innate beauty to the natural lay of the course with nature which makes just walking the course an adventure in and of itself.

Maybe sometime in the next few weeks… I’ll feature a video showing the courses which Trump owns in America. Which of course I’m sure many of the lower economic whites who attend his rallies are members of in droves throughout the U.S. That was a bit of Easter snark. Couldn’t help it. I shouldn’t do that on Easter. But the big, fat, stupid, orange slob along with the Daily Thunder message board brings out the worst in me.

Be safe.

I’ll do better the rest of the day.

No politics this week. We’re all just trying to heal and find grace in our own manner. Trying to go that extra inch to try and keep it together for those in our lives we care about this most.

It’s tough no doubt. But we all have to collectively do our best and appreciate the truly heroic work our doctors and nurses are doing throughout our country on Easter week-end.

I love this Carole King song. This is kind of a different rendition from Lady Gaga.

Cherish your friends and loved ones.

Dogs and cats as well.

As we all search for some personal linings of inner peace during these surreal times I find myself thinking of this song. So I’d like to post this iconic classic on my blog. This song since I was a little kid somewhat calms me in trying times.

I close my eyes and imagine myself floating weightlessly above the clouds. No thoughts of angst or any human troubles which seem to tie us all down at various times in our lives in our human journeys.

We’re all on the same journey on the same boat whether we realize it or not. We truly are and none of us are immune from the potholes along the way. We may think we are, but we’re really not if you close your eyes and think all of this thru.

Hope you have a Happy Easter and be safe.

The PGA announced this week a revised schedule for The Masters, the PGA Championship, and the U.S. Open.

The Masters normally would be taking place this week with the championship round concluding on Sunday. But with the coronavirus pandemic ravaging the world this all changed.

The revised schedule for America’s three major tour golf championships now reads:

PGA Championship: August 6-9

U.S. Open Championship: September 17-20

The Masters: November 12-15

This is the first we’ve seen of any rescheduling of major sports events since the NBA in of all places started in Oklahoma City to halt sporting events throughout the country. This is incredible in itself that as of today Oklahoma ranks in dead last of the fifty states in tests administered.

But anyway… I’m happy to see we’ll get to have a Masters in November and it will be interesting to see the course with fall color instead of the normal early spring color.

I think this Sunday…I’ll be at home cooking steaks and watching the last round of Tiger’s emotional championship round from last April.

When this book came out I posted a book tour stop by Michael Lewis discussing his most recent of nineteen books.

This book is basically about the U.S. federal government and its various departments as to what each is doing for the citizens of America.

It turns out…we need some of these levels of government to deal with certain big scale problems in our country.

The book goes thru each agency and how Donald Trump reduced each level of government under his watch.

This would make for a very relevant read as we see America struggle with the handling of the coronavirus pandemic.

Hated to hear of the passing of Bill Withers. This definitely needs to be on my blog this week-end. I hope people while being limited on their social exposures are taking this time to read, watch movies, listen to music, meditate…and just basically look within themselves for a sense of self introspection on how all of us seek to find inner peace.

The Greeks said ‘know thy inner self’. I hope during these next few weeks Americans from coast to coast take the time to discover what their inner self really is as a country at the end of the day.

Should we just be about money? Should we be about talking down to everyone around us? Should we be about mocking others who for what ever reasons have struggled walking through the door of the American Dream? Should it just be about ourselves and no one else? Do we ignore the basic premise of the Golden Rule?

Because at the end of the day we’re all on the same boat as Americans. Bill Gates, Warren Buffet, Barack Obama, even Donald Trump, Joe Exotic, Mr. Pillow, Mike Gundy, Jim Traber, you, me….. we’re all on the same boat.

At the end of this journey we’re not judged by our monetary net worth, but more by our human dignity net worth.

Did we have a positive impact on our little corner of the world?

Be safe, ignore everything Donald Trump says and does…and together let’s Make America Great Again.

God bless America.

Have a nice Sunday.

Where was Mr. Pillow when Donald Trump really needed him?

Sigh.

This is much better. I love to fish. This will immediately get my mind off the peckerhead in southern Oklahoma. Good lord.

I’ve tried my best to not mention this person named Joe Exotic. He was actually talked about today on the Michael Smerconish show in relation to the coronavirus being transmitted in jail or prison settings.

What another proud moment for the state of Oklahoma to be connected to this person.

I only vaguely know the story where this person started a tiger park of sorts down by Wynnewood and I guess became some sort of cult figure for the Jerry Springer crowd.

This is a documentary film which I think was filmed by a UCO grad and has become a rage on Netflix for all the wrong reasons I’d assume, but again, I haven’t watched this film and don’t plan to in the future.

Jim Traber literally talked about this film for a week which I think is kind of sad given the numbers he has on his platform to speak to the Average Joe in Oklahoma.

I’m an animal lover. I can’t imagine me taking the time to watch this bullshit. I can’t believe a character like this and his story has so captivated the American public at a time I would think Americans would want to be inspired by the inherit goodness in people.

Yikes.

Usually there’s not much of value to glean from over there, but this evening a poster named Ash posted this video and it made my day.

Nice job, buddy.

What an exquisite song.