This past Tuesday was my first maintenance treatment as the Stage 4 cancer journey moves forward. I would describe it as a baby chemo treatment compared to what I went through the previous eight months.
It went extremely well as as I stayed inside on both Fridday and Saturday through the 105 degree heat indexes and basically I’m already pretty much recovered as far as the cellular dashboard goes and headed for the terrain bike early this Monday morning. No comparison to the previous regime of chemo…which was a tough eight month grind.
It was a great week-end minus the oppressive Oklahoma August heat. Alex Caruso got married. I finished watching the Billy Joel documentary on HBO—which I thought was very good. I watched Margaret Hoover interview Sir Niegel Ferguson on Firng Line. I watched Justin Rose win the St Jude Classic over JJ Spaun in sudden death as Tommy Fleetwood once again choked coming down the stretch of a PGA event. Bless Tommy Fleetwood’s golf soul this Monday morning. Seriously.
I also watched two great classics on the Turner Movie network…Taming of the Shrew with Richard Burton and Elizabeth Taylor, then Teacher’s Pet starring Clark Gable, Doris Day, and Gig Young. I forgot what a solid supporting actor Gig Young was back in the day. I’d compare him to Greg Kinear generationally in that regard. I’m a big Greg Kenear fan as well. I loved him in Litle Miss Sunshine, Flash of Genius, and As Good as It Gets.
As far as Coach Popovich goes…I view him as the best NBA head coach so far this century. Then I would go Phil Jackson, then probably Pat Riley.
To me…Pop’s greatest moment of many great moments came in 2014 as the Spurs’ easily dispatched of LeBron’s Dream Team in five quick games.
Pop will now move to the President of Basketball Operations for the Spurs. He’s calling himself El Fefe …which means the boss. Kind of like when El Prez decided he would take over the passive submissive Daily Thunder without an invitation. Just saying.
Have a great run as El Fefe in San Antonio, Coach Pop.
Wordly, omnipresent, and eternal love.
MJ