MJ is back from an idyllic week in Greenwood Village, Coloardo. It was perfect as we caught the immense and stunning autumn foilage at peak color. Just stunning the colors were of the maples, ash, gingko, spruce, pistache, oak, and aspen trees. And the burning bushes with their deep red are absolutely stunning. Don’t sleep on the burning bushes.
Plus, we spent a half day at the Denver Botanical Center on Thursday…and then ate at a vegan restaurant by the name of the Next Level Burger. It was right there on the strip at the University of Denver…and it was awesome. Not as good as the Red Cup in OKC, but awesome.
Robert was solid in his hockey game on Saturday and Aubrey did well at her gymnastics event as well. We are blessed as grandparents.
Throw into the mix the Sooners’ complete physical domination of South Carolina on the road and the Denver Broncos remarkable fourth quarter rally from a late 19-0 deficit to beat the NY Giants on the game’s final play by a score of 33-32. And of course… another win for my Packers and it was a great football week-end as well.
What more could an old ‘iconic’ NBA blogger ask for?
Plus…it was nice to see the O State students took my advice and diversed their in-game antics to include not only dancing partially nude, but to include some include jumping human bananas as well.
I like it. I admire their creativity. This is what life is all about..that being, responding to adversity. How were any of these young people to know O State would would self-administer the death penalty to their own football program by allowing Mike Gundy to return this season?
These youngsters in Stillwater did nothing wrong. They and their parents thought or assumed they would be attending a school which played Division I football.
So MJ’s advice to these younsters is the same…partial nudity, the bananas were a nice touch, now maybe some sort of dangerous live animal like a lion, a tiger, or a bear would add to the diversion to what is actually transpiring on the field.
What a nice moment last night for George Springer and the entire country of Canada as GS’s 7th inning dinger propelled the Jays to their first World Series since 1993 when Joe Carter Jr. went yard off of Mitch ‘Wild Thing’ Williams with the most famous walk-off homer of all-time.
I must admit..it was emotional last night for me…thinking back to my father’s close relationship to Joe Sr. who became my fishing mentor as a youngster. I will admit–I teared up a little. I was 36 years of age when Joe Jr. went yard off of Wild Thing. Mitch Williams was never the same as a major league pitcher after allowing that homer.
The Thunder open their defense of the NBA championship tonight with a home opener versus the Houston Rockets minus Fred van Fleet.
I’m more than excited about this NBA season.
MJ is pumped.
Eternal peace.
MJ