When I'm 85, . . .

On Saturday I went to the gym where I have a membership. It started off as a tennis club and has been around for a long time so there are some long time members there. Well after pushing through my 6 laps in the pool and finishing off with an executive workout. I showered and was changing clothes when I overheard a conversation. Two men were talking and one was asking the other if he ever played tennis. The younger of the two remarked that he didn't have time for tennis. He focused on Racquetball and in the winters worked as ski patrol and in the summers spent his time golfing when he wasn't on the racquetball court. The older gentleman said that he had quit other sports to focus on improving his tennis game. He told the younger guy that he had just returned from a national tennis competition where he competed against other 85 year olds from across the nation. He mentioned that he had played in the Senior Games for 22 years. 22 YEARS!! He was competing at the age of 85!!! Holy Moses. Then he joked and told the other guy that he would have enough time to get good at tennis since he was only 50. The racquetball player laughed and said that he was 15 years past 50. The younger guy IS 65 and he is super active. Holy Moly!! That is incredible. I expect to be super active all my life. I believe that I will live to be at least 150. That is my life, that is what I expect to be doing When I'm 85!!

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Last night JuliAnn and I were watching a movie we got from Blockbuster and eating some pizza.  I love the pan fried jalapeno and pepperoni from Pizza Hut. Although now that I think about it, we ordered extra pepperoni and we didn't get it.  Well we were watching Predators, I know but it is January and there haven't been many good new releases in a long time.   Predators is a loud action movie but we were interrupted by even louder action.  It turns out that some guy was running from the police and hid in my neighbors back yard.  Well Sergeant Scruffy found him and attempted to chew his leg off until the rest of the 95 police officers on duty showed up.  There was screaming and wrestling for about the next 5 minutes while West Valley's finest kicked the crap out of a local high school dropout.  Listening to the dull thuds of boots on flesh started me thinking.  If I were going to be a criminal I would have to understand my antagonist.  I would have to prepare and plan and practice just like any professional.   Because without adequate preparation for a life of crime I would probably end up leaving my teeth in some random Asian guy's backyard just like our newest resident of the Salt Lake County jail. 

Book Review - Sandman Slim

I loved the character, the writing was well done. It did drag in places and the descriptions were long and overly detailed in places. The climactic scenes really weren't climactic. I thought Sandman Slim (the name spontaneously appeared in the middle of the book)is a great character. I have recently read several books where the author does not even follow the rules he sets in his "book reality". This author did a great job of following his own rules. I expected more a of a climax but the book left me wanting to understand a little more. The author has a great ability to turn a phrase and leave a memorable thought. I will read his next book.

A thought from Sigmund Freud

"The intention that man should be "happy" is not included in the plan of "Creation."" -Sigmund Freud
In Civilization and Its Discontents, Freud argues that human behavior is ultimately spurred on by the "pleasure principle," and that human nature is dominated by the desire to fulfill it. However, "all the regulations of the universe" run counter to the state in which man is at his happiest -- and, as an additional impediment, satisfying a man's needs is only effective after that satisfaction has been long withheld (referring to, for example, the elation of a starving man who has suddenly stumbled onto a delicious meal, compared with the lukewarm contentment inspired by an ordinary meal eaten on any given day). Happiness is, to Freud, at best "an episodic phenomenon."

Happy St. Patrick's Day!!

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