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Finished The Women by Kristin Hannah. Kristin authored one of the best books ever, The Great Alone. The Women has some distinctive, compelling and powerful episodes. Its core message is that women who served in Vietnam were ignored and unsupported after their tours were over.

Amazing trade. Luka is only 25, has 5 years in, and is a Top 5 player. He scores from out deep, plus can bull his way in for a close shot. Does he play D? His performance in last year's Final series was top notch. That salary had to be a decisive point in this trade. AD is a top notch rebounder and scorer. But, he is getting old for a pro basketball player. I wonder how Lebron feels about this trade.

Ah...the Celtics have a plan. A secret plan. They will play everyone on their roster. Giving them significant court time. This will make them even storonger than last year. | Yes...that is the secret plan. Pretty cool, eh?😎

Leviathan by Eric Jay Dolin. Thorough, insightful, exciting story of the whaling industry which thrived for 150+ years, then lost its prominence to alternative fuels.

Chalamet's performance in the Bob Dylan movie was pretty spectacular. Question: is it correct to assume that Chalamet did not actually sing the songs?

The Court vs The Voters...Clear, concise. Strong arguments for how the Supreme Court is revising constitutional law to fit their current beliefs, most of which are ... curiously questionable.

Hmmm... Why are we lauding Bill Barr? Wasn't he the one who blew off the Mueller Report?

Lucky Loser by Buettner and Craig (both won Pulitzers for other works). The title is poorly chosen. But, the book is the best so far about the Trump family business successes and failures. Thorough description of the elder Trump's successes as a developer. And then we get into the myriad Donald projects. Say what you want, but the guy was a significant player in various businesses, not just as a builder, but also as an entrepreneur.

I recall listening to John Sterling covering the Nets basketball team...waaaaayyyy back.

Waaaay back, in a very early episode (disc 1, episode 1) , we saw mom, Beth, and KC(?) riding horses somewhere out back. The date was March 30, 1997, a sunny day. Beth was struggling with her horse, unable to keep it calm and docile. Mom was aggravated (which, as pointed out above, seemed to be the constant friction between Mom and Beth). In this case, Mom was annoyed with Beth's inability to keep the horse calm. Young KC decides to annoy Beth by bumping her horse, which gets cranky...and chaos ensues. Mom is knocked off her horse and hits her head. Ouch. Mom sends Beth to get help. Beth finds her Dad, but cannot quickly point to where her Mom is. It is dark when they finally find her. But too late. Clearly, Beth carries this episode for the rest of her life.

Mom vs young Beth: Why? What did Beth do to deserve being treated with hostility? Yes, Beth was having difficulty managing her horse. But Mom's annoyance was inappropriate. And, unfortunately, fatal. Jamie's decision to not tell Beth about the hysterectomy requirement. Clearly a little gap in the script. Oh well...

The Rip role is occasionally nasty. Yes, he responded to the two annoyingly dressed folks who wanted to take his picture with a nasty comment. Even worse was the death match he ordered for Lloyd and Walker. And for some reason, Taylor Sheridan insists on being the know-it-all who insults Jimmy every chance he gets. But, I guess this is what life on a real ranch is supposed to be. Did I notice that John Dutton insisted that Beth was wrong and no one had figured out how to make a profit in the cattle business. eh?

Tim's Used Books...a small house near the center of town, absolutely packed to the doorknobs with books in multiple genres.

Remember how the Russian judge always scored American gymnasts differently than the other judges? Of course, it was pure bias. That's what I thought immediately after the debate concluded. I checked out MS-NBC and Fox. I discovered that the debate I saw, was not the same one MS-NBC and Fox saw. Curious.

The whole series certainly had its ups and downs (no pun intended). But that last episode...that was classic.