It was a Monday.  Much like any other Monday–good but not great.  Started early and had a full day of classes.  It was not an unproductive day.  Senior food science class cooked pork burgers.  None of them had ever eaten a pork burger.  Well, they got to taste some Herfy the Hereford.   

      We actually took delivery on some torsion axles that I did not expect to get delivered until 2022.  Later in the day, I got a call about some other parts that were getting ready to ship.  Cool!  One of these parts has been on back order since October 2020. The weird part is that the shipping company wanted to charge an extra $250 in order to deliver to a school.  BS!  That make no sense.  I have free labor and access to forklifts/skid steers, etc.  So, it is getting dropped at a business in Shattuck.  

      Once school was out, I headed to Woodward to get parts and to check projects.  Some/A lot of the Shattuck livestock projects do not reside in the Shattuck school district.  This is a good problem but it does add to my travel time.  I also went to check a goat project for a fellow ag teacher that asked for help.  

      I got home to a supper of porcupine meatballs.  Duke is home for a few days (thus the reason Tammy cooked supper).  He fired up a movie.  Tammy had seen the movie but had never really sat down and watched it with Duke and I.  

     You see, this is a movie of intrigue that delves into the trials of life while still being humorous.  It is a movie that addresses a spoiled kid that seems to just party through the first couple of decades of his life.  Is he a loser or not?   Yet, it also addresses business and marketing along with community pride.  As in real life, failure is always an option.  But, this young man realizes success as he works through his own failures while developing friendships and also a little bit of romanticism with a potential lady friend.  And in the end, he finds success while saving a business and a community.  Yes, my friends.  I love the movie Tommy Boy. 

       Clint Eeastwood is the biggest Hollywood star.  John Wayne is a wicked badass legend.   Chris Farley may be my personal favorite.  I love that movie and I love his characters.  How did he not win the oscar for his role as Tommy Boy?  

       If you can’t tell.  I’m struggling to find time to write on here.  I’ve got plenty of info but…..something seems lacking.  I’m not done but maybe I should be.  However, I have a story that I need to unleash at some point.  Is it time?  I don’t know.  You will know when I write it.  Hard to make this stuff up.  
   

        As I sit here typing, I’m getting texts from a buddy of mine who is in Louisville.  He is there to celebrate the 1981 Okie State livestock judging national championship.  The entire ’81 team is there.  And it sounds like OK State just won another.   Pistols firing!!!