Weight A Minute

Yesterday I went in for my usual, physical checkup.  My blood pressure was a terrific 115 over 78.  My blood pressure readings have consistently been pretty good.  It's my weight that knocked me for a loop.  Back in my teens, I was lucky to weigh 140 lbs.  In college, I don't think I weighed much more than that.  Well, fast-forward dang near 30 years and the 140 range is history.  The 160 range is history.  When I stepped onto the scale yesterday, it read 186 lbs!  Come again!!!!  186 lbs!  I was shocked!  I have never weighed that much in my life!  If I removed my clothing and shoes, I might have clocked in at 182 lbs or so.  I think.  Oh well.  I won't fret.  I remember the days when I used to hope and pray I was 180 lbs.  That number always seemed like such a great number to me.  I'm happy to be alive and well, so complain I won't.  But I still have to admit that my 186 lbs reading really surprised the heck out of me.  I've now gotta turn this new weight into lean, mean musculature!!  

Heat Rises To The Top

I just returned from Buffalo Wild Wings in Baldwin Hills where I watched Game 4 of the NBA Finals.  The energy of the restaurant's crowd is off the charts!  Television screens everywhere.  And noise, noise, noise!!  Yeah, I can tell I'm getting older, 'cause all the stuff going on in that place was an affront to all my senses!!  Since I'm rooting for Miami Heat, it was a dang, festive evening.  yes, I was on edge several times tonight, but luckily, all's well that ended well!  As it stands, it's Miami with three wins and Oklahoma City with one.  Now, it's off to Oklahoma for Game 5.

Go, Heat!!!  

Knock It Off Already

Today is Monday and I haven't really accomplished a darn thing.  Not a darn thing.  I've been fooling around on Facebook the better part of the day!  And night!  Knock it off already!  It's PAST time for me to get to the business of doing what I love!!  I seriously don't think I have another 48 years on the other side of this 48.  Well, perhaps I'm on Facebook tonight so I could stumble across this quote from Neale Donald Walsch, author of the Conversations With God book series.  But, as with all great quotes, it means NOTHING if I don't apply it to my life.  So, let me sign off Facebook until Saturday.  If I can pull that off, I'm a great one!

And, dang it, I AM a great one!!!!!  But dear God, please give me strength to  get to the end of my comfort zone and WRITE!!!!!!!!!!

Papa, Can You Hear Me?

Charles Andrew Montgomery Sr

Harold Allen & Kai

Today is FATHER'S DAY and I wish my beloved, late father, CHARLES ANDREW MONTGOMERY SR, the Happiest Father's Day imaginable!!!  I hope and pray throughout my life's journey that I can pull from him all that made him GREAT.  And push away from me all that limited his GREATNESS.  He was a man worth emulating, that's for dang sure!!!!!!

I also wish all the men who possess his same, dark hue the HAPPIEST of FATHER'S DAY, too!!  After all, we're all in this crazy phenomenon called, life, TOGETHER!!!!!!

50 & Fierce!

Today, my beloved, New York City road dog, MICHAEL MORRIS, celebrated his 50th Birthday!  I was unable to attend his backyard bbq in Florida where he now resides, but boy, oh boy, was I there in spirit!  The man is truly the epitome of living life to the fullest!!!  Looking at his Facebook page is a whirlwind of birthday celebrations from NYC to DC to FL.  The man has people who love him all over the globe!  God bless him!  And God has blessed all of us who count him a friend.  The zest with which he lives his life is an inspiration to all.  I've GOTTA follow his lead.  Life is too precious and finite not to!!!!!

HAPPY 50th, MR. MICHAEL A. MORRIS!!!  And may you enjoy fifty MORE! 

True Artistry

Just sayin'...

Way Back When...

I received this pic today, taken at a Halloween party circa 2006 or so.  I've GOTTA get my pecs to look like that again!!  I've just GOTTA!  'Cause I don't wanna be ignored when a chick with a hellacious rack is in the same room!   :)