in the afternoon i put in a DVD movie, a purchase from many years ago at a thrift store i think, 'without limits'. i recognized donald sutherland in it. this of course is one of two movies i am aware of about the life of steve prefontaine, the track star. toughest thing about it, along with the one called 'prefontaine', is that no matter how many times i watch he still finishes fourth in munich and dies in a car wreck before he can run in the olympic games again. notable about this version is one scene takes place in des moines, iowa, my native state, as he ran a race at drake university. it was the one where he won after his foot was cut up, although the way it was cut i think was one of those 'scenes and characters invented for dramatic effect'. the movie also includes footage of walter cronkite announcing his death on CBS news.
i had meant to watch the movie earlier in the day, but woke up later than usual. so after having breakfast i wanted to get started on some other things, and this included some cleanup. it meant running the paper shredder for the first time in over a month. i was proud of what i got done, and as usual it meant 'keep going until i am satisfied'. after the movie was done i went on a walk and found 83 cents. so i have enough for chips out of the vending machine at work, and i have started the next goal of beer money as well. during the walk a young man asked me about parking in the area, had to say i didn't have an answer for him. 'the simpsons' was about lisa becoming president despite refusing to attend college. i caught a joke in it that was meant to be a swipe at mr. trump. i also watched '60 minutes' which included a segment about spies from world war two, called 'the ritchie boys'. an online search yielded there was a documentary about this subject, from 2005.
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