In 1985 I somehow managed to break my neck. My employer insurance doctor said I was being a baby and that if I swam for half an hour every day I would be just fine. I did just that. When I had emergency surgery six weeks later the neurosurgeon told me that swimming was the worst thing I could have done for my rung neck.
After neck surgery, for about a year and a half, the only ‘physical’ activity allowed was W-A-L-K-I-N-G. So . . . Sharon and I walked long enough every day to get enough aluminum cans, at .05 cents a piece, to get a 12-pack of Buckhorn (Olympia Breweries cheap beer), a pack of generic cigarettes, Blockbuster videos and supper for the two of us and our 3 rescue dogs Howdy, Rascal and Pele.
The time necessary to get the cans averaged 6 hours a day at 4 mph. At the end of my 18 month rehab I received a letter from Blockbuster that congratulated me for renting more movies than anyone in the entire country. To RE-CELEBRATE that significant honor I offer the 10 Best Movies that I personally have ever seen.
In alphabetic order:
1. The Deerhunter
2. The Godfather
3. Goodfellas
4. Fargo
5. Lost in Translation
6. Margin Call
7. Miller’s Crossing (Worth it just to hear Frank Patterson sing Danny Boy)
8. No Country For Old Men
9. Schindler’s List
10. Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy
Close, but no cigar:
* A Man For All Seasons
* Casino
* Donnie Brasco
* Remains of the Day
* Sicario
* The Town
When I eventually returned to work I had an attorney contact Dr. Utterback in Portland, Oregon to tell him that if he didn’t give me $5,000 I would sue the shit out of him.. After calling me a ‘cocksucker’ in the three languages that I speak, he quickly forwarded the 5 K. My three languages are English, Pig Latin and Ebonics.
Later, The Last Supper Guy
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