It all started when I grabbed a paperback in the grocery store for a treadmill book. All of my mentally heavy books I leave at home, the lighter ones stay in the car and come to rehab with me. This one was a supposed to be a treadmill book but turned into one that I could not put down. It was written by Brad Thor. He apparently has lots of contacts in the government and great knowledge about the training and functioning of Navy Seals.
There is a man in the other rehab originally from New York and we have shared interesting conversations working side by side on the bikes. He is a man’s man. He was a marine. He noticed my book. He had read all of Brad Thor’s books and loved each one. Very manly.
He is a John Wayne kind of guy.
Through the years, he has learned that I am married to a man addicted to the Godfather movies, anything John Wayne and Clint Eastwood and all things James Bond.
Last week, I was telling him about a special we saw featuring a group of people around the world who are hired as bodyguards. Former military personal. It is a very successful business. This one featured Brad Thor being escorted around the gang hangouts of kidnappers in Mexico to gather “color” for his next book. It was very intense. It was very interesting. As he was being escorted onto a plane to leave Mexico, Brad Thor commented that he learned a lot during the exercise and that would then be translated into realistic details in his next book.
My friend in rehab mentioned that if any of his books were made into a movie, the current James Bond – Daniel Craig – would be perfect. We’ll see. Fun to consider and debate. Makes the time pass faster.
Rehab conversations.
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