Both RQS have a craving for lobster rolls. We'll go out of our way when we can to catch up with the Lobster Truck to get our fix. This week was different. Instead of chasing the lobster truck, we went to Stew Leonard's for their summer weekend lobster cart. And it was almost as yummy as lobster from the truck.
But first....
RQS planned to come to my place, so that we could go see the movie "Oppenheimer" on the IMAX screen at a theater on the other side of the Hudson. I was in Marian mode when she arrived, and she commented that she'd have been surprised to find me in a pair of trousers. That made my day in a very pleasant way!
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Saturday came, and we proceeded to Stew's for lobster rolls. Unfortunately, there were no more seats at the theater we wanted to go to, so we had a fallback plan - see the movie at the Drafthouse in Yonkers. In-between lobster and the movie, we killed some time at the book store, and proceeded to the theater in time to see the movie.
I was glad to have some background knowledge about J. Robert Oppenheimer and the Manhattan Project before seeing this film. Coming out of the movie, I had a better understanding of why this man was the least likely person to lead such a large project, and why this man was to be spit out by the powers that be shortly after he was no longer needed. Like many excessively smart people,genius in one part of his brain was balanced with character deficiencies in another part. Even though I am nowhere near his level of intelligence, I understand the nature of someone like Oppenheimer, as I have similar flaws of a lesser magnitude.
Would I have wanted to live Oppenheimer's life? No! He was a great man, but with greatness comes people trying to bring you down. That has happened in my life, and I have suffered for it. I am grateful that I never had a burden like he had....
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