After 15 months' worth of grocery subsidies ($4,300+) pile up on his Link card, my brother Phil embarks on a determined quest to share his good fortune.
That 1984 graduation pix of your brother and what he became is so incongruous, it's hard to get my head around this. I mean wrestling is one of the most difficult of all sports in terms of commitment and focus, and pole vault? I mean pole vault is like you got to be crazy athletically: fast, coordinated and strong ... it's like the original crazy X Games event of the stodgy old Olympics. Nothing makes sense here. Maybe that is why it seems so tragic ... though at times paradoxically hysterically funny as all hell. Guess that is partly why you write about Phil.
Yeah, you are not alone in being amazed/befuddled, Bruce. One thing it demonstrates is how complicated a guy he is -- and also how durable/healthy, all things considered. Who else could do what he's done for decades and still be around? And not just around, but having the wit and insight that he still possesses. Thank you for reading, writing and the all-around support you convey in your notes.
I chunked 2468 as 24, 68. What cultural or mental differences could be behind the difference? Not suggesting an experiment or a Substack poll, though....
Also, would the kid who insisted on "Whom do we appreciate?" be living on borrowed time?
That 1984 graduation pix of your brother and what he became is so incongruous, it's hard to get my head around this. I mean wrestling is one of the most difficult of all sports in terms of commitment and focus, and pole vault? I mean pole vault is like you got to be crazy athletically: fast, coordinated and strong ... it's like the original crazy X Games event of the stodgy old Olympics. Nothing makes sense here. Maybe that is why it seems so tragic ... though at times paradoxically hysterically funny as all hell. Guess that is partly why you write about Phil.
Yeah, you are not alone in being amazed/befuddled, Bruce. One thing it demonstrates is how complicated a guy he is -- and also how durable/healthy, all things considered. Who else could do what he's done for decades and still be around? And not just around, but having the wit and insight that he still possesses. Thank you for reading, writing and the all-around support you convey in your notes.
I chunked 2468 as 24, 68. What cultural or mental differences could be behind the difference? Not suggesting an experiment or a Substack poll, though....
Also, would the kid who insisted on "Whom do we appreciate?" be living on borrowed time?