By far my favourite Scotland vs Brazil story is the referee saying “Good luck, may the best team win” to both captains before the game in 1982 and Graeme Souness replying “I fucking hope not”
Balls make a much bigger difference on how fast the court plays than the actual court speed. Shanghai last year had a very high CPI but the slow balls we used made it play slow. This year the balls were still slow and they also slowed the courts and it was brutal. I can say with certainty every ball we play with consistently, with the exception of the US Open ball that is used for Toronto, cinci, US Open is much slower and more dead compared to when I started my career.
Never eat McDonalds again
Most brush it off, thinking it’s inconsequential. An innocent act of occasional indulgence.
What’s the matter?
Wake up. McDonalds is a drive-thru confessional.
It’s a philosophy of decay…
+ a global religion built on pleasure
+ trading vitality for comfort
+ opium for the masses
+ soothing our pain for a moment
+ profiting as you bankrupt
+ a cathedral of end-times
They use a clown to mask the manipulation. Toys to disguise the trap. Bright colors to camouflage your decay. It reveals what we have become: creatures who would rather indulge than be alive.
At the golden arches, we kneel not to God but to grease.
And whisper, with full mouth and empty soul:
“I’m lovin’ it.”