40 YEARS AGO TODAY
Len Bias passed away 2 days after being drafted 2nd by the 1986 NBA Champion Boston Celtics!
He was one of the most physically gifted basketball players ever. 6’8” 220 LBS Less than 5% Body Fat 43+ Inch Vertical & had a jumper
When I was 12 years old I’d wake up on a Saturday morning, watch some cartoons and pro wrestling, go outside and throw a rubber ball off the side of the house, get the guys in the neighborhood together for Wiffle Ball, go inside for Atari and snacks, ride my bike to Dairy Queen for a Mr. Misty, listen to Casey Kasem, flip on ESPN and watch sports with no social commentary, flip it over to MTV, which showed actual music videos, go back outside for more Wiffle Ball, and then think “Hey, it’s almost 3 pm.” Living my best life and had no fucking idea how good I had it.
I watched this movie because the audiobook was on sale, and I listened to it when I was sick. The ending was so bewilderingly unbelievable that I had to see if the film would improve upon it. I guess it did, but all I could think the entire time was that while Amanda was giving the performance of a lifetime, Sydney was about as magnetic as a jug of milk. I truly cannot fathom it having a $372.2 million appeal.
70 and 80 year old people are generally unemployable due to physical and mental decline but for some reason we allow them to run the entire fucking country.