Captain Action

dl superhero, husband, dad, mentor, Varsity S 🎾

[Super 70s Sports @Super70sSports]

I might Wang Chung tonight. Haven’t decided yet.

[Captain Action @scdbj9]

@EchoesofWarYT So, I lived in Lafayette Hill PA. Named after him because of the battle of Barren Hill. Lived close to it 

[Echoes of War @EchoesofWarYT]

On June 13, 1777, a 19-year-old French teenager landed on a beach in South Carolina, uninvited, to fight in someone else's war. He would become one of the most important men in American history.

The Marquis de Lafayette was one of the richest young aristocrats in France. He had a beautiful wife, a fortune, and zero reason to risk any of it. But he believed in the American cause so fiercely that when the French king forbade him from going, Lafayette bought his own ship and sailed anyway. He literally went AWOL from a life of luxury to bleed for a country that didn't exist yet.

Congress was annoyed at first. Another foreign officer looking for a paycheck? Then Lafayette offered to serve for free and pay his own way. That got their attention.

He met Washington and the two formed one of the great father-son bonds in American history. Washington had no biological children. Lafayette named his only son George Washington Lafayette.

He took a bullet in the leg at Brandywine and kept rallying the retreat. He was instrumental at Yorktown, the battle that won the war. He went home a hero on two continents.

A foreign teenager believed in America before America did. 249 years ago today.

[Captain Action @scdbj9]

@JClarkNBCS @wolfgirl1 @amyfadoolNBCS Congratulations!! You still can’t play tennis

[Dan El Captain @Mrstanleycup]

The Roosevelt Mall in Northeast Philadelphia - October 1, 1976 - Image source: Temple University Archives.

[Super 70s Sports @Super70sSports]

Imagine being created by Jim Henson precisely just so that Grover can always fuck your order up. That is the hell this man lives in.

[Maine @TheMaineWonk]

For those keeping track at home:

- Knicks about to be NBA Champions.
- War in the Middle East.
- Global Oil Crisis.
- There’s a corrupt criminal in the White House.

Welcome back to 1973.

[Reads with Ravi @readswithravi]

James Clear: Be flexible with your future self. There are many paths to success.

[Captain Action @scdbj9]

@LesBowen Me 3

[Captain Action @scdbj9]

@Mrstanleycup Mama’s in Belmont Hills was the best. RIP

[Super 70s Sports @Super70sSports]

Super Sky Point to Gilad Janklowicz, who used to log more airtime on ESPN than Chris Berman. You know this motherfucker was always out there somewhere on a rock or something urging us to feel the burn. Thank you for your service, you sweet bastard. #RIP

[Captain Action @scdbj9]

@CogginToboggan What a coincidence. I’m conducting joint practice right now.

[Captain Action @scdbj9]

@uscfan981 Nice people. Cheese

[Super 70s Sports @Super70sSports]

It wasn’t an authentic 70s swing set if one leg wasn’t popping out of the ground in a concerning fashion once somebody really got going on that motherfucker.

[Captain Action @scdbj9]

@ZBerm @TheAthletic 🫡

[Perle @veritebeaute]

Un jour, un petit garçon rentre de l’école avec une lettre à la main, qu’il tend à sa mère en disant : « Mon instituteur m’a demandé de te donner cette lettre… mais uniquement à toi. »

Sa mère l’ouvre, la lit en silence… puis ses yeux se remplissent de larmes.

Elle prend alors une grande inspiration et lit la lettre à voix haute pour son fils : « Votre fils est un génie. Notre école est trop limitée pour lui et nous n’avons pas les moyens de lui offrir l’enseignement qu’il mérite. Veuillez l’instruire vous-même. »

Touchée, elle prend la décision de lui faire l’école à la maison.

Les années passent. Le garçon grandit… et devient l’un des plus brillants inventeurs de son siècle.
Il offrira au monde l’ampoule électrique, le phonographe, le télégraphe, la caméra, et bien plus encore.

Bien des années plus tard, après la mort de sa mère, il tombe par hasard sur une vieille boîte remplie de souvenirs. À l’intérieur, une lettre soigneusement pliée.

C’est celle que l’instituteur lui avait remise enfant.

Il la déplie, la lit… et découvre avec stupeur ces mots : « Votre fils est un incapable. Il est mentalement déficient. Nous refusons qu’il revienne à l’école. »

Cet enfant, c’était Thomas Edison.
Il pleura pendant des heures.
Puis il écrivit dans son journal :
« Thomas Edison était un enfant jugé déficient… qui, grâce à une mère exceptionnelle, est devenu un génie. »

C’est là une magnifique illustration de ce qu’on appelle l’effet Pygmalion : le regard que l’on porte sur un être humain peut transformer son destin.

[Machiavelli Bot @UnmodernmanBot]

Nothing humbles you like remembering that time is removing everyone from the board. The people you envy will die. The people you fear will die. The people you perform for will die. You will die too. Once this becomes real, half your anxiety starts looking ridiculous. Mortality is a filter that burns away fake priorities.

[Sahil Bloom @SahilBloom]

Everyone needs to hear this…

[Captain Action @scdbj9]

@CogginToboggan Man did he go south fast

[Captain Action @scdbj9]

@Super70sSports Totally