100% True Story: one time at a party Beal approached my friend’s little sister with the opening line: “Hi, I’m Brad, I play for the Wizards” and she responded with “I don’t know the name. You should practice some more.”

I wrestled for 10 years, including two at the college level. Wrestling is so draining and mentally fatiguing, it is not uncommon for people to lose it like that, both winning and losing. Top on some Japanese culture, never losing in the Olympics, and you get that picture.

When I was young, my dad coached us on how to give a firm handshake, not a death grip but one that conveyed power and authority. This story reminded me of that. I’ve been the recipient of many a weak handshake, and it does send a message.

Some hands were always weak and sad tho.

Meanwhile, on the other side of the pool...

I look forward to her implication in a doping scandal.

Penny Marshall is underrated.

That was the wooorst. The camera pans over all the people we think we care about, and there's kind of a sense of ashamed relief, and then we realise that WWII was full of Georges and Betty Spaghettis. Penny Marshall is underrated.

So now you know what happened to all those beaded lanyards you made at camp, kiddies, and why you couldn't find them when you cleaned out the attic.

God, I can’t believe he didn’t sign for Arsenal a few years back. They’re like a match made in choking heaven.

Watch them both lose in the conference final, somehow.

‘Lucky’ is basically being gifted a brand new stadium.. Funny how that didn’t come up in the quotes.

Great. Now I have to buy a van so I can have that painted on the side. Thanks a lot.

Oh yeah.

Manchester United 2016-17 Away Kit

Counterpoint:

I just love it when, after a lifetime of searching, a person finds their porpoise in life.

Thanks Trudeau