the important thing is that everybody tried hard and had fun

Finally, a video that belongs on Deadspin.

I don’t know what to say other than damn, I’m glad you survived and can talk about it. Thank you for sharing, especially when you had no obligation to do so.

You had to relearn to walk but had no problem using chopsticks?  Great piece and I’m glad you’re back and healthy and not dead.

Dude. That is a brutal story. Thank you for your willingness to share it, which also gives deserved recognition to your friends and loved ones.

I haven’t finished the essay yet, I got to the part where Victor was trying to get the info to call Drew’s wife but couldn’t unlock the phone.

Hot god damn. This makes for quite the companion piece to Mike Fahey’s harrowing The Dreams Of A Man Asleep For Three Weeks over at Kotaku.

“I know I’m insanely lucky to have survived all this. I looked it up: Your odds of surviving a subdural hematoma are roughly 50/50: Anton Chigurh flipping your quarter and demanding you call it. I may have won that toss, but I also know that my luck is an insult to the less fortunate, and I know that this run of…

Probably my favorite piece of yours I’ve ever written.

Re: Walking,

I listened to an interview with Josh Blue once. And he said “People with disabilities are the largest minority in the world. And it is the only minority you can join tomorrow.”

Can’t tell you how many text messages I exchanged with friends seriously worrying about the health of a person I have never met and will likely never meet.

Oh my fucking god, Drew! I’m so sorry that you went through that and I’m so fucking happy you’re alive! To share I went through something milder than that last year. I had 3-4 episodes where I was shaking badly. One time when I was going to work and it was so bad I couldn’t put the lid on my coffee; a stranger had to…

Jesus, man. This is harrowing. Like everyone else in the comments, I’m glad things didn’t go differently.

Why thank you sir!

“Just switch to paste, like I did” - Eli Manning.

Billy my man.....you’re approaching levels of insufferable that only Phil Mushnick has reached. 

Oh fuck off. Watching Vela in the form he is in now doesn't require any qualifiers. Enjoy soccer.

“presumable” because I haven’t watched a minute of MLS this season so I’ve not had the chance to subject his performances to my own visual examination

I promise to become a fan of the next team to eliminate the Warriors from the playoffs. I don’t care how long I have to wait or what team does it.