“The problem is not the problem. the problem is your attitude about the problem.” – Capt Jack Sparrow
I would not be surprised if the above was fake but I’ve also sat waiting for a subway car and 1 million times wondered if it could be done.
At 9, he settled a dispute with a pistol. At 13, he lit out for the Amazon jungle.
At 20, he attempted suicide-by-jaguar. Afterward he was apprenticed to a pirate. To please his mother, who did not take kindly to his being a pirate, he briefly managed a mink farm, one of the few truly dull entries on his otherwise crackling résumé, which lately included a career as a professional gambler.
:: John Fairfax Obit via The NYTimes ::
This is a pretty spectacular obituary that appeared the times last week. It’s even more spectacular when you read the gawker followup titled “John Fairfax Loved Hookers, Ten Juicy Stories Omitted from His NYT Obit.”
This is pretty mind blowing. Just start watching the first one. 5-8 will be out later this week.
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: Hilarity Ensues via AP wire :