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The Bob · Aug 25, 2026

Oversharing & Underachieving

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The Bob · The Bob

“The trials you encounter will introduce you to your strengths.”— Epictetus

“To have a comeback, you have to have a setback.”— Mr. T

Years in the making, I finally got my old friend Joe back on the tennis court. Joe is responsible for changing my whole life. When I was in high school, along with my high school tennis coach, Rich Backman, he taught me how to play and whipped my game into shape. That lead me getting a tennis scholarship at Pratt Institute, where I met my nemesis (who I would later cross paths with again a dozen years later at a funeral and then I would elope with to Iceland.1 ).

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