My Old Teammate Ron. So when I was in high school we had a standout basketball player (Ron) who was destined to be in the NBA in his life. As a sophomore, he was 6'7"" 230, super athletic and was a star in any sport he played, but he loved basketball the most. One night he was out celebrating after a win and his buddy was driving drunk and wrecked. Ron wasn't wearing his seat belt and was thrown from the vehicle. He suffered a lot of serious injuries, but what was devastating was that they had t…

When I graduated from university, I struggled to find work. To make ends meet, I performed odd jobs - voiceover work, sold insurance, and even drove a cab in a city near the East Coast a few years back. One of the scariest things that happened was as I was driving around, I saw a teenagers' basketball game get pretty intense. One of the kids was arguing a call made by a few thugs - it was a bad idea from the start, the kid was outnumbered and what's worse is when the fight started escalating, on…

A Mathematician's son tries out for his high school's varsity basketball team.... The son comes home from the first day of tryouts. The father notices that the son is stressed and discouraged. The son marches straight to his room with his head down, without saying a word to any of his family members. The father decides to leave the son alone for a while. A few hours later, the son is still in his bedroom. The father decides to go figure out what's wrong. He walks into the son's bedroom to find h…

Down south, Bubba called his attorney and asked, ""Is it true they's suin' them cigarette companies fer causin' people to git cancer?"" ""Yes, Bubba, sure is true,"" responded the lawyer. ""And now someone is suin' them fast food restaurants fer makin' them fat an' cloggin' their arteries with all them burgers an' fries, is that true, Mista Lawyer?"" ""Sure is, Bubba."" ""And that lady sued McDonald's for millions when she was gave that hot coffee that she ordered?"" ""Yep."" ""And that football…