In high school, we had a friend who was a year or two older than we were. As a result, he drove before any of the rest of us, and he'd sometimes have one or another of us join him on a Saturday as he worked at a public radio station. I remember learning to get the latest weather report off of the teletype for him, and reading some PSAs; it's still the only time I've ever been "on the air." Neil used to have two favorite sayings. On a good day he'd say "Life is an abject mediocrity." Yeah, he was not a very jovial guy. On a bad one it would be, "Life is a s^*t sandwich, and every day you take another bite."
I've long since lost track of him, basically after his graduation, although that probably coincided with my being drawn into my eventual stepfather's life.
I hope he found better truth than that.
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