RIP Muhammad Ali

June 3, 2016

Boxing is a dreadful, evil, awful activity. To call it a sport in the 21st century gives it a dignity if does not deserve. That all said, there was Muhammad Ali. He died today, and when really famous people die, the New York Times is where we must go for the gospel. Here’s the Robert Lipsyte euology.

The Curator will have more next week. In the meantime, and with respect for Mr. Lipsyte, I have some thoughts.

Mr. Ali aka The Greatest was truly the most extraordinary—very unusual or remarkable, per Mr. Google—man of my times. The Michaels, Jackson and Jordan, were a big deal for sure. Sir Paul’s passing, Many Years from Now, I

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