Time is a flat circle, stuck in endless repetition, not to magnify the absurdity of life...but to highlight its beautiful moments.
“Wow...that was cool.”
Those words were uttered by my 8-year-old son on October 13, 2021, after watching Alphonso Davies score a goal that several days later still defies our understanding of what is possible under the rules of modern sports science and belies belief.
I stared at him, a bit shocked by what I had just seen, struggling to offer a much more nuanced analysis other than: “Yeah...that was.