Private Heroes

Game 5 of the 1997 and Game 3 of the 2006 Clippers regular season have almost nothing in common. Well, actually they have nothing in common for everyone, save me. And truth be told, the connection is tenuous and mostly born of my delusions of granduer, so if that sort of thing seems more self-aggrandizing than poetic to you, you'd best stop reading here - which is not to say that I've nothing more than an anecdote and a poorly-contemplated similie to provide... I think there's something here - but as writing is as much catharsis as it is attempting to be entertainment for the reader - you're taking your chances either way.

A recent dental procedure resulted in a minor and unexpected infection for me - which manifested itself mostly as a nasty fever, and the accompanying unpleasantries normally associated therewith. Unfortunately, this also coincided with Saturday night's game - (...)