there were a ton of things, a million stories exactly like this, maybe they had a kernel of truth but at the very least they were fantastically exaggerated.
yeah this.
feeling bad and knocking a light fixture down becomes a suicide attempt from the ceiling, an ear infection becomes cochlear surgery, and slight blue-balls becomes nearly dying at a bed bath & beyond.
he'd mentioned in his e-mails that he has 20% hearing in one ear. i'm trying to find those old topics, especially the car one.