27 February 2010

Kids Part 2: DLF



I have a brother, RLF, who I envied as a child because he was best friends with Pete Maravich.  Our dad was a basketball coach and would open up the gym at the old [new, RLF says]BDHS to let basketball players practice who were visiting and needed donde.  Pistol Pete came to town and at least RLF got to shoot hoops with him (I'm not sure about LEF) [RLF called with corrections: he says that our brother also shot baskets.]  Although this particular brother couldn't have been older than 6 (he will correct me, I'm sure--yes; he says he was in junior high), he somehow got so intimate with Maravich that he took to calling him "Pete," as if he'd known him forever.  This ability to form bonds with the rich and famous has apparently carried throughout his adult years, as RLF just sent a photo from his Blackberry documenting that he became best friends with Jeff Gordon during a business-related junket to Las Vegas.  RLF is on this trip with his second oldest son, DLF, who is along for the trip not only because he works for RLF (or vice versa...long story), but to visit people he knew when he went to college in Nevada and was a most excellent special teams kicker for U Nevada-Reno.  So now he's a most excellent  worker at his family legacy business, and also engaged in various training exercises that will serve him should the economy lighten up and allow a fire station to hire him.  He's good at what he does now, but he'd rather be doing this.  Besides--he looks pretty good in the uniform:

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