You look like a handsome young manโฆalthough you might want to zip your fly. Mom! What? Should I have not told you and left it for everyone else to notice at the dance?
Jordan SonnenblickIt was like seeing Bill Gates at age thirteen, times two. And half of him was wearing a cheerleader uniform. Yes, I know thatโs a weird image.
Jordan SonnenblickYou can be our critic. Would you dig that? (Yes, he was the last Man in America who could say โdigโ with a straight face without referring to the process of using a tool to remove dirt from the ground.)
Jordan SonnenblickA typical weeknight when he was home like this: 1. Sit down and try to do homework. 2. Get interrupted by Jeffrey: โPlease play with me!โ 3. Ignore brother, try to do homework. 4. Get interrupted by Jeffrey: โCome ON, Steven! Iโm BORED!โ 5. Beg Jeffrey for five minutes of peace. 6. Get begged for five minutes of play: โSteven, you never, ever play with meโever!โ 7. Move entire homework operations center to different room. 8. Repeat steps #1-7 as directed by small drugged maniac.
Jordan SonnenblickThis was the kid who used to toddle over to my bed at 6 oโ clock in the morning every weekend morning to pull on my blankets so Iโd get up and watch cartoons with him. This was the kid who once made me play Hungry Hungry Hippos for an hour straight, until I thought my hands were going to fall off from slamming down those dumb little levers to make the hipposโ heads move. This was the kid who had spent an entire days at a time begging me to play Chutes and Ladders with him. And now he was feeling too sick to play with me.
Jordan Sonnenblick