Doctor Phil
Today my best friend from college passed his PhD. defense—he is now Doctor Philip Branch Forshee. I’m very happy for him (and proud of him), but I must admit that it makes me feel very old. Just today at lunch I was talking about how Phil & I had discovered that ramen noodles make the perfect post-party food: water, salt & carbohydrates in proper proportions to forestall hangovers.
But that was very nearly half-a-dozen years ago, and we’ve moved on since then. For one thing, each of our bars now is worth several times our combined bar then…
Still, it’s very strange when one’s best friend becomes a doctor. Doctors are old men, not guys one once played golf with!
