Family Parties, Boxing Grandmothers, and Kids Raised in Chaos

• 37:57A father figure who died in his late 60s after a lifetime of partying; Tim argues the years lost might not be worth the sober alternative.
• 38:47Tim's point: kids get confused when parents lie about vice always being bad, then see successful people making it work.
• 39:22Several of Tim's family members are incredibly successful but love drinking and partying; their children were raised in that environment.
• 39:36Tim and his siblings grew up in Irish Catholic debauchery—drinking, fighting, music, parties until 4 or 5 a.m.—and all reached a breaking point.
• 40:28German family dinners were boring, just tax rates and conversation; the guest's dad yelled at people but never allowed drunken scenes.
• 40:40Tim's uncle parties were chaos—someone called his uncle's wife a Jew and a fistfight broke out.
• 42:05Tim's grandfather let air out of the drunk uncle's tires so he couldn't drive; Tim's grandmother was a legit boxer who laid people out at weddings.
• 42:23A kid at the party saw Tim's grandfather getting ready to box people and told Tim his family was great.
• 42:50Tim used to hold cirrhosis livers at the morgue and they were prickly; he had to flip them on a copy stand to photograph all four sides.
• 43:32The guest asks if Tim was squeezing the cirrhotic liver like a stress ball; Tim admits he was squeezing it because he was stressed.

Keith Richardson