Saturday, June 20, 2020

Worst year ever, Part 1,347

Thaaat's right, 2020. Keep it up. Juuuust keep it up.

You've given us the Bastard Plague; and the deaths of a bunch of beloved figures both foreign and domestic, in sports and otherwise; and marching in the streets from people who are fed up with alleged officers of the law acting as judge, jury and executioner on people of color.
 
You really are cruisin' for a bruisin', 2020. Don't even think we're just gonna let you walk out the door at midnight on January 1. We're gonna launch your ass into space.
 
Because you just won't stop doing ... things.

The latest comes from Siena, Italy, and might be the worst. Word has come that Alex Zanardi is fighting for his life after suffering serious head trauma in a collision with a truck during a Paralympic handbike race.

Let me tell you why this is an especially dick move from an especially dick year.

If you don't know who Alex Zanardi is, here's his story: He was a Formula One and IndyCar racer of some repute who lost his legs in a horrific accident in an IndyCar race in 2001. Then he launched a truly amazing second act, becoming a premier Paralympic athlete who won four Paralympic Games gold medals competing on the handbike in 2012 and 2016.

As such, he became the living embodiment of the old adage that when God closes one door, he opens another. And of course he also became an inspiration to those with physical disabilities everywhere.

Now this. Now he's back fighting for his life again after another horrific accident.

You are an unfiltered son of a bitch, 2020. And several other things the Blob will not repeat here.

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