On this episode we explore Lisa's experience as a dear friend throughout Milo's treatment. Daryl has questions.

Upper West Side, Indian Wells Tennis, Daryl and Alana ticket buying, Lisa wants better seats, Daryl's ticket buying preferences, Stadiums at Indian Wells are small, Lisa notes Daryl's preference for not-great seats at sporting events, Lisa trying to persuade, Larry A is a great selection for Max, Larry A=Lawrence of Arabia, Max and Milo loved movies, Find Milo's Letterbox'd account @milotimepodcast, Donny B, Max and Milo had their own language, No Country, Inglorious, In, Mel Brooks, Clint Eastwood, Renee Russo, Watching Larry A with Milo while Milo was in treatment, The Maltese Falcon, Coded language between the boys, Sometimes siblings get lost in the shuffle, which we never want to happen to Max, Max and Milo such great brothers to each other, Milo looked up to Max, Max always let Milo in, No competition between the boys, The way Milo would say "Donny B" was always very special, Link In Bio, as opposed to Linktree

Upper West Side, Lea Thone, Los Angeles, Indian Wells, Rain in Indian Wells and San Diego, Central Park April 2001, Al Gore chart, Very little snow in New York City anymore, Callback to Bully Tanner episode, Citizen Cope, Appalachian extends through the Berkshires, Lee in particular, Hike with Max and Milo, One granola bar, Trail marked with paint slashes, Markings spread out, Milo is 5 and Max is 8, Daryl with a horrendous sense of direction, Daryl concerned each time the markings are out of view, Visions of The Blair Witch Project, No phone on me, Boys made fun of me for years about that hike, Second hike included Alana, This time we really got lost, Park services picked us up in a golf cart, Max was just hiking in Zion and Bryce Canyon, Milo loved to make fun of Daryl for those hikes, Better to have Alana around on the second hike for a variety of reasons, No need to mention Mark Sanford 

Lisa keeps the focus on our amazing visit with Lea Thone and here equally amazing son, Eli Wall. 

Upper West Side, Mughlai Indian restaurant, Eagle Court, 84th between Broadway and Amsterdam, Alana and Daryl love Indian food, John Scully and Daryl played cribbage in college, Cribbage simply a card game, Board is just a scoreboard, Milo loved cribbage, Maybe a thousand games of cribbage with Milo, Milo liked sports video games, FIFA, Madden, NBA2K, Milo preferred a board game, Catan, Better strategist would win more often over time, Over time Milo would beat me more often than I would beat him, Video games don't require strategy the same way, Cards were always interesting to Milo, Probability and statistics, Card games quiet, Meditative component, With the Nachsins in Ocean City, Monopoly with the Nachsins, Milo and Daryl played cribbage, Milo never declined to play, Cribbage sounds like bridge, but is very simple, Milo and Daryl played at Sloan Kettering regularly, A few nurses at Sloan Kettering like cribbage, Brant Sistrom, Father and dear friend Milo died one after the other, Brant, like Milo, loved cribbage and Catan, Daryl and Brant have played cribbage together, Daryl warns Brant that he's gunning for him, Daryl invites others to play cribbage and to come to him for instruction, Great tribute to Milo, The Idea of Machines

While Milo never met Lea, we know he would have loved her and her Son Eli, just as we do. Thank you, Lea and Eli for your courage in all matters.

As March 11, 2025 approaches, please celebrate our boy. And if you are inclined, please let us know about it. 

Upper West Side, Studio A, Henry's room, Alana, Max, and Daryl old stomping ground, Spending time with Dave and Lisa in Southern California, Indian Wells, Palm Springs, What else will we do in LA?, Lisa's Los Angeles friends remain normal, Great produce in LA, Erewhon grocery store, Waymo self-driving cars, Like there's a ghost driving the car, No need to wait for a human, Just an app and a machine driving, Smoothest turns conceivable, Luddite Daryl will report back on Waymo, Dave Hillman angle to Bleeder, Dave used to live on 6th Avenue, Ray Mercer boxing match, Marc Rosenthal was there as well, Max Kellerman, ESPN announcer, Public Access Television in New York City, Cooking with the Hook, Max on Boxing, Show started as WFAN was just getting started, Max would take callers, Dave and Daryl have broadcasting interest, Dave as Big Al from Queens, Bleedahs and tomato cans, Sounds like Grandpa Irwin, Milo loved he idea of Dave calling Max Kellerman with an obviously fake accent, Vito Antuofermo as a big bleeder, Grandma Terry might pronounce bleeder that way, too, Milo thought Dave was very funny, Dave and Milo had a wonderful relationship, even when Milo was treating, Milo always appreciated Dave's humor. 

Upper West Side, Uneventful trip R to the 2, which went local, Great children's books, Daryl becoming emotional at the end of The Story of Ferdinand, Not preparing as a rule, to allow real emotion to appear, Lisa summarizes The Story of Ferdinand, Milo had some Ferdinand in him, Marched to the beat of his own drummer, Words at the end of The Story of Ferdinand caught Daryl off guard, I'm Still Here, Emotional reactions to art, Lisa calls back to an episode in which we discussed a harrowing weekend down the Jersey Shore with the Nachsin family, Kara Kramer, Erno Rubik and his Magic Cube, Kara wins another award, Ezra Jack Keats Foundation, Kara has noted that we should all be open to the full human experience, good and difficult, We have new glasses through which we see the world, From a horrific circumstance there is beauty in knowledge and understanding, Relationship with death changes as you get older, We all spend time thinking it's not going to happen, Distinction between fooling yourself and recognizing reality and finding joy despite it, Terrible things happen to people who don't deserve them, David Dimlich back in our lives, This is reality, tell me about your reality, as your friend, The purpose of art, I'm Still Here, Focus on the lead actress's face   

Upper West Side, Studio A/Henry's room, Portugal, Alana, Max, Lacie Foreht, European vibe, American vibe v. European vibe, Lisbon, Porto, Santiago de Compostela, Very European, Face-to-face communication, Walked, ate, drank, had a lovely time, Ren & Stimpy, Plumpy, Candyland, Board game, Move around the board by picking cards, Plumpy sent you back to the beginning, Trips to Florida with Gordon, Katie, Zachary, and Noah, Milo, Max, Alana, and Daryl, Playing Candyland with the boys and nephews, Daryl would spot Plumpy and set it aside, Uncle Daddy, Boys and nephews doing a song and dance about Uncle Daddy drawing Plumpy, Milo doing the robot, Boys continued to humor me over time, Noah must have known, All must have known eventually, Uncle Daddy got Plumpy dance, Like Chutes & Ladders, If someone's going to finish last it will be Uncle Daddy, Alana would play the boys in ping pong and beat them, Daryl struggled to allow himself to beat the boys at games, Alana and Daryl complementing each other in this way, Learned many important lessons about toughness and grit from Alana, and other lessons from Daryl, Alana is an amazing athlete and great tennis player, Daryl less good athlete and much less good tennis player, Daryl would feel bad for opponents, Not so Alana, Alana was routinely crushing people, Plumpy story is some evidence of the different approaches, Maybe Alana was also celebrating when Uncle Daddy got Plumpy