Bullsh*t Hunting

Bullsh*t Hunting

How to find your grandpa in swimwear.

Family legend turns out to be true this time.

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“Grandpa John was on the cover of Life Magazine, you know.”

Without getting into epistemology, I wasn’t sure. He was my grandfather, but I wasn’t sure of the man’s first name and was only medium-confident as to his last1.

I knew he wore a hat with a boat on it, when I was small, and that he’d stop by the house on Saturdays, with little bags of almonds f…

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