Big up!

This is Steve. He recently turned forty. Less than a year ago, he had surgery to repair a herniated disc in his lower back. Steve is both charming and irascible; he's a guy who invariably turns such words of counsel as "No" or "You can't" and especially "You shouldn't" into "The hell you say!" and "Just watch me!" Thus, to complement his many notable thumb-nosings, yesterday Steve won the Gold medal in the half-pipe for the province of Nova Scotia's snowboard championships.

Would you believe he learned to snowboard in his thirties? Steve is, of course, completely insane - but he's also awesome, and wow, he's my brother!