Tim Lopez

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179 appearances 2 recordings 1 series first heard Jul 2026 last heard 7 Aug

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The Moth · Choose Your Own Theme: The Moth Radio Hour · 14 Jul 2026 podcast

We were both garrulous, borderline emotionally unstable people who love being the center of attention.

And when we all got together, we both thought we were the smartest, funniest person in the room, and we would get into these fights about seemingly innocuous shit that would blow up into these terrible arguments that would never end because neither one of us would ever back down.

So the second reason was kind of more of a tactical one.

Even though none of the four of us had played any serious or even semi-serious tennis, Lance and Paul were kind of naturally athletic guys, the kind of guys that just could jump into any sport or any game at any time and make a positive contribution right away.

Evan played baseball in high school, varsity baseball, where he developed a reputation as a talented player but also a complete and total head case.

He was known for beaning as many players as he would strike out, which in fairness was kind of a lot.

So he was kind of like, you know, a lot of power but no control.

And then there was me.

You know, you might not think it now, but I was actually kind of a bookish kid.

Divided my time fairly evenly between the library and various board game tournaments.

In junior high, when everybody started playing basketball, I wanted to play basketball too.

I started to feel left out.

So I went to the library and I checked out a book entitled How to Play Basketball.

So I was that kid.

And so, yeah, exactly.

I wasn't exactly very athletically inclined.

So it was a bit of a mismatch on paper.

And as we started to play, as the game unfolded, it kind of went that direction.

They dispatched us handily in the first set, six games to two, and even easier in the second set, six games to one.

And it kind of got to the point where they were like, hey, are you sure you guys don't want to switch teams and make it more fair?

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