SIX THINGS ABOUT NEIL MCNAIR THAT ARE NOT ACTUALLY TERRIBLE

• - He occasionally wears T-shirts.
• - His knowledge of words and languages is somewhat impressive.
• - He’s a decent listener—when he’s not being combative.
• - He read Nora Roberts.
• - He knew, somehow, that I could do that open mic, even if I didn’t.
• - His freckles. All seven thousand of them.