I've played (more or less) competitive squash for more or less 35 years now.  Here is my nemesis, Al Heston, a little more than less one of my contemporaries, the Great White Whale to my Captain Ahab.  Only recently has he come within racquet reach, and that is an encouraging development.  Another saving grace, also an economist.  Yet another, he's from Oregon.

Al's picture. Don't be fooled by the smile. Did I mention Bettina?

Let me also mention my nemesis in Bahrain, Mahmood Khalaf, and his distant cousin in Karachi, Fazal Mahmood Khan.   Together they help explain why I travel with a t-shirt with the legend "Beat Mahmood!"