Thane Plambeck

Jeremy Lin's basketball evaluation of Owen at age nine (July 2007)

In July 2007 my son Owen (then age 9) attended a one week "Basketball School" at Palo Alto High School. He was assigned to a team coached by Jeremy Lin, who had returned from Harvard (and its basketball team) for that summer.  

At the end of Owen camp received a photo of all the campers, and a five-paragraph evaluation of his skills written by Jeremy, in part:

OVERALL:  Owen I have truly enjoyed being your coach this past week and I hope that you come back next summer.  Keep working on your skills because you have a lot of talent and the ability to take over games.  Just don't get discouraged when other people foul you!  Keep up the good work!  Coach Jeremy 

Today I found it in a box and scanned it in (PDF, two pages).

Diary of a Vanishing Man

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1 jan 1988 :  Woke up this morning with a bad hangover.  Standing up from my futon, noticed I was invisible from the waist down.  Went to take a shower, saw my arms vanish too. In a full length mirror I was able to see only my retinas.   Hard to pick up things at first but getting used to it.

3 jan 1988 :  Spent yesterday thinking of my new powers.  I can turn invisible almost at will.  Put on a suit, went invisible and looked just like all the stupid movie invisible men.  Resolved to never dress while invisible.  Must return to work on the fifth.

4 jan 1988 :  Several experiments involving eating and drinking.  Food visible in my mouth until I close it.  Stays invisible if I open it again.  Starting to think of some get rich schemes.   Can't decide how obvious my retinas are.

5 jan 1988 :  Went to work invisible.  Good that I dont have to drive there.   Went visible in bathroom, realized that I was naked, and for a moment had trouble vanishing.