Had a great conversation on the way in with a bum who started talking to me about rock climbing based off of our shared fondness for carabiners. He had one for his keys, I have two clipped to my backpack for groceries, umbrellas, misc. Which obviously led to discussion of Spiderman, then how much Thor, the movie, sucked. On to Iron Man, Wonder Woman, Nightcrawler, and a host of others. He knew how all of them got their powers, corrected me on the proper pronunciation of adamantium, explained how Captain America shared in Wolverine’s joy of using it … the latter being my choice when asked who I’d be. The majority of this happened while in front of Zanadu Comics, downtown on third. Easily the best bum conversation I’ve had in ages. And he never even hit me up for money. Just a handshake and some Marvel-ous dialogue. Hope to D-See him again soon. Oh, the Ali reference … yes. He saw a comic of Muhammed duking it out in a ring and said he was the greatest. Then did the Ali shuffle with his hands up around his face. I told him my dad shot photos of him back in the day and he was astounded. “He could totally take Tyson.” I replied with, “no question, unless he left a tiger in your bathroom.”