[stevew]

In the American vernacular, to say “I’d really hate to be dumb” might in any case draw another snicker.

 

[valve bouncer]

That's some irony right there as there are few people in public life who love the sound of their own voice more.

 

[rockofullr]

I don't know who that is but he seems to be quite full of himself.

 

[sanjuro]

I don't know who that is but he seems to be quite full of himself.

He is the William F. Buckley of your generation.

 

[stevew]

That's some irony right there as there are few people in public life who love the sound of their own voice more.

he'd fit right in here.

 

[rockofullr]

My generation?

 

[valve bouncer]

he'd fit right in here.

I know you're going for pithy but you're ending up at vacuous.

 

[stevew]

vacuous.

sniff...

 

[$tinkle]

2nd only to garrison keillor, hitchens might be the perfect voice for cancer

 

[$tinkle]

maybe now he believes in God:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-16212418

 

[johnbryanpeters]

I don't know who that is but he seems to be quite full of himself.

At that stage of being consumed by life, what else might there be to be full of?

That said, his writing is full of conceit and artifice - if the rest of his work reads like that, his epitaph should be tl;dr.

 

[johnbryanpeters]

maybe now he believes in God:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-16212418

No, now he's dead.

 

[$tinkle]

No, now he's dead.

ok, so maybe now he believes in nietzsche

 

[Pesqueeb]

ok, so maybe now he believes in nietzsche

Nietzsche ist tot.







Just doesn't quiet have the same ring to it.

 

[H8R]

he'd fit right in here.

I disagree. He was smart.

 

[eaterofdog]

**** that wardrum-pounding cock sucker.

 

[$tinkle]

[taken nearby the river styx, apparently]