Ha! I do the same thing with a dog-eared copy of All the trouble in the world
... Much of the rest of the book continues in this way with O`Rourke exulting at the discomfiture of liberals. He starts one piece with a description of how, on the day after the electoral defeat of the Sandinista government in Nicaragua in 1990, he walked into a hotel lobby and saw Bianca Jagger sitting by herself in the lobby.
He writes:
''This morning Bianca looked . . . her age. Here we had a not very bright, fortyish, discarded rock-star wife, trapped in the lonely hell of the formerly cute -one bummed-out show-biz lefty.
''I was feeling great myself, ready to turn somersaults over the Ortega defeat, full of good cheer and pleased with all the world. But then the forlorn, sagging little shape of Bianca caught my eye and, all of a sudden, I felt EVEN BETTER.''
I lose it every time at “the lonely hell of the formerly cute”. Brutal
I like this guy. Good writer. Does he have a podcast?
I dunno...I just found his blog. Yeah, so far I like it.
Reminds me a little of P.J. O’Rourke. Or H.L. Mencken
LOL...I grew up reading PJ O'Rourke in National Lampoon and Car & Driver.
I still break out "High-Speed Performance Characteristics of Pickup Trucks” periodically when I need a chuckle.
Ha! I do the same thing with a dog-eared copy of All the trouble in the world
I lose it every time at “the lonely hell of the formerly cute”. Brutal