tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31265055.post7773960678154523848..comments2023-09-20T14:18:32.900+02:00Comments on Obscene Desserts: Putting up, one hopes, a good fightJCWoodhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02585322642151280666noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31265055.post-78605768487521057222010-07-01T12:41:43.932+02:002010-07-01T12:41:43.932+02:00Indeed, even his opponents should wish him well, i...<i>Indeed, even his opponents should wish him well, if they are as charitable as their faith commands of them.</i><br /><br />You're right, of course, but I'm not going to hold my breath.<br /><br />And somehow, the almost inevitable statements that they'll be 'praying for him' will sound insulting. <br /><br />That memory-and-erudition trick is amazing, even more so in person. <br /><br />The cigarettes and booze were, yes, likely factors (presumably...very few details having so far come through).<br /><br />I keep thinking, though, of a close friend and mentor of mine who is battling lung cancer despite being a non-smoking health fanatic. <br /><br />That's particularly unfair.<br /><br />Fucking cancer.JCWoodhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02585322642151280666noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31265055.post-55882014825721086622010-07-01T12:22:25.537+02:002010-07-01T12:22:25.537+02:00It won't take long for the loonies to suggest ...It won't take long for the loonies to suggest that this is god striking him down for heresy. <br /><br />A lifetime of cigarettes and prodigious drinking may, rather, have had a little to do with it. <br /><br />For a drinking man, Hitch maintains a powerful memory. In interviews, he stuns me with his command of vast areas of knowledge. <br /><br />Indeed, even his opponents should wish him well, if they are as charitable as their faith commands of them.The Honourable Husbandhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05234119524600114890noreply@blogger.com