Often when I read an article, I try to pick out something particularly good to highlight and share by repeating. With Steyn, I would have to copy the entire piece.
Exactly. I keep highlighting and hitting Ctrl-C, and then I move to the next paragraph and say Ooh-oohh no I'll highlight this one! And then by the time I get to the end I've chosen about 20 different things to say and just end up saying the same thing--
I LOVE STEYN!!
Even when he mixes metaphors he's good. The part about staying awake through the wet cement of the guy's prose is a great image!
Often when I read an article, I try to pick out something particularly good to highlight and share by repeating. With Steyn, I would have to copy the entire piece.
And me. I had to set up a seperate folder in MS Word for his articles, which I also routinely fire off to friends.
My wife heard me hooting with laughter and she said, "I'll bet you're reading Steyn again."
These had me pounding the table:
"Not in this election. Imagine the strain of being unable to answer a simple question of beverage preference without flipping through the old mental Rolodex to calibrate the least politically damaging answer. Water, water everywhere, but gotta stop to think, to quote The Rime Of The Ancient Swift Boat Mariner."
and
"The healing balm of the Massachusetts Messiah will bring the crippled and stricken to their feet, which is more than Kerry’s speeches ever do. Just because he can’t choose his water doesn’t mean he can’t walk on it."