Occasionally, somebody will mention that they like my writing, which is a nice compliment. [Cue: “Something Stupid” by Frank & Nancy Sinatra] But then I have to go and spoil it all by doing something stupid like read Lileks.
Today he takes apart an opinion piece in the Minnesota Star Tribune with such deftness of phrase, I’m simultaneously thrilled by his prose and depressed to think that I’ll never reach his level of ability:
Let it be noted that today, virtually any adult can drive across a bridge to Wisconsin and buy enough fireworks to make Chinese New Year sound like a fat ant jumping up and down on bubble-wrap.Evocative + provocative + superlative = Lilekative
(Choke on that, spell checker)
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