As promised, not just the lede to Ogi Overman’s column, but the whole thing, which was just posted online. So my heart didn’t sink, my blood pressure didn’t go off the charts and my fingers didn’t beg for mercy at each successive keystroke as I hammered it out with force born of anger and frustration.
And I didn’t have to shut my office door and cry.
Look, I know Ogi Overman and I like him. If he hates Bush, that’s fine, he’s certainly not alone. But I have to wonder why he writes stuff like this that just begs to be mocked:
On March 21, 2003, I wrote an 800-word column for ESP Magazine. All 800 words were the same: “Shame.” I didn’t copy and paste; I typed out each individual word, just so I could get the full effect. As my fingers were pounding the keyboard, so was my heart, as it was concurrently sinking. My blood pressure was, no doubt, off the scale, my keyboard virtually begging for mercy at each successive keystroke being made with a bit more force borne out of anger, contempt and frustration.
And when I was done, I shut my office door and cried.
