Søren Kierkegaard noted: “Geniuses are like thunderstorms. They go against the wind, terrify people, cleanse the air.”
I’m like that, I suppose; I terrify people. Always have. ‘Tis my nature. A fellow I met this evening, a PIX 11 viewer, described himself as a criminal defense lawyer and said, and I paraphrase, that I tell people what they don’t want to hear. I was honored. But what I really enjoy doing, more than terrifying folks by holding up mirrors and magnifying glasses, is turning on the digital recorder and beginning the riff. The riff that takes us from points A to zed with minor stops along the way. Those minor stops are the essence of the riff. The most fun portion of the journey. Let us begin.
LIONEL PODCAST: Lionel Psychoanalyzes And Deconstructs Weinie
The parsings of Weinie are multiform, varied and virtually without end.
Years ago I heard a story, a tad apocryphal but great nonetheless. A pol was caught red-handed, in flagrante delicto, in a sexual dalliance that was actually photographed by ninja paparazzi. When asked why he did such a thing, the unrepentant pol responded (and I beg your forgiveness, but bowdlerizing will ruin the impact), “When you set a trap with pussy, you’re gonna catch me every time.”
He was reelected without opposition. Just tell the truth.