In all the stories I read and also what i remember from when it happened and got reported, he and his wife had gotten into an arguement at a party and when they got home, he hit her several times and caused several cuts, bruises and bumps.

If he had alzheimers, it was never reported. But having had a father who was abusive, my tolerance for abusers for any reason is slim to none.

@iMonkey

Thanks.

I had a different abuser in my life, and I know what you mean.

I think everything just disappoints me lately, and things that seem good are often not, so I keep trying to think there's more to it than I know. Cock-eyed optimist, budding pessimist.

:comfort:

:o You're welcome.

OK, back to the actor. Inherit the Wind? Hello! Of course one of the best films ever. :)

Indeed. Just ask Elspode. :rar:

I just posted this on FB...

I'm extremely sad to hear of the passing Christopher Hitchens. He's been suffering from cancer for quite some time, so it's probably a much needed relief for him...dear man, I hope you are now enjoying civilised cocktails and after-dinner cigarettes with Mr. Wodehouse.

I have a lot of admiration for Mr. Hitchens. He was pegged as a conservative, but I don't believe he should have been pegged as anything less than a deep-thinking individual. I was fortunate to meet him twice at Timberlake's, a bar in Dupont Circle where the love of my life, [MB], used to bartend. MB got to know him a bit more than I did, lucky guy.

I remember when I first met Mr. Hitchens. It was only he and I at the bar (and MB behind the bar), and I was incredibly nervous! I was nearly one-on-one with one of the most brilliant minds alive, and I could think of almost nothing to say. Thankfully, we realized that we had a common love of P.G. Wodehouse...so that sustained the conversation for a while.

Mr. Hitchen, the world is a worse place without you. I hope your boy, who you were overheard to instruct that Russians are all alcoholics, will be able to continue your wonderful legacy in any way at all.

My FB post

Very sad this morning to learn of the death of Christopher Hitchens, although we knew it was coming and he had been ill for a long time. His awesome rhetoric and obvious brilliance were absolutely inspiring. This morning I have re-read the account of when he was attacked in Beirut for defacing the sign of a nationalist party there whose symbol is a stylized swastika. Said Hitchens later, if one sees a swastika, it is one's duty to deface it. He has defaced more intellectual swastikas than anyone else.

http://michaeltotten.com/archives/20...topher-hit.php

(to have bartended for the man... to have met the man... that's amazing, bc)

RIP Mr. Hitchens. A great author.

He had a great mind, but as with many great minds his provided cover for lesser minds with lesser agendas.

Kim Jong Il? I did not know he was sick! :eyebrow:
I am not bummed either
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Vaclav Havel also died.

Meanwhile a Russian oil rig capsized killing over 60 people when a wave crashed through portholes and washed away the only lifeboat. A disaster equivalent to Piper Alpha. Death of people who actually do something (or tried to) is the worst.

Vaclav Havel is a sad passing.

Say it isn't so! :sniff:

International Rockstar Legend Jon Bon Jovi dead at 49
December 19, 2011



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Hoax whew!

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Oh god. I had this flash of fear that all I would be hearing about for the next month would be Jon Bon Jovi. The city would shut down. (I'd be sad, too.)