Thursday, January 04, 2018

Total Change of Subject

For a moment. A friend asked for this atypical (or was it?) but favorite pic of the late Christopher Hitchens, with smoke and a brace of pheasants. Done!
This photo was found and sent by Lauren McGough, who I think has been in both Bayaan Ulgii and Thailand in the last week. Nice work if you can get it! She has also gotten a life size eagle tattooed on her back- pics when I get em...

2 comments:

Retrieverman said...

He was at his greatest in the late 90s, when he was writing about the Clinton administration, and he was at his worst in the mid-2000's when he was so stridently in favor of the war in Iraq that I actually questioned his supposed genius.

He was a brilliant man. His discussion of death being like leaving a party is still the most profound thing that ever crossed this skeptic's mind for consideration.

Anonymous said...

Steve
Great photo
Hope you're well
SBW