I don't really think of Al as a curmudgeon. In fact, he partly represents one of the cuter aspects of the IF community, in that he's eternally optimistic (this is the guy who wanted to charge people $100 each to play his game and the one who beat it first was going to get $100,000) and enthusiastic about IF. The flip side of that is, of course, he's insane, what with his longtime love for AGT and his total distrust of the government (including banks and the postal service and all that).

Of course, I'm glad the guy is still around and I think it's great that he's just crazy enough to stick around even when people treat him poorly. I just can't play his games for very long.

Is he gone?

OK.

So, on occasion of recent failed attempts at comedy and only for the sake of argument, I'll throw out the following hypothesis:

"Radical Al is the curmudgeon that Bruce would like to be."

Discuss.

Well hell. I'm jealous. Have an excellent time. Get drunk.

Greg

Hey, chug a couple gallons of cheap wine for us, won'cha?

Also, we expect pics of olive-oiled naked bodies on the beach, just so you know.

Tomorrow morning I'm leaving for two weeks in sunny Italy.

On vacation.

With no computer.

Suck it, biznatches!

Now, once more, as a different forum regular.

Pinback wrote: "I" am "going" to "sunny" "Italy" and won't "be" "back" until "May 10".
I "don't" know why "randomly" "quoting" things "makes" "them" "TEH FUNNY" but it does.

And again, as a different regular:

Lex wrote: Mumble Mumble Scottish Incomprehensibility and Italy and TITS.

See you on the other side, as it were,
Bruce