Richard's Poor Almanac by Richard Thompson for February 07, 2019
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richard's poor almanac by richard thompson columnist sticker fun! unlike many newspapers, the washington post doesn't run small photos of its columnists in thoughtful poses above their columns. to rectify this over-sight we're providing the portraits below, ready to cut & paste. to make it more challenging we're not giving the names, just brief descriptions. good luck! refers to self in the third person. angry hothead you agree with. angry hothead you disagree with. uses too many baseball metaphors. curmudgeon with a heart of gold. same, but with heart of blow-molded polystyrene. globe-trotting trend-spotter. writes about life's little epiphanies. yuck! judicious voice of reason. peeyoo! addresses feline issues exclusively. earthy chronicler of everyday folks. snotty chronicler of everyday folks. focuses primarily on rodential issues. bold challenger of received wisdom. thinks received wisdom is swell. spokesman for the ill-informed.
well-i-never almost 6 years ago
Number nine, number nine, number nine…
DCBakerEsq almost 6 years ago
Purveyor of ill-conceived notions. #Me
SpammersAreScum almost 6 years ago
Ok, so George Will is easy to spot. Not sure about the rest.
Sisyphos almost 6 years ago
If I had a fair grasp of WaPo’s roster of bloviators some +/-20 years ago, I might venture to guess. But I really have no idea, except for the bow-tie wearing baseball metaphorist….