Brilliant is maybe over the line, but some of his most outlandish have been attempts at humor, and some (one the other night) are really hilarious. Problem.Some of the ones that he probably considers his funniest are so incredibly vile, wicked, below the belt, evil...whatever...that they can only be considered to be the product of a complete asshole. That's pathetic and a shame, because his knowledge is fine.

I've said before, he's like a crazed hermit who lives outside of town. Every now and again he comes in to the local library and checks out some advanced reading material, drops by the store and grumbles at everything, sometimes with intelligence, sometimes with humor. Then he gathers up his things and goes out on the square and begins to rant obscenely and with great malice at all who pass within his line of sight. He then launches into his personal bigoted favorites. He becomes more and more putrid and vile until he runs out of steam and heads off for his cave and his home brew.

The locals tend to keep forgiving him for everything because they remember and respect what he may know (after all he goes to the library). This is analagous to keeping a Coral Snake for a pet.

Spaw