I'm choosing to wait to celebrate until it is actually, finally shut down.
it's been quite the journey watching that guy over the decades. I met him twice. once in passing. but 2nd time (~1997) he overheard me at a pub mocking "black helicopter" theories and came over to lecture us for 5 minutes
far from it. at the time, I was at my peak of engaging in political debates (in fact, that was part of the reason we met at the pub every Wednesday).
rather, it was clear that Alex was such a frothy loon that we all just intuited we should let him get it out. I just smirked and sipped my Guinness.
oh yeah. even earlier. first time I met him was maybe 1993-94, in passing at the local Public Access studios (I was on a show; he was finishing). I watched a lot of that content then, including him. I was *sure* it was all an act à la Andy Kaufman.
fun fact: I thought he was 30-ish then. he was 20.
