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Meet John Ziegler
New York, 4:15 AM
Mon Nov 30
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You will be missed, DFW.
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Though individuals with NPD are often ambitious and capable, the inability to tolerate setbacks, disagreements or CRITICSM, along with lack of EMPATHY, make it difficult for such individuals to work cooperatively with others or to maintain long-term professional achievements .
With Narcissistic Personality Disorder, the person's perceived fantastic grandiosity, often coupled with a hypomanic mood, is typically not commensurate with his or her real accomplishments.
Wallace had him pegged, right down to the impassioned gleam in the eye.
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"I know that it is considered bad form, or worse, to speak ill of the newly dead, but to me all bets are off when one commits suicide, especially when that person is a husband and a father (speaking of bad form, when did the news media change their rule about not reporting extensively on the suicides of marginally famous people?). I strongly believe that a large ingredient of the toxic mix that ended up forming Wallace's self-inflicted poison was the pressure he felt of living up to the hype surrounding his writing and the guilt he must have felt for not really having the true talent to back up his formidable reputation.
While I have absolutely no evidence to back up this assertion, I also think it is quite possible that he knew that killing himself in his "prime" and before he had been totally exposed as being a mere mortal in the literary realm would cement his status as a "genius" forever. After all, don't tortured artists often kill themselves? Heck, based on the glowing and reverential reporting on his suicide, in some circles ending his on life may actually be seen as a badge of honor."-[johnziegler.com]
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When he insinuates "father" regarding DFW I'm assuming he meant to his dogs as he had no children. But I guess that's the least of the issues with his completely erroneous rant.
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I read the whole DFW article and he should be proud to be the subject of such prosaic talent. Really JZ's finest hour.
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Bills fans are worse than the Irish. Disgusting.
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It's the Football team O.J. Simpson played for.
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In American football, once you cross into enemy territory, you've basically gotta hold onto the ball and take whatever comes at you.
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Nate Silver is the coolest motherfucker alive.
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