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>>I once appealed to him for help in some subject. I think someone had pointed me in his direction. Anyways, he totally ignored my appeal and I heard nothing back.
>>So, I'm not too enamored of him.
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>>BTW is it that he's so smart he "appeals" to very few>
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>I actually am surprised. Even his detractors generally agree he could be extremely generous with his time and knowledge ( though they would include that was to feed his own ego more than through eleemosynary urges :-) )
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>I am never surprised when somebody doesn't like John, but I have seen him in a lot of venues and even though I have sometimes been on the sharp end of his ego I always found him entertaining.

eleemosynary!? Where the kinell did you dig THAT word up from?

I won't say I floccinaucinihilipilificate myself for not knowing that!