# I Can't Bring Myself to Pit James Lileks . . . But . . .

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**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\
**Created:** [August 12, 2003, 1:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-cant-bring-myself-to-pit-james-lileks-but/194631 "2003-08-12T13:11:43Z")\
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**Author:** ![plnnr](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/7ea924/32.png) [@plnnr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/plnnr)\
**Post date:** [August 13, 2003, 4:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-cant-bring-myself-to-pit-james-lileks-but/194631/21 "2003-08-13T16:52:15Z")

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IIRC, Thruber was a pretty belligerent cus of a man, who, as he was going more and more blind, become more and more ornery to his family. Again, IIRC (it has been awhile since I read his biography), he developed a pretty bad drinking problem. Old, alcoholic, blind men are not known to be a barrel of laughs.

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**Author:** ![Governor\_Quinn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/d26b3c/32.png) [@Governor\_Quinn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Governor_Quinn)\
**Post date:** [August 14, 2003, 1:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-cant-bring-myself-to-pit-james-lileks-but/194631/22 "2003-08-14T01:35:29Z")

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Thank you, **plnnr**.

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