Let me re-phrase that

I wrote that "A serpent passes" post quickly before I ran off to class and when I re-read it just now, it seemed a little mean. I did think he was a serpent 20 years ago. I have long since changed my mind, though not to say that he became one of my heroes.

In any case, a poor choice of words in my title.

Here are some more carefully selected words on the wordsmith from Andrew Sullivan.