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October 9, 2015

Letterman looks like someone who wants to sell you yak-wool sweaters for extreme weather, or a chapbook of his own apocalyptic poems.

The achievement beard—a marker of triumphant lassitude, the victory lap after a long job well done—has been gaining currency in recent years among men who might like to move through the world noticeably unnoticed. All Hail the Achievement Beard! - The New Yorker

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I have dozens of those carhartt shirts and the pockets are sized perfectly.

Letterman, on the other hand, has never been funny and yet still made out like a bandit. I'm ashamed he partnered up with my homey Rahal.

Posted by: ghostsniper [TypeKey Profile Page] at October 9, 2015 6:00 PM

Letterman looks, around the eyes, like a haunted creature who is no longer able to avoid the realization that he sold his soul to the mob - none of whom, in six months, will be able to remember his name.

His epitaph will be from the immortal Camille Paglia, whose response to his name was "That smirking ass."

Posted by: Rob De Witt [TypeKey Profile Page] at October 9, 2015 9:25 PM

Letterman looks like a bankrupt Laundromat owner in his lawyer's outer office.

Posted by: chasmatic [TypeKey Profile Page] at October 9, 2015 10:36 PM

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