I found myself in an argument last night at Lovejoys, with a guy who insisted that Ted Kosinski was not a sociopath. He also kept reminding me that I was older than most of the other customers in the bar. My age seemed to be an issue.

At one point, he tried to fabricate a Vietnam vs. Iraq competition, suggesting that, because of my age, I represented the older war, which, in his mind, was nothing more than a footnote. Since neither of us had ever been in combat, it was a pointless and idiotic conversation, and I declined participation.

Eventually he was cut off and skulked away. I was allowed to stay, even though I was the idiot who had been arguing with him.