Yeah, I have to agree. When I was watching Sam on C-SPAN2 I thought the same thing. There are worse people to resemble, though! He could look like GW Bush.
DaveZad wrote, “for every wise comment you make on this forum you destroy your own credibility by ending with a tagline that invokes animosity instead of intellectual discourse.” Including you DaveZad.
I found his lecture on book notes to be kind of humorous. During the question/answer period, he kind of “James Deaned” the podium, all he needed was a dangling cigarette.