Made the Intellectual Supremely Enjoyable   

I can remember countless times coming to the end of a paragraph, page, or chapter in WFB’s writing and simply laughing out loud at the sheer genius of the content.  A few times I even cried.  But the mischievous, poignant, and almost artistic delivery gave me a surreal enjoyment not unlike the possibility of getting all one’s nutrients from chocolate mousse pie.  Eagerly I would thumb back to the beginning and reread the same selection again as a child rushing back around to ride his favorite amusement park ride.  Bill made the intellectual supremely enjoyable, impressing upon me the importance of literacy and western thought from a young age, and he helped me shape an internal framework of ideals rooted in individualism.  I thank God for sending us this great and good man for such a time as was his.  May we have the fortitude and presence of mind to continue in his legacy.     
Jeff Bower

03/02 10:04 PM