Hitchens: On the Limits of Self-Improvement

I just came across a great read in Vanity Fair from Christopher Hitchens, a proper British bloke.  If you've got 10 minutes, give parts I & II a read - if you're reading this blog, then he is sure to give you a jolly laugh at least a handful of times.

My favorite bit from Part I:

Viewed from the front when clothed, the subject resembles a burst horsehair sofa cushion or (in the opinion of one of us) a condom hastily stuffed with an old sock.

And from Part II:

But gallows humor is inseparable from dentistry: at one point I heard the good doctor say, as he plowed through the layers of plaque and tartar, “Good news. I’ve found some of your teeth.”