Brooks today describes what he calls a type, those who inhabit a realm he calls Upper Blowhardia, the 'abrasive, (often also rotund, I would add) rich man'.
He describes the character I have referred to repeatedly here, as 'Thurston Robert Macaire Howell', a character based in part on my uncle, and also on the TV character.
Here is Daumier's Zephyr, the wind god,
landing, coming in to Earth from Upper Blowhardia:
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