What the hell is wrong with this guy?  

Obviously a very knowledgeable person in the realm of the AR. But what gets me is his persistent antagonistic attitude to those who disagree with him on certain subjects. Downright mean sometimes! It's as if he is the ONLY one with the correct answers to everything AR-related.

Is he such an "AR God" that he has the right to be surly, or is this just a Napoleon complex showing through?

Well Gene, seeing's you evented the damn thing he shouldn't be able to tell you anything. [;)]

There are those who think they know everything and don't, those that know alot but are humble, those that know everything and know they know everything.

I've never seen him give a wrong or even questionable answer and usally has his feces compressed to 3600 psi.

Owly and surly?

Yep.

I sort of thought he's mellowed out slightly lately.