Some people will tell you that slow is good -- and it may be, on some days -- but I am here to tell you that fast is better. I've always believed this, in spite of the trouble it's caused me. Being shot out of a cannon will always be better than being squeezed out of a tube. That is why God made fast motorcycles, Bubba.... - HS Thompson."Rest in peace" has been sent back for a rewrite..











Monday, February 21, 2005 - When the going gets weird, The Weird turn pro. Or ventilate their crania with the faithful and fateful blast of a .44 calibre pistol. I heard about Thompson's apparent suicide last night during my Sunday evening ritual: tuning in to Matt Drudge on the AM broadcast band, and frantically searched out news links as the story developed. I'm sad over this news and the stark reality is beginning to settle in that it finally has gotten weird enough. RIP, Hunter.
QUOTE for the moment: "I have spent half my life trying to get away from journalism, but I am still mired in it - a low trade and a habit worse than heroin, a strange seedy world full of misfits and drunkards and failures." - from A Generation of Swine
The passing of the 70's generation continues. The percieved luster was fake?
It's Bush's fault.