HST RIP

One of my heroes died yesterday. Hunter S Thompson. His bio. It's shocking that such an apparently fearless individual would end his own life, but it's so like him to take matters into his own hands.

We loved him because he wasn't afraid to say what he thought and because he taught us that the weird could turn pro. Thanks, Doc.

"Going to trial with a lawyer who considers your whole life-style a Crime in Progress is not a happy prospect."

"In a nation ruled by swine, all pigs are upward mobile."

"We cannot expect people to have respect for law and order until we teach respect to those we have entrusted to enforce those laws."

"The music business is a cruel and shallow money trench, a long plastic hallway where thieves and pimps run free, and good men die like dogs. There's also a negative side."

"When the going gets weird, the weird turn pro."