He is, gonzo.

a) Every now and then when your life gets complicated and the weasels start closing in, the only cure is to load up on heinous chemicals and then drive like a bastard from Hollywood to Las Vegas ... with the music at top volume and at least a pint of ether.


The Pblog: HST delightful top 5...

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

2) No man is so foolish but he may sometimes give another good counsel, and no man so wise that he may not easily err if he takes no other counsel than his own. He that is taught only by himself has a fool for a master.

3) I hate to advocate drugs, alcohol, violence, or insanity to anyone, but they've always worked for me.

4) I have a theory that the truth is never told during the nine-to-five hours.

5) If there is, in fact, a Heaven and a Hell, all we know for sure is that Hell will be a viciously overcrowded version of Phoenix...


Hunter S. Thompson
US journalist (1939 - 2005)