In Memoriam
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lizwilliamsLike everyone else, I'm amazed Hunter S Thompson made it to the age of 67 (though not as amazed as I was that Bill Burroughs lived as long as he did). An infuriating and refreshing man in equal measure.
It does take a certain amount of bottle to shoot yourself, though rough on the nearest and dearest who inevitably discover you. I think I'd only ever do it if I had a fatal disease: having spent too much time by hospital beds in deathbed vigils, I don't really want that for myself.
But I'm quite prepared to learn that Thompson did it out of sheer perversity. Still, I'll raise a glass all the same.
It does take a certain amount of bottle to shoot yourself, though rough on the nearest and dearest who inevitably discover you. I think I'd only ever do it if I had a fatal disease: having spent too much time by hospital beds in deathbed vigils, I don't really want that for myself.
But I'm quite prepared to learn that Thompson did it out of sheer perversity. Still, I'll raise a glass all the same.
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Re: Uncle Duke is gone
Date: 2005-02-23 11:23 am (UTC)Plenty of fear and loathing on LJ....