the duke's final gonzo story is writ

slenon wrote:
After about fifteen minutes, he thinks, "It just can't get any better
than this." and pulls the trigger. Raoul agrees and does the same.
That's my story and I'm stickin' to it - facts be damned.

Your view may well be right, Tim. He may have decided to celebrate
the morning by coating the inside of his cabin with brain matter.
Unless someone tells us more detail, we'll never know.

Again IMO, Hunter could no doubt give a **** what coating was going to
be on the walls after his brain no longer occupied the space between his
ears. And remember, this is HST we're discussing - even *with* more
detail (which I hope is not forthcoming)we'll never know.

I suppose you're right, I may take a more pessimistic view to life
than others. But I survived my time in the Roaring Fork valley
without ever becoming suicidal, developing SAD or valley fever. At a
time when myt first marriage was crumbling badly and not fast enough,
those long cold nights, short days, and close-in valley walls were
solace and joy for me.

You seem to navigate life by your bad experiences, not the good ones.
Hey, it's your call, but it's rather maudlin to watch. Me? I try to view
my life through the good ones whether I've had them yet or not. ;-)
--
TL,
Tim
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"Jeff Miller" wrote in message
news8lSd.60162$EG1.8840@lakeread04...
guess the weasel's got him... he was a brilliant and humorous
mirror-maker. fear and loathing indeed...

jeezus, i just heard bush mention voltaire in his opening remarks in
brussels. ah...if only ht had maintained the same clarity of vision and
writing as he did with tricky dick...

jeff

To an extent, he did.....his piece on 9/11, written late in that day and
substituted for his regular ESPN online column might be the best synopsis of
the post-9/11 world written. He viewed a reality wherein the extremes of
religion had reached near-maximum power in both the US and the Middle East
and feared for the future.

Tom

"Jeff Miller" wrote in message
news8lSd.60162$EG1.8840@lakeread04...
guess the weasel's got him... he was a brilliant and humorous
mirror-maker. fear and loathing indeed...

jeezus, i just heard bush mention voltaire in his opening remarks in
brussels. ah...if only ht had maintained the same clarity of vision and
writing as he did with tricky dick...

jeff

To an extent, he did.....his piece on 9/11, written late in that day and
substituted for his regular ESPN online column might be the best synopsis of
the post-9/11 world written. He viewed a reality wherein the extremes of
religion had reached near-maximum power in both the US and the Middle East
and feared for the future.

Tom

"Tim J." wrote in message
...
""There was no point in fighting -- on our side or theirs. We had all
the momentum; we were riding the crest of a high and beautiful wave. "

ah, but you leave out the key follow-up:
"So now, less than 5 years later, you can go up on a steep hill in Las
Vegas and look west, and with the right kind of eyes, you can almost see the
high-water mark--that place where the wave finally broke and rolled back."

It's 34 years later, that wave has rolled out to a point where it may never
come back, and, sadly, the Good Doctor is gone, in the only way I could
imagine him going. Goodbye, HST.
Tom

"riverman" wrote in message
...

...Any ideas of what it would look like?

Tedious.

Wolfgang
who notes that Ernst Mayr and Ossie Davis died a couple of weeks
ago.........odd, who's missed and who ain't.

"Wayne Knight" wrote in message
oups.com...

...I like Tim's explanation.

That's because you haven't examined all of the possibilities.

Consider........

Papa was a hunter. Papa wanted to be a writer. He wanted to make a big
bang. HST made a BIG bang.....two of them actually......just a few days
apart. But Papa weren't no HST. So, Papa made a small bang. Meanwhile,
along comes HST. HE wants to be a writer. He also wants to be
Papa......who weren't no big bang of a writer.....and only made a small
bang. HST, no big bang of a writer in his own right, makes a small bang.
dick wants to be HST......who wants to be Papa....who wants to be HST (at
least in the bang department)......who has been dead for a long time. And
the only one of them who had any legitimate reason to hope to be a
writer......and/or make a big bang.....via sword or pen.....was HSTI.

Where's it all gonna end.......ainna?

Wolfgang
and kennie wants to be.......well, never mind......it ain't gonna happen.

That would be the understatement of the year, if the reigning Playmate
of the Year showed up at your place and was going to service you like
you had never been served before, you would complain that Hugh Hefner
had her first.

No, If I were single, I'd likely not be that picky. But even better, I'm
happily married now, and can afford to be that picky. So, yes, the scenario
doesn't thrill me.



But I survived my time in the Roaring Fork valley without ever
becoming suicidal, developing SAD or valley fever.

You make it sound like Dodge City Kansas or the Mekong Delta. I would
hazard a guess that most folks survive their time in the Roaring Fork
Valley without ever becoming suicidal, developing SAD or valley fever.
Wayne

Can't say much about how it compares to the Mekong, I served north of the
delta. Dodge isn't that different from any cattle trailhead from Sedalia to
points west. Even at their worst they rarely had more than one shooting a
day during season.
While I lived there, most folks who could afford it took long mid-winter
vacations to regions with more sunlight. I enjoyed the area and don't
suffer from SAD.

--
Stev Lenon 91B20 '68-'69
When the dawn came up like thunder

http://web.tampabay.rr.com/stevglo/i...age92kword.htm

You seem to navigate life by your bad experiences, not the good ones.
Hey, it's your call, but it's rather maudlin to watch. Me? I try to view
my life through the good ones whether I've had them yet or not.
Tim

As it is, Tim, my life between 19 and 43 pretty much sucked. A war, a bad
marriage that lasted far too long. Things got better rapidly until I was
injured and that fight began.
I've lost a lot of physical dexterity, have chronic severe pain, and blah,
blah, blah.

You want good? I had a great time fishing this weekend even though I hurt
badly today as a result. Met lots of on-line acquaintances and we all had a
good time fishing, playing with the pencils on the bench, etc. Even better,
NASA announced that the shuttle will resume flight this spring with a target
lauch date of 15 May. 5 minutes later Gloria called to say she had motel
reservations on the Merrit Island Causeway for the launch. You want good?
Social Security finally acknowledged that my physicians are correct, that I
won't work again. I have regular income and health insurance for the first
time in four years. Having those two things somehow brightens one's outlook
on life.


--
Stev Lenon 91B20 '68-'69
When the dawn came up like thunder

http://web.tampabay.rr.com/stevglo/i...age92kword.htm

You seem to navigate life by your bad experiences, not the good ones.
Hey, it's your call, but it's rather maudlin to watch. Me? I try to view
my life through the good ones whether I've had them yet or not.
Tim

As it is, Tim, my life between 19 and 43 pretty much sucked. A war, a bad
marriage that lasted far too long. Things got better rapidly until I was
injured and that fight began.
I've lost a lot of physical dexterity, have chronic severe pain, and blah,
blah, blah.

You want good? I had a great time fishing this weekend even though I hurt
badly today as a result. Met lots of on-line acquaintances and we all had a
good time fishing, playing with the pencils on the bench, etc. Even better,
NASA announced that the shuttle will resume flight this spring with a target
lauch date of 15 May. 5 minutes later Gloria called to say she had motel
reservations on the Merrit Island Causeway for the launch. You want good?
Social Security finally acknowledged that my physicians are correct, that I
won't work again. I have regular income and health insurance for the first
time in four years. Having those two things somehow brightens one's outlook
on life.


--
Stev Lenon 91B20 '68-'69
When the dawn came up like thunder

http://web.tampabay.rr.com/stevglo/i...age92kword.htm

Tim J. wrote:

Jeff Miller wrote:

guess the weasel's got him... he was a brilliant and humorous
mirror-maker. fear and loathing indeed...


""There was no point in fighting -- on our side or theirs. We had all
the momentum; we were riding the crest of a high and beautiful wave. "

It is my sincere hope that this was an end with which he was at peace,
and that he left on the crest. This end would seem out of place, violent
and lonely, with anyone except HST.

perhaps it was his final effort at exposing "that dark, venal, and
incurably violent side of the American character."