The journalism mag Editor & Publisher has been kind enough to publish my comments on the passing of Hunter Thompson in their online Shop Talk. I envy people like Bruce who actually knew him, although if he'd shot my dog he'd have died much younger, because my wife would have turned him inside out and set him on fire... :) *http://www.editorandpublisher.com/eandp/columns/shoptalk_display.jsp?vnu_content_id=1000809389* -- ___________________________________________________________ Sam Smith 1522 Four Mile Rd. Allegany NY 14706 716.244.1283 /c orb@colorado.edu | sam@lullabypit.com http://www.lullabypit.com ...it's a lonesome thing to be passing small towns with the lights shining sideways when the night is down, or going in strange places with a dog nosing before you and a dog nosing behind, or drawn to the cities where you'd hear a voice kissing and talking deep love in every shadow of the ditch, and you passing on with an empty, hungry stomach failing from your heart. - John Millington Synge -- ___________________________________________________________ Sam Smith 1522 Four Mile Rd. Allegany NY 14706 716.244.1283 /c orb@colorado.edu | sam@lullabypit.com http://www.lullabypit.com You may have success in life, but then just think of it - what kind of life was it? What good was it - you've never done the thing you wanted to do in all your life. I always tell my students, go where your body and soul want to go. When you have the feeling, then stay with it, and don't let anyone throw you off. - Joseph Campbell -- ___________________________________________________________ Sam Smith 1522 Four Mile Rd. Allegany NY 14706 716.244.1283 /c orb@colorado.edu | sam@lullabypit.com http://www.lullabypit.com You may have success in life, but then just think of it - what kind of life was it? What good was it - you've never done the thing you wanted to do in all your life. I always tell my students, go where your body and soul want to go. When you have the feeling, then stay with it, and don't let anyone throw you off. - Joseph Campbell