Partly into this blog adventure I want to let the reader know the entire endeavor is dedicated to and inspired by the genius of Hunter S. Thompson. No other writer has affected my long incubating writing career more. I love Hemingway (as he did), Hawthorne, Conrad, Yeats, Poe, Wordsworth to name just a few. But the good Doctor introduced the tabasco to the sauce and energized the written word forever.
It was a sad day February 20th 2005 when he chose to leave, but he didn't want to be greedy. And how could he be; he gave so much more than we could ever repay.
"He who cannot command himself should obey." Nietzsche wrote. "And many can command themselves, but much is still lacking before they also obey themselves."
Hunter Thompson, the warrior to the end, obeyed himself.