http://blogcritics.org/ A sinister cabal of superior bloggers on music, books, film, popular culture, politics, and technology - updated continuously. en Copyright 2005-2007 by the authors Thu, 1 Mar 2007 14:20:30 EST http://backend.userland.com/rss Blogcritics.org custom software http://blogcritics.org/archives/2005/02/20/235816.php#comment-550788 Thanks Brendan. Yeah, I could see how HST shooting icicles off the side of MY house would cause a strain. It might SOUND cute, but a couple of incidents like that in this neighborhood, and ol' boy probably would not have needed to commit suicide. 550788@blogcritics.org Thu, 1 Mar 2007 14:20:30 EST http://blogcritics.org/archives/2005/02/20/235816.php#comment-550543 Browsing for Hunter S. Thompson articles(Oh how I miss him!)and came across yours re his suicide. Thought you might be interested to know that HST and John Denver were actually good friends as well as neighbors, although their relationship was sometimes strained by HST's lunacy. For instance, the times he shot icicles off the eaves of John's cabin with one of his many high-powered rifles, as was accurately depicted in Doonsbury cartoons from the 70's. "When the going gets weird, the weird turn pro." -HST 550543@blogcritics.org Thu, 1 Mar 2007 08:38:58 EST