Hunter S Thompson once said that he hoped he would be the only journo ever to do Gonzo. When he said this, Gonzo was barely defined – the usage predates the Muppet Gonzo, and was used first to describe a piece Hunter had written on the Kentucky Derby called The Kentucky Derby is Decadent and […]
MoreIn my evening phone call to the outer-limits, dialing into disaster somewhere on the road with my favorite death-partier and sometime partner in destruction, I got accused. I was accused, fairly or not, of pretending that I was better than him. That I was a fake, pretending that I’m not the trash that I clearly […]
MoreSpare a thought for the foreign imported female servants of Singapore. Don’t be fooled by the use of the word ‘helper’ to describe their role. In a 2017 survey of 799 domestic female workers in Singapore, by the independent consultancy Research Across Borders, it was found that at least sixty percent of these foreign domestic […]
MoreI see in the UK a court has ruled that it is lawful for carers of severely disabled men to help source prostitutes and aid the disabled men to achieve paid sexual intercourse with a prostituted woman – including helping that interaction to actually take place, including aiding physically facilitating the act. Let me make […]
MoreI flick through addiction blogs, sometimes there is someone I can give a word of encouragement to, sometimes someone writes something that happens to strike a chord with me. I flick past most of the adverts for various programs and assertations that all you need is various representatives from their religions. Sometimes there are ill […]
MoreHumans are short lived creatures. Tortoises live for a few hundred years. If they had the urge to, they could rule the world, but they don’t appear to have the interest. The longest lived trees live for thousands of years. Our puny three score and ten barely allow us to scratch the surface of life. […]
MoreImagine a still clear blue lake. Barely a ripple mars the surface. A bird dips under the thin film of the surface for fish, a turtle bobs along near the bank, and though stones jut into it’s edges, and the seasons come and go, nothing much ever changes. No invaders have found this lake. No […]
MoreHere is an honest, open and reasonably sober Hunter S Thompson, who seems to really click with the interviewer, making for the most glorious interview. It is a joy to see him categorize and examine his writing. He is immensely self aware and thoughtful. “The most essential gift for a good writer is a built-in, […]
MoreI sat down last night to watch Chef’s Table, a series on Netflix that covers the private lives of professional chefs, and examines what influences their cooking and their art – why they cook, how they cook and where they cook. Stumbling across the wonderful Asma Khan’s episode, I sat entranced at the power and […]
MoreI have been looking around for a free detox for my old bastard of a druggie booze soaked mess. He is still alive and instead of kicking is in a morass of speed shootin’ booze drinkin’, DMT droppin’ pill snortin’ elder hooligan misbehavior. I coaxed him into an ER, only for them to treat him […]
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