Dee Hunter

Well, here we go.

Hunter S. Thompson was suicided this weekend -- how poetically ironic that he would die on the same day as Sandra Dee...

I cannot think of anyone less likely to commit suicide. You would think he'd go down with the ship, cursing the shitstorm loudly with his last breath. If you've never read his ramblings, copy & paste this URL into your browser: http://espn.go.com/page2/s/thompson/010918.html

I doubt one will find a single example of his writing, however, that would have tipped the scales in favour of his termination. No, my guess would be that there were semi-private conversations that prompted the decision.

Then again, he may have actually done himself in -- a surprise move that he must have known would create exactly this sort of speculation.

Either way, he's martyred now, and there are many, many who will never forget him -- and his fans will doubtless insist that their friends read his latest (last) book, Fear and Loathing In America.

Perhaps the whole thing was faked, and HST is alive and well. Truly, there is no way to know, at least for the above-average guy on the street...

These are indeed very troubled times, and reality itself is in question, more than ever before.