The Good Doctor

. . . and so today, February 20, 2009, four years since the passing of Hunter, I sit at my desk and reflect, what has it all meant for me? Why is Dr. Hunter S. Thompson the North on my moral and spiritual compass? Why this unquenchable thirst to read and watch everything that he and those close to him have written and filmed?

I bought the ticket and I’ve taken the ride, learning from his mistakes and living by his words.
He is something far greater than the drug addled protagonist in the Vegas movie but if that’s all you know of him, then you’ve missed the mark. He gave a voice to those who were just a little off center from the rest of society. He taught you to do your own thing, to be yourself and to dare to be different. To ask questions and to never just take Their word for it. That you can be a patriot without having to tow the party line. That it’s okay to fight for the underdog and take the unpopular stance. But most of all, to laugh, to love and to live every second of you life.

“At the top of the mountain, we are all snow leopards.”
-HST