TimeOut

A few quotes from Hunter S. Thompson (18-Jul-1937 ~ 20-Feb-2005), an American journalist, author, and founder of the "gonzo" journalism movement (a style of journalism that is written without claims of objectivity, often including the reporter as part of ...  

I’m thinking something weathered, time only, not mainstream or new and expensive. Maybe an old FF or perhaps a jlc deep sea American dial.

He was reported to have owned a "Coke bezel GMT Master II and a Root Beer GMT Master"... the story goes that he often wore both watches at the same time... on the same wrist. Casey

I have read many of his books and a couple of them more than once. Some of the funnest and wittiest writing ever... In accordance with his wishes, his ashes were fired out of a cannon.

I am located in Tokyo and looking for something a little closer to home as a first choice. There is one online used shop in Tokyo with a copy. I will try the local big-store book shop in the next couple of days for a new copy, if not there does seem to be... 

are very, very good elaborations on universally philosophized subject matter. Number three is as ambiguous in my opinion as H.S.T. was as a human being, sheer excellence on one end and sheer stupidity on the other xD - I never needed to be remotely as rec...  

quote is undoubtedly among my top-three favorite love themed quotes and on further inspection might even become number one . Tolstoy's is an all-time truth told by many varying writers, philosophers and other intellectuals.... Cheers and thanks for partic... 

on that Margaret Atwood quote? And that Nabokov quote about thinking in images, makes sense... language being a learned / cultural skill. Listening to music would also be at a different level. Casey

with that statement from my perspective. I always felt considerably more inclined to visually arranging and contextualizing stories than using a plethora of spoken/written words in any language to communicate my viewpoint. That always imbued me with confi... 

With language as some sort of dull background music to accompany the visuals.

Cheers, Filip

Think back to time when aircraft bathrooms were stainless steel and the poo went into a holding tank rather than being sucked out into the atmosphere. Now the story begins. and I paraphrase from memory: H S T went to the loo, and somehow clumsily dropped ... 

I always enjoy reading about the guy... blue arm and all ; ) Casey

Probably true for me. Life can only fringe it with experience at best. Interestingly enough, music is able to capture it at times.

is a quote from André Breton (1896 – 1966), a French writer, poet, and anti-fascist. He wrote the first Manifeste du surréalisme (Surrealist Manifesto) which defined surrealism as " pure psychic automatism "... in spite of all that, I like the quote ; ). ...