Hunter S. Thompson checks out...

Hunter S. Thompson, bad boy writer and originator of "gonzo journalism" checked himself out last night. The author of "Hells Angels", Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas, and Hey Rube: Bloodsport, the Bush Doctrine, and Downward Spiral of Dumbness Modern History from the Sports Desk, among other works, shot himself at his home. A master of ascerbic wit and a perpetual thrill seeker, he was said to be a big fan of firearms and to keep a keg of gunpowder in his basement. Apparently no fan of the Bush administration, could it be that Mr. Thompson was grief stricken at the prospect of another four years? A pity that his intelligence could not save him from this, a long term solution to a short term (in his view) problem. -Psycmeistr-