Hunter S Thompson Canonized

Saturday, in accordance with his wishes, Hunter S. Thompson's ashes blasted into the sky from a specially built canon and exploded in a display of fireworks over the Rockies. Evidently, Johnny Depp foot the bill for the canonization and party, some $2 million. There was no mention in the news reports of their playing the Byrd's version of Mr. Tamborine man, which had been part of his wish as recorded in a late 70s documentary. Other than that, it all went as he would have wanted.

His widow said she would place a government issue tombstone (he was an air force vet) by a lake on their property near Aspen, inscribed with a quote: "It never got weird enough for me." Thompson was famous for his saying: When the going gets weird, the weird turn pro.

I mixed feelings about this glorifying of an alcoholic drug addict who committed suicide, but he did produce some good writing at one time and he had a lot of friends and admirers. So what the heck. No harm no foul