expanding…

25May08

got a book by HST today…vol. 1 compilation of his essays. i can’t wait to begin. i am so over steadman, though he provided a wonderful introduction to the madness…

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exclamation points bore me

16May08

I am currently reading “The Joke’s Over” by Ralph Steadman. Steadman did various illustrations for pieces written by Hunter S. Thompson. The book is a recollection of his time with Thompson. I am really enjoying the book, but I have a problem with the way Steadman writes. He loves exclamation points. Exclamation points do nothing [...]

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