California Sober, 1000 Miles from the Kentucky Derby

An unofficial race recap of the 151st Derby — and some meandering thoughts on Hunter S. Thompson, addiction, missed trifectas, and finally figuring out that the booze was never the main event.

“If You’re Going To Be Crazy…

…you have to get paid for it or else you’re going to be locked up.” ~ Hunter S. Thompson (July 18, 1937 – Feb 20, 2005) Today, on what would have been his 76th birthday, I wanted to post something about my favorite journalist/author, Hunter Stockton Thompson. But as I thought about what to write,…