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        HUNTER S. THOMPSON
Special Selection July 09 "There he goes. One of God's own prototypes. A high-powered mutant of some kind never even considered for mass production. Too weird to live, and too rare to die. " from "Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas" by Hunter S. Thompson Sometimes to understand a life, you must start at the end. At Hunter S. Thompson's funeral, his ashes were fired from a cannon atop a 153-foot tower of his own design (in the shape of a double-thumbed fist clutching a peyote button) to the tune of Norman Greenbaum's "Spirit in the Sky" and Bob Dylan's Mr. Tambourine Man. We all are the stars of of our own stories, but Hunter S. Thompson's story just might be a little more interesting. Creator of Gonzo Journalism, Thompson has written himself into history. This controversial 20th century writer lived his life on the fringes of society and reported about it in his own literary style. Critics can debate the quality of his work and the ethics of his choices but that may be the point that he is worth talking about. This is a man who ran for Sheriff of Aspen, Colorado on the "Freak Power" ticket, on a platform of legalizing marijuana and putting for-profit pot dealers in the stocks.
Nominated by The Dude
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Hunter S. Thompson was voted MORE AWESOME than:
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     WAKE N' BACON
March 2009 Champion Say goodbye to beeping alarms and muzak to jump start your day. Masterminds Matty Sallin, Daniel Bartolini, Hsiao-huh Hsu are changing the way we wake up. They have invented the Wake n' Bacon, an alarm clock that uses the smell and sizzle of cooking bacon to start your day. Yes, you can have breakfast in bed.
PS. This alarm clock does not come with a snooze feature. If you sleep too long your fire alarm will kick your lazy ass out of bed.
Nominated by shockwave50
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I don't really know why but I think this if the funniest and most awesome thing ever
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No need to ask why . . . AWESOME JUST IS!!!
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who the hell is this pinsir f@&got? Im pretty sure this kid actually takes it in the butt.
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just kidding pinsir
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Scyther 4evar
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Hunter S. Thompson is my favorite nominee I've ever sent in. I'm so thrilled to see him in this venue and to see how he'll stack up. I think the only other nominee I'm really enamored with this month is MST3K.
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Oh my goodness, you must be so conflicted right now.
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I know I am! This is a hard choice!
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Oh, and fyi - I did a little research, and bacon can stay out for days because it is a 'cured meat'. So judge the Wake n Bacon not by the Botulism it creates!
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Bacon, well pork in general, is one of the worst meats for passing diseases to humans: the book of Leviticus is bang up-to-date when it comes to food hygeine. I'm not just talking heart disease due to the fat content, but skin parasites, cancer, and all sorts of nasty stuff.
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there is no better way to wake up the then to the smell of bacon
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Unless you're vegetarian.
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Wait, vegetarians can't even smell meat?
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Spoken like a true virgin.
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Except: to a beer maid.
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