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I was sick for most of October, which only put me behind for half of November! Allrightey, what's on the menu today...

The Guardian takes a look back fifty years after the murder of the Clutter family.

Anonymous left a link to the Michael Hoppen Gallery which has a few pictures of HST that I haven't seen before. Love the self-portrait in the Great White Shark. Thanks Anon!

Speaking of Las Vegas, we went there recently! I'll have to write it up later. It was a mix of oooh and aahh and gosh, isn't the Circus Circus dumpy. I'd wager that there's very little left from 1971 these days.

Bloombury Auctions recently had a self-portrait of HST that went unsold. To be honest, it looks more like a doodle than anything.

Gadfly Marty Beckerman )(

martybeckerman) recently had a story published by Salon called "Hi, I'm Marty, and I'm a recovering Republican". Besides writing many a fine book, Marty also once interviewed HST.

Anonymous2 also asks: Have you heard the song "Human" by The Killers that apparently quotes Hunter? Something about raising a generation of dancers. It sounds like Hunter but I wasn't able to find the exact quote online.

Why no, I haven't heard that song. Wikipedia mentions the HST reference, but doesn't really expound on where it came from. Personally, I can't think of it...but then half the time I can't think of where my glasses either. I seem to suffer lately from some sort of pre-middle age brain fog. Anyone out there that has an idea?