Where the hell is the Good Doctor?

[Mr. Blonde]

A month since his last ESPN column. Has he done anything I haven't seen more recently? I can't believe he has nothing to say about Reagan's funeral.

[Ernesto]

1. He's burned out, retired.

[Mr. Blonde]

2. Really,

I heard we would be hearing about all the Fear and Loathing on the Campaign Trail in 04

[Ernesto]

5. I would love to see the Dr. in the mix

I hope you are correct!

[HEyHEY]

3. Dang..he's retired?

Well, we all gotta go sometime. I doubt many thought he'd make it to retirement though

[Bridget Burke]

4. Our next Vice President? (story from June 22nd)

Before his speech in Denver, Kerry attended a fund-raising luncheon in Aspen that raised $500,000. Kerry was greeted at the Aspen airport by legendary wild man author Hunter S. Thompson, inventor of "gonzo" journalism -- the reporting of facts from a personal perspective.

The two, who have met before, rode together in Kerry's motorcade to the mountainside home of airline leasing executive and major Democratic donor Michael Goldberg.

"How does this sound? Vice President Hunter Thompson," joked Kerry, who is pondering his choice of a vice presidential running mate. "Do you feel better?"

Kerry brought along three copies of "Fear and Loathing: On the Campaign Trail," Thompson's book about the 1972 presidential campaign, for the author to autograph.

www.reuters.co.uk/newsArticle.jhtml?type=scienceNews&storyID=5477178§ion=news

Too bad Kerry was joking. The Good Doctor has had some health problems recently--a badly broken leg, for one thing. He's also gotten married again. His sporadic column on ESPN has had some good political comments amid the sports coverage. But one hopes he's getting ready to concentrate on today's fear & loathing.

According to IMDB.COM, a movie based on Hunter's The Rum Diaryis in the works. Director: Benicio del Toro; Executive Producer & Star: Johnny Depp(!!!)