Cut The Leash

Ralph Steadman

THANK YOU, Anita, for the shout-out for the Wildeman video!!!

It's been a VERY busy month, in a good way. 

The highlight was great food, much laughter, and insights about creativity and art with Ralph Steadman and his daughter Sadie at Joe Allen's in Covent Garden.  Ralph is not only a brilliant creative genius, and possibly the one TRUE artist in the world today, but he is also one of the most generous and good-hearted human beings on Earth.  



For Ralph's art and other awesome Ralph Steadman items check out these two sites:

www.ralphsteadmanartcollection.com

www.ralphsteadman.com

Good speed and good beer to you, Ralph!!!!!!

Love,

Jim Caruso

 

 

"Tentanda via est"

Until you're pushed to the limit, or you take yourself to the EDGE, you'll never know who you really are.

"Tentanda via est" --- The way must be tried.

Drink up!  Rage on!

Your friend,

Jim Caruso

The OFFICIAL GONZO Store!!

Check out The GONZO Store the ONLY place where you can get OFFICIAL Hunter S. Thompson merhcandise, shipped directly to you from Owl Farm in Woody Creek, Colorado.

Bad-ass apparel, merchandise and jewelry.

And, coming soon - numbered GONZO dog tags!!

GONZO lives forever!!

Jim Caruso

 

 

I am weird and am going to be even weirder

Seth Godin's new book WE ARE ALL WEIRD is scheduled to be released today. 

I had the good fortune of receiving an advance copy last week.  It's another ground-breaking work that in one hour could free yourself from thinking like the masses and really, REALLY distinguish yourself in some way that matters to you.  You will gain power, fame and joy by doing so.

Many thanks to Chris Taylor and Actionable Books for his summary of  "WE ARE ALL WEIRD" and his great shout-out for Flying Dog.

Cut the Leash!!

Your weirdo friend,

Jim Caruso

Fully Sick Tattoos & Piercings

 

Many more on the Fully Sick Tattoo Archives website including the woman who holds the Guinness World Record with 5,920 piercings.

Party on!!

Jim Caruso

THE BRAINS TRUST - 'Think man THINK!'

 

From Ralph Steadman's first book Still life with Raspberry (1969).

http://www.ralphsteadman.com/

http://www.ralphsteadmanartcollection.com/

We love you, Ralph!!!

Jim Caruso

 

Do the work

The heights by great men [and women] reached and kept were not obtained by sudden flight.  But they, while their companions slept, were toiling upward in the night.  Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

I'm not suggesting that you have to be the best at whatever you choose to do with your life.  You can live a wonderfully happy and rewarding life without being the best at what you choose to do, whether that be a tailor, high school basketball coach, parent, owner of an organic food store, being in great shape, or whatever.

However, we get one chance at life.  And, if you're the type of person who wants to be the best at what you do, there is no shortcut.  You have to "do the work."  That includes doing both the physical and the emotional labor.  That means working even when you don't feel like it and when you can come up with dozens of reasons to take the day off.

Steven Pressfield in his easy-to-read masterpiece Do The Work says that "Stephen King has confessed that he works every day.  Fourth of July, his birthday, Christmas."

If you want to be the best, it comes down to this:  "How much time are you willing to spare each day to do the work?"

Your friend in Frederick, Maryland,

Jim Caruso

 

 

THE WOLF CREDO

  

Respect the Elders

Teach the Young

Cooperate with the Pack

Play when you can

Hunt when you must

Rest in between

Share your affections

Voice your feelings

Leave your Mark

Whenever you feel your MoJo flagging you may want to re-read this and give yourself a kick in the ass.

Rock on, Warriors!

Jim Caruso

Phot0 courtesy of a warrior-blooded Flying Dog.

Gonzo Power

Confidence, protection and good humor.

  

Very special GONZO power words from Anita Thompson this evening, interwoven with wickedly delightful conversation.

And now it's time to savor a glass of our soon-to-be-released very limited "Secret Stash" Harvest Ale.  A truly kick-ass beer brewed with LOCAL hops, corn, potatoes, wheat and honey and with original label art from the WORLDLY genius Ralph Steadman.

Love and Godspeed,

Jim Caruso 

Stay positive, pal.

Most people, they lose, they whine and quit.

But you gotta be there for the turns.

Everybody's got good luck.

Everybody's got bad luck.

Don't run when you lose.

Don't whine when it hurts.

Nobody likes a crybaby.

G.

 

Kriek on!

Jim Caruso