“Life should not be a journey to the grave with the intention of arriving safely in a pretty and well preserved body, but rather to skid in broadside in a cloud of smoke, thoroughly used up, totally worn out, and loudly proclaiming "Wow! What a Ride!”
― The Proud Highway: Saga of a Desperate Southern Gentleman, 1955-1967
― The Proud Highway: Saga of a Desperate Southern Gentleman, 1955-1967
“I did not intend to blow up anything in particular but fancied the notion that I had the capacity to do so, given”
― Mad, Bad and Dangerous to Know: Updated and revised to celebrate the author's 75th year
― Mad, Bad and Dangerous to Know: Updated and revised to celebrate the author's 75th year
“The answer was obvious. The useless finger ends must be cut off at once, so they could no longer get in the way and hit things. I tried tentatively to cut through the smallest finger with a new pair of secateurs, but it hurt. So I purchased a set of fretsaw blades at the village shop, put the little finger in my Black & Decker folding table’s vice and gently sawed through the dead skin and bone just above the live skin line. The moment I felt pain or spotted blood, I moved the saw further into the dead zone. I also turned the finger around several times to cut it from different sides, like sawing a log. This worked well and the little finger’s end knuckle finally dropped off after some two hours of work. Over that week I removed the other three longer fingers, one each day, and finally the thumb, which took two days.”
― Mad, Bad and Dangerous to Know: Updated and revised to celebrate the author's 75th year
― Mad, Bad and Dangerous to Know: Updated and revised to celebrate the author's 75th year
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