Why not post the Lyrics:

I GOT YOU BABE

 HER: They say we're young and we don't know
We won't find out until we grow
HIM: Well I don't know if all that's true
'Cause you got me, and baby I got you

HIM: Babe
BOTH: I got you babe
I got you babe

HER: They say our love won't pay the rent
Before it's earned, our money's all been spent
HIM: I guess that's so, we don't have a pot
But at least I'm sure of all the things we got

HIM: Babe
BOTH: I got you babe
I got you babe

HIM: I got flowers in the spring
I got you to wear my ring
HER: And when I'm sad, you're a clown
And if I get scared, you're always around

HER: Don't let them say your hair's too long
'Cause I don't care, with you I can't go wrong
HIM: Then put your little hand in mine
There ain't no hill or mountain we can't climb

HIM: Babe
BOTH: I got you babe
I got you babe

HIM: I got you to hold my hand
HER: I got you to understand
HIM: I got you to walk with me
HER: I got you to talk with me
I got you to kiss goodnight
I got you to hold me tight
I got you, I won't let go
I got you to love me so

BOTH: I got you babe
I got you babe
I got you babe
I got you babe
I got you babe

Anyway, here are Dylan's lyrics, even if they're not the ones from Groundhog Day (oh, why not just post Dylan's lyric?):

Why turn Owl Farm into a "museum"? What about privacy and respect? It's
just business?

Dear "Valeria,"

Thanks so much for the email.  Business? if you mean money, then, no, unfortunately money is not the driving force. It costs a lot of money to run a museum, and I'm not very good at business in the first place -- so a museum is not a way to make money. In fact, I'll be emailing you for a contribution when I open Owl Farm as one.

Privacy? the reason I've waited 7 years to even start talking about it is that It won't be a museum while It's still my primary residence. 

A friend asked me yesterday "what's holding you back?" [from moving on], and -- well, as cheezy as it sounds, the answer is love. 

But I love Hunter's work, and want his life to be shared with his readers who love his work as well. 

Unfortunately, Hunter's archive was sold very quickly and for half the appraised value and not to a public University -- it's in private hands. So this is the only plan at the moment for people to visit Hunter's history.

 But again, I have not yet opened Owl Farm to the public. SO PLEASE DO NOT VISIT YET. I've always had a problem with trespassers. This is no exception...

So, I will see you at Owl Farm when I have open house -- one hopes after Hunter's birthday in the summer. I will keep you posted as always.

Your friend in Woody Creek,

Anita Thompson

there is more to this answer TK

And I also like the theory that Dyslexia or Irlene are a symptoms of being from another planet, or those of us hard wired for ancient Greek -- explaining why modern letters are hard-as-hell to see.

Shucks, gotta run to study hall. But I'll finish this post in a few to explain why I'm longing for Eddie Izzard.

Yes, apparently I suffer from more than Irlene, I also suffer from my own ADHD and rudeness to my readers. sorry. See you in a bit.

love, Anita Thompson

Super Bowl 2012: Giants beat Patriots 21-17 in a heartstopping repeat of 2008 title game... the only article I can find at the moment is here, but it's in every paper i'm sure:

Here at Owl Farm, the sun is about to go up, and I'm off to yoga. The super Bowl has inspired me to do the morning Bikram instead of late afternoons. So far in this short month, I've been able to do it without passing out.

 Again, go Giants. love, Anita

How did he resolve it? Can't remember. Although, at least it was a Dylan song that came on every morning and not Vanilla Ice. 

Off to the Kid's After-school Study Hall,

love, Anita Thompson

Gonzo Foundation and Woody Creek Community Center are happy to host After-School, Supervised Study Hall, from 3 - 5 pm, weekdays, during the month of February. And guess what. There'll be free food.

All ages welcome. Need to finish your math homework? Working on a Novel? See you at the Woody Creek Cafe, weekdays, starting Feb 1.

You can just show up for the Study Hall. But if you have questions, call Anita Thompson or Hilary Stunda 970-922-2342. Want to volunteer? Donate snacks? We'd love it.

Sincerely,

Gonzo and WC3

I'll be checking emails then, I guess. 

love, Anita Thompson

Anyway, below are two interesting Thomas Jefferson letters that fit 21st century thinking about Health today -- remember, he wrote them in the 18th...

Jefferson advised young people that a "strong body makes the mind strong." He wrote to his favorite nephew Peter Carr:

In order to progress well in your studies, you must take at least two hours a day to exercise; for health must not be sacrificed to learning...Walking is very important. Never think of taking a book with you. The object of walking is to relax the mind. You should therefore not permit yourself even to think while you walk; but divert yourself by the objects surrounding you. Walking is the best possible exercise.

Jefferson heeded his own recommendation concerning exercise. He daily walked his estate.

Jefferson felt that the mind as well as the body should be exercised. He wrote his fifteen year old daughter:

It is your future happiness that interests me, and nothing can contribute more to it than the contracting a habit of industry and activity. Of all the cankers of human happiness none corrodes with so silent, yet so baneful a tooth, as indolence. Body and mind both unemployed, our being becomes a burthen, and every object about us loathsome, even the dearest. Idleness begets ennui, ennui the hypochondria, and that a diseased body. Exercise and application produce order in our affairs, health of body, cheerfulness of mind, and these make us precious to our friends.

like to the above is at http://www.earlyamerica.com/review/winter2006/health.html

Your friend, promising to walk more,

Anita Thompson

http://ineteconomics.org/video/30-ways-be-economist/gerald-epstein-banks-how-big-too-big

Intern Gina Odom just left and she agreed to send out the t-shirts this weekend. We decided to send everyone a shirt that answered in before this post. So as soon as we get the next t-shirt shipment, you'll get your shwag.

I'm glad that we didn't see Newt Gingrich's name in the inbox. That man has a weird hormonal imbalance that makes him look and act like a mean old woman. Plus, he's creepy. 

Anyway, thanks for playing -- it was more fun than the stock market. Well, I don't know, I've never played the stock market. i prefer the super market. But i loved reading your emails and I turned into a blubbering tissue hog when I read them. I love this blog and I love anyone who loves Hunter's work. It's much better therapy than a psychologist  --and less expensive too.

Writing is good for the soul, even if one isn't very good at it. It's probably better to take it out on the keyboard than on loved ones. 

 ANyway, thanks again. lots of love from Woody Creek.

Anita Thompson

Free Gonzo T-shirts to the first 5 people who can find the source that I got the above info from. There is an email link to the right. Thank you!

I'll answer some more questions tomorrow. It'll be on my mind as I have to pay the Sheriff a visit about Hunter's suicide crime scene investigation before I make the next move on the application to turn this house into a Historical landmark. One step at time. This time of year is the worst. But it has to be done, one step at a time. Otherwise the mendacity and sting will bleed into the generations. Hunter, we love you. We will never forget you.

Anita 

Last month, J/P HRO and I were privileged to host Oprah Winfrey's first ever visit to Haiti. It has been shown that the empowerment and education of women is the most powerful tool in the reversal of poverty. Oprah's unique voice symbolizes this compassionate hope.  Haiti will be better for her having visited and the focus of her coverage will bring new attention to the problems plaguing post earthquake Haiti.
 
Please tune in to watch Oprah's two part show on Haiti airing Sunday, January 29th 9-10 PM ET and Monday, January 30th 10-11 PM ET.  I hope you take pride in the support you have shown to the people you will meet in these episodes of Oprah's Next Chapter.  Thank you for your ongoing support of J/P HRO.
 
Sincerely,
Sean Penn
 
For more information about J/P HRO or to donate please visit us online at www.jphro.org
 

Mj Mirano, Gonzo Store sponsored Woody Creek, 11-year-old athlete hero action in super Gonzo Style. Way to go Mj... We're so proud of you!

This is a stand-n photo of my nephew Ridley, and Athena, practicing for next year's summer X games. I'll post Mj silver win on the Rail Jam contest photo asap. 

love from Woody Creek.

Anita Thompson

Again, he's not from Aspen, he's from Woody Creek. We are so proud of him and wish him the best at the half-pipe tomorrow. We love you, kiddo.

I'll keep you posted.  Go MJ go!

Off to the Woody Creek Caucus meeting,

Anita Thompson

The recovery here, at Owl Farm, on the other hand is reaching the Seven-year-mark. As I create a strategy to turn Owl Farm into a place for people to visit and share in the magnificent natural beauty of Owl Farm's Red Cliffs and Hunter's work space, the the grueling task of letting go and forgiving is an ongoing process.  A coincidence of supermarket DVD left me happily inspired to forgive.

For you, who deal with issues of having been blindsided by the suicide of a loved one, I recommend a movie: Seven Pounds. I bought the DVD at the grocery store for no other reason than a long line by a discount movie bin (well, there was the issue of the alluring face of Will Smith). The DVD cover reveals nothing of the content. I've watched it several times in the last few weeks and have recommended to those who were crushed by Hunter's suicide. The character Dan Morris, played by Barry Pepper has helped me enormously to understand why anyone would assist a suicide of a loved one -- something that has pushed some of us in the gonzo family to bitterness and unforgiveingness, if that's a word.  I'm not cured yet, and forgiveness is not complete yet, but I can't praise Barry Pepper enough for helping us understand the mind of a the person who would assist a suicide of a loved one. Director Gabriele Muccino, the exquisite Rosario Dawson, Will Smith, and writer Grant Nieporte are amazing..  Thank you so much guys: You can't imagine how much this helps us in what has been a relentless Odyssey.

Apparently the movie was released the same year the financial crisis hit wall street, echoing down the economic line (2008, three years after Hunter died). And now as year 7 approaches, and it's time to forgive and let go, so the movie was a welcome surprise. Thank you again Muccino et al.

your friend counting and letting go of the years.

love,

Anita Thompson

The New York Times is doing an interesting series on the iChina syndrome:

Apple employs 43,000 people in the United States and 20,000 overseas, a small fraction of the more than 400,000 American workers at General Motors in the 1950s, or the hundreds of thousands at General Electric in the 1980s. Many more people work for Apple’s contractors: an additional 700,000 people engineer, build and assemble iPads, iPhones and Apple’s other products. But almost none of them work in the United States. Instead, they work for foreign companies in Asia, Europe and elsewhere, at factories that almost all electronics designers rely upon to build their wares.

Another excellent read is Walter Isaacson's Steve Jobs , if you haven't already, you'll notice that he doesn't go into great detail about Apple blooming in China, but there is a brilliant focus on the mega-personalities in the computer, music and cinema & Wall Street world. It's a great read and demystifies the industry and the people surrounding our nation's love affair with iProducts.

With Walter's insights lack of insights into that world, it looks like we will wait and see how China fares if the American Middle Class is completely eliminated. Good luck getting the 1%ers to fill up their Gulfstreams with Walmart shopping bags. 

The only thing I can be sure of at the moment is that the eggs in my refrigerator were not made in China. Or were they?

I'm off to Detroit -- be back in a jiffy.

I remember my first iPod -- it was so fascinating to me, that I wrote about the possibility of a WePod. Still think about it.

Anita Thompson