The Thirsty Muse: Alcohol and the American Writer by Tom Dardis. Recommended reading for those who agree with the original author. We should remember that Buko

The Thirsty Muse: Alcohol and the American Writer by Tom Dardis. Recommended reading for those who agree with the original author. We should remember that Bukowski and Dr Thompson, both of whom boast of writing under the influence, had editors, and published for money, which implies a publisher taking legal consequences. Dr Thompson has pointed out that a lot of his reported consumption was fictional [1]. Bukowski liked to shock [2]. [1] http://www.theparisreview.org/interviews/619/the-art-of-journalism-no-1-hunter-s-thompson http://www.theparisreview.org/interviews/619/the-art-of-jour... [2] http://www.newyorker.com/archive/2005/03/14/050314crbo_books http://www.newyorker.com/archive/2005/03/14/050314crbo_books It is also worth pointing out that both of my examples walked the walk in a way that perhaps bloggers who write computer programs may be advised to avoid.