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February 03, 2024
Indian Hill
Indian Hill. I miss growing up in Indian Hill, Ohio. A community that protected its own. If I were driving around at 17 and the local cops stopped me, this:
“Why it’s Dan Hull. John Hull’s eldest. Got any beer, dope or cocaine there in your Daddy’s car?”
“No, sir.”
“Would you like some?”
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Writing Well
“You and your firm are judged by every piece of writing that goes out the door.”
--A wise person, possibly Dan White, lawyer-writer-humorist
Henry Miller, American writer (1891-1980)
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February 02, 2024
Bring back real dames.
Bring back real women and girls: Annabelle Wallis, English, b. September 5, 1984
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January 31, 2024
Men of Letters: Charlie Rose, Hunter Thompson.
Never write a letter, never throw one away.
--Attributed to the late private investigator and consultant Thomas Corbally, two medieval priests, and three U.S. mayors.
For reasons which go back to 1974, I miss Hunter Thompson. This son of Louisville put some of his best and funniest stuff in personal letters--and he wrote volumes and volumes of them. Over 20,000. I've read some off and on for years; my favorites (and the funniest) are his with boss Jann Wenner, Rolling Stone magazine's founder and editor, in the 1970s and 1980s. Others are published in Thompson's books over the years. See this clip from a Charlie Rose interview, undated, but his Rose's with Thompson, likely about 1997. HST talks about letter-writing here.
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January 30, 2024
E. Jean Carroll’s alright by me.
I like E. Jean Carroll. Always have. Fine and accomplished writer. Hoosier. Midwesterner. Funny as hell. Former super-jock. Cheerleader. Ex-beauty queen. Former Miss Indiana. Hunter Thompson’s gf for a while. Once mentored a talented young Hull family writer about writing and getting writing gigs. Write me a nasty letter.
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January 29, 2024
Drink Colonial Predator
Don’t forget. My new Colonial Predator Unfair Trade Coffee product launches March 1. All the Oppression,Twice the Caffeine.
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January 28, 2024
Hull Hoops DNA
Center bottom photo: My Great Aunt Helen Hull in 1922. Born 1906. So that makes 4 generations and counting of serious Hull-McCracken hoops talent. My dad John Hull III (b. 1928). My first cousin Mike McCracken (1951). My nephew David Hull, Jr. (1982). And a few lesser lights here and there. Thanks to Mary Helen Allen, her daughter. Just saw this today.
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