IT'S GOING TO BE A SHORT BOOK

Hitchhiker shot while researching 'Kindness of America'

(Thanks to Larry Martell)

Correction: Apparently the guy shot himself (thanks to commenter Carl-Bear for the update). Rest assured that judi will be fired.

Comments

[Carl-Bear]

Little behind times there. Two days ago:
A West Virginia man who claimed to be the victim of a drive-by shooting along a rural Montana highway while working on a memoir called “Kindness in America” has confessed to shooting himself, authorities said Friday. Valley County sheriff’s officials said they believe 39-year-old Ray Dolin shot himself as a desperate act of self-promotion.

[Richard the Weasel-Hearted]

Thank you, C-B. My faith in the American people is restored. Or, maybe not.

[Horace LaBadie]

It was a preemptive strike, since he planned on hitching to Miami.

[max]

A person who drives a pick-up is not a "truck driver". That said, I hope the aspiring author can write about how the fine people of Montana were kind enough to offer him a place to stay with free meals for a few years. Faking a crime like this is no joke and can easily get someone killed.

[Omniskeptic]

So he wanted to be shot or assaulted or something in order to promote himself or his book or his genome? He could have picked a lot of better places, then. Like Detroit. Or Flint, for that matter. Our motto: "We aim to please."

[Carl-Bear]

Shooting oneself seems like an awfully extreme marketing technique. Then again, I never shot myself and my books aren't exactly bestsellers, so maybe this guy is onto something.

Or on something.

[Horace LaBadie]

Dave just threatens to try to play an F chord.

[Afkat]

Oh Horace, that is so bad but sooooo funny...

[nursecindy]

Dave,don't fire judi! She did any excellent job this week by posting some great kilt pictures keeping us all informed on many different subjects.

[Steve]

He apparently missed the parts that would have been of the most benefit.