Tell us about working with Hunter S. Thompson.
"Working with Hunter was one of the most special experiences of my life, and I will be forever thankful for it. While I was senior editor of Aspen Magazine by day, I was basically his writing assistant by night for the last year of his life. I could ask him questions about things I had always wondered about, like what the beginning days of Rolling Stone were like, or what really happened in Vegas, or what it was like to be on the campaign trail with McCarthy, and he would tell me — in detail! It was absolutely fascinating.

But, if there was one great story to tell, it would probably be the day I walked in Owl Farm to help him with his ESPN.com column that was due, and he told me that Fear and Loathing was on TV, and we should watch it. Obviously, I abandoned the hope of him getting his column out that night, and we sat and watched it together. I asked him a ton of questions throughout the movie, and he told me about certain parts he had insisted made it in from the book, and so on. We laughed and talked and watched the whole thing — he even told me the background on some of the characters and scenes. It was an incredible experience I wouldn’t trade for anything."