Does it ever seem God has abandoned you?

It seems, my friends, that Hunter S. Thompson is not dead; verily, he and the grand master Timothy Leary are no longer on the outside looking in, but channeled by brother Melvin, who, good horse that he is, obliges the spirits in keeping higher than mortal man can bear, that they might be eternally energized in the outer realms. Hail wanderers! Hail Melvin!