Went to see "Nixon/Frost" today. Ah, the memories. Nixon was such a creep while he was in politics, but such an interesting human being. He was paranoid, driven, had a massive inferiority complex, was socially inept... He would make a fantastic character in a Shakespearian tragedy.

One of my favourite stories about Nixon is one from Hunter Thompson's "Fear and Loathing on the Campaign Trail, 1972". Thompson, who had never written a thing about Nixon that didn't drip with venom, suddenly found himself invited to ride with Nixon to some campaign event. The two of them sat in the back of a limo for an hour or so discussing football. And Nixon knew his football! Thompson, as you may or may not know, began as a sportswriter. He was amazed at Nixon's depth of knowledge regarding players, teams, statistics... People are strange.