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HOWDY GUYS,
Just a note to say kudos on the excellent site and keep up the good work. I'm a Chicago-based highbastard myself as well as a successful classical and jazz musician (have I won a Grammy, no... have I made enough to buy my wife and I a nice house, yeah) and it's nice to see someone promoting the fact that you can have your spacecake and eat it too. Keep up the good work and if you're ever at the Lyric Opera of Chicago, give it up for the highbastards on-stage!!

Signed,
Wilbur C.

HELLO TO ANYONE WHO MIGHT ACTUALLY READ THIS,
A friend sent me a link to the lost lighter page. It was true to life and very realistic. I thought I found some people I could easily relate to. I myself work full time, do not look like I have ever been involved with an illegal herb, and think the current legal status of that herb in question sucks. If a small, but productive segment of our society chooses to relax in a different way from the mainstream, I do not think it is fair to label that small segment as criminals. That is just my little rant, it has been years since I was an activist on any level. I plan to check out this site in the future. Thanks for having a sense of humor. Have a great night.

SW

I WOULD LIKE TO RESPOND...
to the article concerning the Chicago parking fiasco. Although I appreciate how nice it is to squat on a spot and reserve it as your own for the winter, I feel this is a load of "steaming crap". Seriously, the practice of putting garbage in spots is unsavory and brings out the worst in people as the article details. When it snows hard, pitch in and shovel out your car like everyone else. This does not entitle you to the spot, it is public property. We all pay $70 for city stickers and that entitles you to park in any available city spot. Case closed. Also, I might add that destroying someone elses property is very uncool considering that person did nothing to you except park in a spot legally. We need to do away with this wild west mentality and all realize that living in the city has its ups and downs. If you want a spot, go rent one. How would you like it if someone destroyed your stash because you were breathing their air?

Lets all try to get along shall we?
Jason in the Windy City

Jason,
Back in the winter storm of 1999, Mayor Daley made a point of saying citizens couldn't save parking spots. Last year he did a 180 and stated that people shouldn't infringe on others' claims. Idealistically, we agree with your stance - as we dislike the city looking like a yard sale as much as the next person. Realistically, the owners of the "abused" car had their chance to correct the problem and they didn't. Next winter, if the Mayor wishes to dissuade people from this ritual, he should have crews pick up all "parking markers" while the snow is falling...not a month later. Finally, if it was your car that was covered with dog feces, we hope you accept the perpetrator's apology.

HELLO,
While I understand that the rigors of publishing a content driven site can drive a person with a "day job" crazy, I think you'd be doing yourself a favor if your features were more carefully edited. Typos and grammatical errors diminish what would otherwise be a narcotic experience. Or is that the joke? The guy was too high to edit? I'm not sure.

Best regards,
Jody

Jody,
Do yuo realize how mch of a pain in the ass it is too manage a group of HighBastyards? Thanks for yur feedbak. Were wurking on it.

DUDE,
I can't believe The Big Lebowski is not on your [DVD] list. That's a travesty!

Sweet Lenny

Sweet,
You are right, we don't have The Big Lebowski on our DVD list. If you look closely, you'll notice we don't have many other great HighBastard movies as well. Hell, we don't even have This is Spinal Tap. I would use the excuse that we were high at the time of writing - but that's just a little too obvious, isn't it? We'll revamp the list.

DEAR HB,
I am a local multimedia designer in Chicago and saw your site..It's pretty damn cool and shows a point I have been dying to see. . . that all of us are not just DeadHeads or Metal Kids but work 9 to 5 jobs, meet with clients and well..do shit on a daily basis.

Sincerely,
PK

MIKEY RO???
Your cousin told me about you and your so-called friends' new website. Are you on the marijuana now? I knew this kind of thing would happen the minute you left home.

Love,
Mom

Mom,
We'll talk about this when I call you and Dad on Easter. And no, I'm not ON the marijuana...at the moment.

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