quote:

Originally posted by Styles:
Halloween

Well, it never was a French tradition, and it really was in big part an attempt at making money through importing a foreign idea. Not that there's anything wrong with importing foreign ideas, but I'm not surprised it didn't catch on.

Some things don't translate well

Some things (Jerry Lewis) apparently get translated oddly.

They've tried it before, in their "age of enlightenment". They even changed the calender to reflect their age. Looks like Robespierre's reincarnated, but did not learn his lesson from last time.

William Styron

Ed Bradley

quote:

Originally posted by the not-quite-so-Intellectual Hooligan:
Ed Bradley

I liked him a lot.

He'll be greatly missed.

RIP Republican House of Reps 1994-2006

quote:

Originally posted by Lan Martak:

quote:

Originally posted by the not-quite-so-Intellectual Hooligan:
Ed Bradley

I liked him a lot.

Jack Palance


He was a cool man...

awwwwww man
son of a bitch....

Well, he was 87, and he was his own man. We should all be so lucky.

The Fruitcake Lady

she actually died on the 3rd of november, but she was Truman Capote's aunt and a saucy lady to boot..

i don't think anyone's mentioned Gerald Levert.
(he was younger than i thought he was!)

quote:

Originally posted by Masque:
The Fruitcake Lady

hilarious.

i don't tpically watch Leno, never heard of her before.

can't wait 'til i'm an old lady who can say what she pleases

Adrienne Shelley

quote:

Originally posted by Flapper:
Adrienne Shelley

I saw that on friday and I was saddened. Only just clapped for glee when she turned up in Factotum earlier this year.

People are saying she always seemed on the verge of going somewhere, but never really did. Personally I think she made it all the way to the top of her craft and never sold out.


- Soul

From SCI FI.Com and also reported on Morning Edition
of NPR

12:00 AM, 14-NOVEMBER-06
SF Master Williamson Is Dead
Author Jack Williamson, a Grand Master of science
fiction who wrote dozens of novels and short stories, died
Nov. 10 at his home in Portales, N.M., the Albuquerque
Tribune reported. He was 98.

In a writing career that spanned eight decades,
Williamson published steadily, starting with his first
story, "The Metal Man," in 1928 at the age of 20. In
addition to teaching a course at Eastern New Mexico
University each spring, he continued to write until close to
his death. His last book, The Stonehenge Gate, was
published recently.

Williamson received Hugo and Nebula awards for his
work, as well as lifetime achievement honors from the
World Fantasy Convention and the Horror Writers of
America. He was named a Grand Master of science fiction in
the mid-1970s by the Science Fiction and Fantasy
Writers of America, and his second-to-last novel,
Terraforming Earth, was singled out for awards in 2002.

Williamson was the first to write about genetic
engineering and antimatter. It was also more than 70 years
ago that he first wrote of nuclear rockets colonizing
the moon. His works include the Humanoids series and
the novels With Folded Hands and The Legion of Time.

Williamson and his family moved to eastern New Mexico
when he was a boy; he talked about the difficult life
of ranching in his memoir. Rather than staying on the
ranch, he went on to earn bachelor's and master's
degrees from Eastern New Mexico University and then a
Ph.D. from the University of Colorado.

Williamson is survived by his brother, Jim Williamson
of Roosevelt County; stepdaughter Adele Lovelorn of
Portales; and numerous step-grandchildren, nieces and
nephews. He was preceded in death by his wife, Blanche
Slaton Harp Williamson; a brother, Joe Williamson; and
a sister, Katie Littlefield. A memorial service was
tentatively planned for Nov. 16 at the university.

Milton Friedman

Bo Schembechler

24 hours before the Big Game.

Wow...

my great uncle joe......
may he give chloe(a dalmation who died a few years ago) his share of radishes in heaven.....