“To see what is in front of one’s nose needs a constant struggle.” — George Orwell
By Jimmie on Nov 5, 2008 in In Memoriam, Oh the Climate, It is A-Changin', Pop Culture | 0 Comments
Wow….I had no idea he was even sick.
Top-selling author Michael Crichton has reportedly died of cancer in Los Angeles.
A posting on Crichton’s official website says that the author “died unexpectedly” after a “courageous and private battle against cancer” on Nov. 4.
I really enjoyed Crichton’s books - Jurassic Park and Rising Sun were among the most [...]
By Jimmie on Nov 3, 2008 in In Memoriam | 2 Comments
This is not good at all.
CHARLOTTE, N.C. – Senator Barack Obama’s grandmother, a central figure in his life who helped raise him during his teen-age years, died in Hawaii on Monday morning.
Mr. Obama, who left the presidential campaign trail late last month to travel to Honolulu to bid her farewell, announced the death in [...]
By Jimmie on Aug 10, 2008 in In Memoriam | 0 Comments
Oh, no.
Soul singer and arranger Isaac Hayes, who won Grammy awards and an Oscar for the theme from the 1971 action film “Shaft,” has died, sheriff’s officials in Memphis, Tennessee, reported Sunday.
His family found him unconscious, next to a treadmill that was still running. Medics rushed him to the hospital, but he was pronounced dead [...]
By Jimmie on Aug 4, 2008 in In Memoriam, The Great American Pastime | 2 Comments
Anyone who was a baseball fan even a little bit will recognize the voice of Skip Caray, the man who announced Atlanta Braves games for over three decades. He passed away in his sleep on Sunday at the age of 68
I was first introduced to Caray when my parents got cable television back in the [...]
By Jimmie on Jul 12, 2008 in In Memoriam | 2 Comments
Aw, man, this is not the first story I wanted to see when I opened my news feed today. Tony Snow, former White House Press Spokesman, columnist, reporter, television and radio show host, conservative par excellence, musician, husband, and father, passed away today at the age of 53. He has been fighting cancer for a [...]
By Jimmie on Jul 4, 2008 in In Memoriam | 4 Comments
I’m going to wager that no story will draw as much ire from progressive bloggers and MSM pundits as the news that former North Carolina Senator Jesse Helms has died at the age of 86.
Helms was certainly a polarizing figure even before he joined Congress. He was a starwart defender of the tobacco industry, a [...]
By Jimmie on Jun 2, 2008 in In Memoriam, Music | 1 Comment
The AP is reporting that guitar legend Bo Diddley has passed at the age of 79. He had suffered a heart attack and a stroke in recent months and his health had never quite recovered.
Diddley is one of the Founding Fathers of guitar rock music. His trademark riff (about which I’ll say more later) became [...]
By Jimmie on Jun 2, 2008 in In Memoriam, The Long War Here At Home | 3 Comments
This story just crushes me.
On leave from the violence he had survived in the war in Iraq, a young Marine was so wary of crime on the streets of his own home town that he carried only $8 to avoid becoming a robbery target.
Despite his caution, Lance Cpl. Robert Crutchfield, 21, was shot point-blank in [...]
