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Tag Archives: Passages
“So far, this is not blowing my skirt up, gentlemen.”
Ach! Charlton Heston is dead! Being a firm admirer of actors who chew the scenery with wild abandon, I always liked Charlton Heston a great deal, even when I didn’t like the movie. The Ten Commandments tends to have the … Continue reading
My God, it’s full of stars
UPDATE: I’ll update this post with links to other blog posts on Clarke’s passing that strike my eye. Arthur C. Clarke is dead. This is really no surprise, as Clarke was very old, and though I haven’t read any of … Continue reading
Bring on the Gelatinous Cubes!
As just about everybody with a blog already knows, Gary Gygax, one of the inventors of Dungeons and Dragons, died last week. I’ve been too busy to post about it until now, and I also didn’t want to make the … Continue reading
Passages
My mother mentioned in an e-mail the other day, among other things, that my first ever school band director died last week. I hadn’t seen Mr. Beach (first name Jim) since I graduated high school, but back then he was … Continue reading
Eerie coincidences
A bit of a postscript to my post the other day about my online friend who died last week. Over the course of commiserating with other online friends who knew Gummy well, I learned that his last full name was … Continue reading
The Internet is made of people
Always remember that, folks: The Internet is made of people. I got that from Warren Ellis, and it’s totally and utterly true. There are good people on the Internet, and bad people; people you’d follow once more unto the breach, … Continue reading
Remember
October 15th is Pregnancy and Infant Loss Remembrance Day. If anyone you know has suffered a loss of this sort, let them know today that you are thinking of them, and if possible, consider lighting a candle this evening in … Continue reading
The Wheel stopped turning
Fantasy author Robert Jordan has died. I wasn’t a fan, but lots of readers are. Condolences to family, friends, and fans.
“The City of Dead Works” (a repost)
I guess this is as close to a tradition on this blog as I have: I re-post this story every year on this date. I wrote it within months of the original event. “The City of Dead Works” There is … Continue reading
Luciano
Alex Ross today: The finest singers not only hit the notes but erase the difference between notes and words. Singing is most thrilling when it becomes a kind of heightened talking. That’s what happens in Pavarotti’s “Che gelida manina” or … Continue reading