Man, everybody’s dying this year. There are so many that deserve mentioning that I haven’t gotten around to yet because I don’t want to have to change the name of the place to SadnessAndWoe.com. And now to that list we can add Chris Warren, who was either 48 or 49 depending on which report you …
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The Tanser Bear Birthday Bash!
It’s almost Tansy’s birthday. The beast turns 5 on Tuesday. Can you believe it? I can’t, and I know it to be a fact. Since I have missed all the other anniversaries this year, it’s time to have a giant Shmans chatter fest. Goddamnit, her life needs to be documented too, even if it has …
Nehemiah’s Story Is At An End
I hate writing these, but this one needs a spot. The weird thing about this story is before about mid March, I had never heard of Nehemiah. Apparently, I had been living under a rock because most people I knew, whether they were tech people, guide dog people, NFB people, newly blind people, or anyone …
Ann Adams Is Gone
It’s been such a good long weekend for me, it’s sad that it’s been less so for others. Last March, I talked about Ann Adams, and hoped she would recover from her massive stroke. Although she seemed to get a little better, she was never able to write on her Facebook or blogs again. After …
Private Memorial $5.99, Public Memorial $7.99!
I don’t remember the last time I saw a K-Tel commercial on TV, but back in the day they used to be every damn where selling every damn thing. Kitchen gadgets, compilation albums with names like Explosive Hits, Hit Machine and Goofy Greats (I think I still possess a cassette copy of that one to …
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Saying Goodbye To Another Cousin
Have you ever wanted to write something down, but whenever you try, nothing will move from head to paper? It’s not because the subject doesn’t interest you, or it is technically complicated or tedious. It’s just that you want to express something and you can’t find the words. This is one of those posts. Back …
Cancer Does What Years Of Idiocy And Self-Abuse Couldn’t. Farewell, Rob Ford
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qEK7At5cmNw Once more, for old time’s sake. I’ve never bought into the idea that when a person dies, every shitty thing he ever did in his life dies with him, so I’m not going to sit here and write a whole bunch about Rob Ford and how he just lost his courageous battle with cancer …
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EmailInventor@Cemetery.com
As you sit down to go through this morning’s crop of newsletters, chain letters, Viagra ads and notifications from Facebook that someone you know even less has also commented on the post of someone you hardly know, take a moment to remember Ray Tomlinson, the man who made it all possible. At the time, there …
Deadsperado
I know I know. Glenn Frey didn’t sing Desperado. But he did help write it, so it counts. Besides, that title wasn’t my idea anyway. A friend suggested it and I laughed too much to pass it up because even though I’m sending off possibly my favourite member of the Eagles, the fact remains that …
Author Of To Kill A Mockingbird Dies
I know this happened last week, but I still wanted to mention it. Hey, at least it was only last week, not last month, or months ago. So Harper Lee, author of “To Kill a Mockingbird”, has died. I think everyone should read that book. I can’t remember all the smaller points of the plot, …