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Plague Monk left a comment on my post about Dolly Parton's passing .   The Queen of the World was not amused.  She emailed this to me be...

It's rare that we see an honest-to-goodness saint these days.  It's even rarer to see one in the entertainment industry.  Dolly Part...

The Queen Of The World and I are saddened by the passing of Dolly Parton.  But neither of us are unsure of whether she has been reunited wit...

This weekend is Memorial Day, the traditional BBQ kickoff to summer.  But on these shores, it's the day to remember the fallen from past...

Rest in peach, sir.  The Eyes of the Ranger Are Upon You (Songwriter: Tirk Wilder) In the Eyes of a Ranger, the unsuspecting Stranger,  had...

He was a 1911 guy .  And funny as all get out about it: 

This is from a few years back but is a cool story.  Rest in Peace, Lieutenant.  

Charlie Kirk gets laid to rest today.  He was a man of faith who always reached out to the greater crowd.  I like to think that he would thi...

Dwight (my go-to guy for obituaries) has one worth your time: the last WWII recipient of the Victoria Cross takes off on his final flight . ...

The Register (as reigning Nerd-Central) has a really interesting post up about Lehrer's life and music including the NSA, Jello shots, ...

I may come as no surprise to long time readers, but I led a pretty intellectually precocious adolescence.  Part of that was listening to the...

Rest in peace. 

 

I was flying to Dad's memorial service back in 2011.  This was the view out of my airplane window:   I'll reproduce here what I   li...

The passing of George Foreman got me thinking about how boxing has changed from back in the day (1960s/1970s).  Back then we used to watch F...

The last of the Battle of Britain RAF pilots reports to the final muster .

A.k.a. David Johansen.  He hated this video but I've posted it here a ton of times just because I enjoy it so much. He was also great a...

I was going to post the great Miller Lite commercial with him, but Dwight beat me to it .  I can heartily endorse his book about his basebal...

Kris Kristofferson, 88. UPDATE 30 SEPTEMBER 2024 12:35 [Borepatch]: I first posted about Kristofferson here .  Quite a man.

Doubtless Dwight will cover this in full presently .  But he was an actor that I enjoyed pretty much throughout his entire career (who can f...