I'm a bit late to the game on this one. Paul beat me to the punch, and got in the obviously good quip in the process. I blame the time zones. Or the healthy moderate drinking that a good friend and I partook in last...
i see dead people
Governor of South Carolina breathes deep sigh of relief....[UPDATE BY ROB] the obligatory video:Michael and Farrah, rest in peace.
Ed McMahon has passed. I guess now I'll never be on Star Search...
It's been a bad day for baseball, with the death this morning of legendary Phillies announcer Harry Kalas, and now the sudden passing of Mark Fidyrch. Fidyrch, who was only 54, was killed in an accident on his farm. I was 16 and a fanatic...
This is, indeed, horrible news for an organization that has seen more than its share of same. Being in my vacation quasi-cocoon, I hadn't even heard about it until the.
A very tragic story, of course (which also occasioned some pretty creepy journalism.) I found her work in Schrader's odd-but-compelling Patty Hearst especially, well, compelling. See also Glenn and Lissa.
I see via Harry Brighouse that Brian Barry has died. I'm not a good candidate to offer an evaluation or overview of his work. He's an engaging and enjoyable writer with a voice that made him particularly pleasurable to read when you agree with him,...
Philip Jose Farmer has passed at the age of 91. Riders of the Purple Wage is an enduring masterpiece. Of the Riverworld series I only really liked To Your Scattered.
R.I.P. Wolcott has more.
This is really djw's department, but in the interim a fine tribute to McGoohan can be found here.
It appears that Sam Huntington has passed. Soldier and the State is a fine book. Many of his other works I can't stand, to the point of repugnance. It's fair.
R.I.P. Since I need to go open presents and such, allow me to delegate to Roy's old appraisal. Make sure to stick around for the decimation of the inevitable Aesthetic.