And being led to the Pearly Gates by his manager, Miss Elizabeth . . .

Ah...now I want a Slim Jim.

Indeed, it occurs to me that his obituary could note that he was preceded in death by both his valets, Miss Elizabeth and Sensational Sherri.

Pre-raptured?

I forgot to post this a couple of days ago: Harmon Killebrew, Baseball Great

Back in 1969, I found him vaguely scary. He had a strange, long name, hit big home runs and was bald.

Spirit, NASA and JPL's Mars rover, one of the great triumphs of contemporary space exploration. After a lot of failure, the expectations were set low, so when it's said that it lasted 20 times longer than "expected", it perhaps overstates things a bit. But no matter the numbers, Spirit did the job of pushing past the demoralizing failures of the Climate Orbiter and Polar Lander, and the abject tragedy of the Columbia disaster. As someone with the word "engineering" in the name of my degree, I couldn't help but be captivated and vicariously thrilled by the success of the little guy. Bravo.

Jeff Conway from the tv show Taxi has passed away. That show spwned a lot of good actors.

Oh man, not Kenickie!

The Revolution Will Not Be Televised - Gil Scott-Heron RIP