Apparently John Hughes had a teenage pen pal many years ago named Alison. Alison grew up and wrote this blog post after John died. I found it an interesting and amusing read. And how sad that he died early - just what he was trying to avoid by quitting "Hollywood" so he wouldn't end up like John Candy.

<giggles quietly>

I just found out, BDB... Wow.

Wow, Les Paul. It's a sad sad day for the music world today.

[bowing head] He was awesome

For the skateboarders, linkie here, pioneer Andy Kessler RIP

Makes a GREAT flamethrower (when used in conjunction with a lighter)!

Virginia Davis (Walt's original "Alice"), died Saturday. She was 90 years old.