Another giant leaves us

July 1st, 2009

And this makes, what, 6 famous people that have left us?

Reports from the family of Karl Malden announced that he had passed away at the age of 97 on Wednesday.

Karl was raised in Gary.  His parents, a Czech mother and Serbian father, didn’t speak English until he went to kindergarten.  He worked at the mills after school.  He went to Ark. State Teachers College he went to the Goodman Theater School and never looked back.

No arrangements have been released.

Chicago Trib article

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Puppy Mills and Petland

July 1st, 2009

I got an email from the US Humane Society regarding Petland and puppy mills.

Here is the link to the story:

https://community.hsus.org/ct/SdzVgoE1pYzx/

And to top this off….

July 1st, 2009

Here is the original video of “Thriller”.

NOTE: I have only the link to YouTube.  The embedding has been disabled on this.

Michael Jackson’s "Thriller" with Ola Ray

Inmates say goodbye to Michael

July 1st, 2009

Here’s the video of their tribute to Michael, which they put together in 9 hours of rehearsal, except for meals and the occasional rain:

And, in case you missed it, and I can’t imagine that you did, but here is the original video that shot this place to fame:

 

Okay, now this is getting even weirder!

June 30th, 2009

Okay, update on the Michael Jackson saga:

We now hear (and it has been verified) that those three kids of Michael’s are NOT his biological kids AND, to make this even stranger, it now turns out that Debbie Rowe is NOT their biological mother!

YYYEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEESHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!

One report has it that the real biological father is Debbie Rowe’s DERMATOLOGIST!!!!!

How much more FUBAR can this get?  Hang on…wait till they let loose the supposed will.

Who’s Next?

June 28th, 2009

I just read that Billy Mays, the guy who pushed Oxy-clean and hundreds of other products and also one of the stars of “Pitchmen” on Discovery Channel, died this morning.

NBC Nightly News has a piece on it which will air very shortly (like in the next 10-15 minutes!)

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What a fucked up week!

June 25th, 2009

We lost three giants:

Ed McMahon, Farrah Fawcett and Michael Jackson

Locally, we lost John Calloway.

Sheesh

We lose another giant

June 24th, 2009

First, Ed McMahon passes away in California.

Now, the papers carry the news that John Calloway, the man who brought “Chicago Tonight” and “Chicago Stories” to the viewers of Channel 11, WTTW, died in Racine, WI, after suffering a heart attack in a store there.

Here is the link to the Sun-Times story: http://tinyurl.com/kmpudo

 

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Out of cycle update

June 24th, 2009

Microsoft released and out of cycle update for the .NET framework.

Apparently, there is a problem that they thought was serious enough to do this.

I can’t find anything in my M$ security emails talking about it so if you know that the update is about, leave a comment.

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Keep a good thought

June 19th, 2009

Walter Cronkite, the dean of American TV newsmen, is reported to be in grave condition.  He is 92 years old.

There is no current info on Walter’s condition.