Celebrity Death Watch: Thomas Cahill wrote several books about history, including How the Irish Saved Civilization. Charles Duncan, Jr. was the U.S. Secretary of Energy from 1979 to 1981. Robert Gordon was a rockabilly singer. John Jay Osborne wrote The Paper Chase. Charley Trippi was a Hall of Fame football player. Ron Masak was an actor, ( Read more... )

One quick follow-up. It turns out that the experience of starting to dream before falling asleep is not actually uncommon. It’s called hypnagogic hallucination and about 70% of people experience it. I am less unique than I thought.

Celebrity Death Watch: Steve Wilhite invented the GIF (and still managed to pronounce it incorrectly). Ralph ( Read more... )