I've been sitting on a bunch of Stone Soup links since about mid-November. Mostly because I didn't take the time to write up any posts during the holiday crazy busy timez. More specifically, I took the time to write up posts that were more important than fun stuff I found in the Inner'net. :) Anyway, I have lots of this stuff to post and most of ( Read more... )

I was sad to learn that Irvin Kershner, the director of Empire Strikes Back, died yesterday at age 87.

I went to see Kershner at C4 in Los Angeles three years ago and very much enjoyed hearing him talk. He talked about ESB of course, but also about his films and about making films in general. I loved listening to him, to his stories.


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Yesterday I found out that my AP Calc teacher from high school, Mr. Cotner, passed away three weeks ago. He collapsed while playing in a golf tournament in Las Vegas and died of a heart attack at age 61.

Mr. Cotner was one of my favorite teachers. He was good at teaching, and also good at all that other stuff like discipline and humor and ( Read more... )

Last night, for my last errand of the evening, I stopped by my comic shop to pick up my pull. I hadn't been there in awhile, which is my habit. Since I only read SW titles, and since I don't need to be absolutely caught up at all times, I tend to go a month or more between visits. Despite that, the owner, Stephen, knows me on sight, as does his ( Read more... )

Ernie Harwell, famed sportscaster who called Detroit Tigers games on TV and radio for 42 years, passed away on Tuesday at the age of 92I'm sad that he's gone. Like many other people from the metro Detroit area, I grew up hearing his voice. I've read several articles about him in the past few days and they reminded me of something about him, ( Read more... )

Lorne was hands down my favorite character. :(

Andy Hallett was best known for his role of Lorne/The Host, a horned green demon owner of the karaoke bar on the TV show Angel, and also sang on the Angel soundtrack. He passed away on Monday of heart failure at the age of 33.

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Opera star Beverly Sills dies at 78.

"Beverly Sills, the Brooklyn-born opera diva who was a global icon of can-do American culture with her dazzling voice, bubbly personality and management moxie in the arts world, died Monday of cancer, her manager said. She was 78."

I only just found out. A true prima donna. Very, very sad.

soundcraft passed away this morning around 11:30. She was 35. Complications due to cancer, so far as I can tell ( Read more... )

"Cocodile Hunter" Steve Irwin diesIt's not surprising that one of his adventures led to his death. I do hope idiots the world over don't take up arms against stingrays because of it ( Read more... )