The entire Doctor Who fan world is grieving today because Lis Sladen has passed away, leaving generations of Doctor Who fans in mourning. I have lost a friend, even if I never met her in person ( Read more... )

A long time ago -- almost 20 years ago now, actually -- a very unusual person showed up to join the gaming group I'd started at college. And no, grayhawk, I don't mean you ( Read more... )

George Carlin died.

....

Another sane voice lost, another reasonably ethical and rigorous journalist gone.

Someone is removing the rocks, and the tide of sad pretenders, full of bombast and bullshit, continues to erode the shore.

Heath Ledger Dead!

Seriously.

Crap.

If you answered "dead", you have a match.This saddens me. I love the classic Gene Rayburn era Match Game, with its happy drunken B-list celebs ( Read more... )

Crikey ( Read more... )

Today was a roller coaster. Started off with another night of crap sleep (4 hrs ( Read more... )

So Dad called this morning to tell me why he wasn't coming over today. Turns out Wes's brother (who's maybe a year or two older than me) keeled over and died suddenly last night ( Read more... )

My pal jblum posted a nice eulogy of sorts, but I'll say this: without the perfect casting for G'Kar (and Londo and Delenn), the show simply would not have worked. G'Kar is the soul of the show -- he starts as a bitter, scheming villain, and by the end, he's capable of redeeming not just himself, but his people. It is his delivery, beneath layers of ( Read more... )