Really, I'm more depressed about Sky Saxon -- someone I actually was acquainted with and with whom Richie worked with with a couple of times -- kicking off than Michael Jackson. I was also somewhat touched by the bravery of Farrah Fawcett as she fought against her cancer, and even though I felt bad about Ed McMahon's passing it felt like he had ( Read more... )

First death: a temp worker at Sith*Mart (what I call Wal*Mart) was trampled to death by a mob shoving against a glass door. The mob ripped the doors off the hinges, according to an observer. This occurred on Long Island, New York.

On the other coast, in Palm Desert, a community near Palm Springs, CA, two men shot and killed each other at a Toys R ( Read more... )

I'm no fan of Jerry Pournelle. I have always hated his politics, and the only writer I have more contempt for in the annals of SF is L. Ron Hubbard. However, the man has some sort of brain cancer now. I've been reading his blog tonight and he is blogging his experiences...the "zaps" and the symptoms and the side-effects. Reading between the lines, ( Read more... )

Richie Hass lost his battle with multiple myeloma this afternoon. I wasn't there to see him go, but actually he wanted it that way. I was at an agency getting registered to hopefully get a job in the public service field, and I talked to him while I was on the road. I think he died sometime soon after that ( Read more... )