Robert Jordan has passed on.

Man, Joybubbles died.

...and I heard about it from NPR.

This is mostly new to D'Evelyn people not on the alumni mailing list, but it bears repeating:

Jamin Buchanan "J.B." Wilson '99 died December 14th in a car accident near Speicher, Germany. He was stationed at Spangdahlem Air Base and was buried in Arlington National Cemetery on Christmas Day ( Read more... )

Girl, 9, Killed By Circus Lion

MENA. Ark. Authorities attempted Wednesday to determine how a circus lion got loose and clawed to death a nine-year old girl in Mena. No one apparently saw the enraged animal grab little Maria de la Luz Tuesday night in the darkness outside the tent. Spectators watching a performance rushed outside upon hearing the ( Read more... )

Bruce Ruth, the man who made Rocky Mountain Oysters famous, passed away in August.

I can only imagine him laughing in heaven about being remembered for frying balls.

Thinking about obituaries lately and looking at the NPR site today for a link to a story I heard this morning led me to the Remembrances section, which recently added an article on Stan Berenstain.

/me is silent for a moment

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• In anticipation of my sister and brother-in-law having children, Bobbie G. Designs' Fairy Tale Baby seems to strike a nice balance between something they'd like and quick for me to stitch.
• Local public radio show host Glenn Mitchell passed away Sunday. Our lunch hour won't be the same without his show.
• One of my friends from Colorado recently ( Read more... )

For those of you in Colorado that wish to pay final respects to Cap'n Bob, his memorial a service has been set for 3 PM on Monday, 28 November at Staging Area A of Fort Logan National Cemetery. There will be an open house at Himself's mother's home after the service.

CRAWFORD, ROBERT L.
"CAP'N BOB" U.S. ARMY SPECIAL FORCES, RETIRED U.S.M.C.
Died Thursday, October 27, 2005.
No funeral services. Survived by mother Dorothy Stringer, children Robert and Denise Crawford, granddaughter Laurel Crawford, 2 sisters and extended family.

Published in the Denver Newspaper Agency on 11/2/2005.

I feel like I should provide a doctor's note to explain my recent dry spell in posting. Laurel had a cold last weekend and as she started feeling better, I started coughing. I spent most of the week waiting for my immune system to stage a response and Vogon took a personal day Wednesday to make me sleep as much as possible to encourage said immune ( Read more... )