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And only 100.
Bob Hope died? Hard to believe. Most of you are way too young to appreciate his achievement. My mother's Bob Hope Halloween kazoo is worth more now.
He used to be friendly to his fans. He lived very near here in Toluca Lake by W.C. Fields. -
An interesting idea.
I read that in Zimbabwe if a man dies without having married he is buried with a rat to represent the wife he never had. I don't know what they do for women. This seems quite unfair for rats. I believe that every man in Zimbabwe owes it to the rat population to seek a wife ( Read more... ) -
Right from the US Census Bureau
'But here, the book business is thriving. According to the U.S. Census Bureau, the greater Los Angeles area is the largest book market in the country now with 21.5% of the books sold by independent bookstores, the highest percentage in the country.'
Los Angeles Times
Who knew? No wonder I feel so dumb all the time. -
Benny Carter, r.i.p.
HE WAS 95. I never got to meet him. My friend Brad had breakfast with him about two years ago. Brad said he was no longer especially interested in his own old music.
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fun to do, not to hear....
When I was fifteen, I got a temporary job over my Christmas holiday operating a jackhammer for my biology teacher, Mr Crisman. I had never done it, but loved, loved loved it. It was exhausting, but nothing beats destroying for a fifteen year old boy. I always grin when I think of that week. I earned enough money to buy my mother a nice ( Read more... )
