Viewing for the funeral will take place at 9:30 am on Monday at St. Anselm's Catholic Church in Dearborn Heights, service an hour later.

The smartest man I've ever known passed away at 8:35 last night after being in a coma for the last few days. Thankfully I got to see him one last time because of a spur of the moment decision to go up to the hospice with mom yesterday. I have a sneaking suspicion he was waiting for me to be there before he went ( Read more... )

Probably a viral marketing campaign of some sort (as pointed out by both Warren Ellis and Aaron Williams) but regardless I find this bloody creepy. Also he kind of reminds me of the backwards talking midget from Twin Peaks...

Speaking of Warren. I meant to repost this from warrenellis.com a few days ago. It seems particularly apt given sirinde's ( Read more... )

Lost Boys at the Main Art's Midnight Madness this Friday! Who's coming with?

On occasion, I have the urge to yell "I AM the doom that came to f@#king Sarnath" for no apparent reason. I'm not sure what that says about me...

My grandfather is now "actively dying" in the hospital according to his doctors. His body has stopped fighting off the pneumonia that he's had for two weeks and started to slow itself down. Hospice comes this afternoon to start care...

This is one of the best ideas I've ever heard. I'm also pretty sure that in America that might end with someone getting stabbed with Pocky in a fit of rage...

Back from Fishtank Ensemble. The one handed midair balancing of an upended upright bass is now requisite for all live shows. Otherwise there shall be no comparison ( Read more... )

Forgot to ask earlier, did anyone else see that this comes out shortly?

The take from yesterday's AAUW booksale:

Miyamoto Musashi - A Book of Five Rings (been looking for a used copy of this for ages)

Neil Gaiman - Neverwhere (replacing the paperback copy that got ganked from me in college with shiny hardcover)

Tom Holt - Flying Dutch

David Bischoff, Poppy Z. Brite, and Chet Williamson - A Murder of Crows ( ( Read more... )