Dave Arneson has levelled up.

http://www.heropress.net/2009/04/dave-arneson-rip-1947-2009.html

I know we are supposed to be respectful for the sake of the bereaved. But is it so cruel to point out how slight Jade Goody's obituary is?

A really wonderful obit in The Grauniad.
Conchita Cintrón, who has died aged 86, was the most famous woman bullfighter in history. During a 15-year career she killed more than 750 bulls, was badly injured in a Mexican bullring and was arrested by the Spanish police in another.
I particularly like the part about being gored and then returning to the ( Read more... )

Tony Hart is Hovis.

Man, this week sucks.

The defence rests.

He was not a number. He was a free man.

KHHHAAAAAAAAAAAAAN!


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Somehow I'd missed Charlie Brooker's screen burn piece on Oliver Postgate.

http://www.guardian.co.uk/culture/2008/dec/13/charlie-brooker-screen-burn-oliver-postgate

Postgate himself was a committed pacifist, and forgive me if ( Read more... )

Oliver Postgate, animator and conscientious objector, is Hovis.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/7772620.stm

David Cameron is not a Clanger person, apparently. Bastard.

I joined LJ shortly after andypop's death, largely so I could stay in touch with folks I'd become distanced from. Then this year stickismyfriend copped it. I seem to be running out of best friends.

The thing they have in common with blue_condition is that they've all left a legacy here on Livejournal. They are digital ghosts, accessible and yet... not. How permanent are they, I ( Read more... )