Prying open 2013's Death Pool Update thread...
Prying open 2013's Death Pool Update thread...
"He defended the cause of the poor and needy, and so all went well. Is that not what it means to know me?" Jeremiah 22:16
Maister!... Stephen Hawking?
Dites ce n'est pas le cas! Pas du tout!
Parles-tu English, si vous plait!Originally posted by TerraSapient
Singer Patti Page at 85:
http://abcnews.go.com/Entertainment/...1#.UOTi-W9qTu0
Yeah, I'm old enough to remember my parents playing her music.
I remember my mom playing her music as well.
"He defended the cause of the poor and needy, and so all went well. Is that not what it means to know me?" Jeremiah 22:16
Ada Louise Huxtable 1921-2013
Lover of Cities Was Dean of Architecture Critics
.used the word "urbicide" to describe cities in the 1960s, blighted by decay, uncontrolled development, social maladies and pollution
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB1000...665230920.html
http://www.nytimes.com/2013/01/08/ar...anted=all&_r=0She was appalled at how profit dictated planning and led developers to squeeze the most floor area onto the least amount of land with the fewest public amenities.
http://www.dwell.com/post/article/me...ouise-huxtableLanguage maven and fellow New York Times writer William Safire credited Huxtable with coining the slur against lousy city planning “urbicide.” “I don’t think I came up with it,” she says. “But he said I did, and he’s the expert on that kind of thing.”
Reddit pioneer Aaron Swartz commits suicide at age 26
http://t.now.msn.com/aaron-swartz-co...de/?gt1=50501+
http://www.wired.com/threatlevel/2013/01/aaron-swartz/
Big deal. Guy who wrote the original concept for the RSS feed at age 14....
A common mistake people make when trying to design something completely foolproof is to underestimate the ingenuity of complete fools. -Douglas Adams
RIP Mr. Drummond http://qctimes.com/entertainment/mr-...9bb2963f4.html
“As soon as public service ceases to be the chief business of the citizens, and they would rather serve with their money than with their persons, the State is not far from its fall”
Jean-Jacques Rousseau
Pauline Phillips, better known as Dear Abby, 94. http://www.nj.com/entertainment/inde..._river_default
"He defended the cause of the poor and needy, and so all went well. Is that not what it means to know me?" Jeremiah 22:16
I swear she's died 3 or 4 times already.
"I'm very important. I have many leather-bound books and my apartment smells of rich mahogany"
Conrad Bain - the father on Diff'rent Strokes has died
"Whatever beer I'm drinking, is better than the one I'm not." DMLW
"Budweiser sells a product they reflectively insist on calling beer." John Oliver
You may be thinking of her sister
People will miss that it once meant something to be Southern or Midwestern. It doesn't mean much now, except for the climate. The question, “Where are you from?” doesn't lead to anything odd or interesting. They live somewhere near a Gap store, and what else do you need to know? - Garrison Keillor
Got it.
"I'm very important. I have many leather-bound books and my apartment smells of rich mahogany"
Stan 'THE MAN' Musial dies at 92
http://www.stltoday.com/sports/baseb...97f7a263a.html
Playing his entire 22-season career with the Cardinals - that does not happen much any more
Selected to play in a record-tying 24 All-Star Games
At the time of his retirement, held or shared 17 major league records, 29 National League records, and nine All-Star Game records
Served as the Cardinals' general manager in 1967 and then quit after his team won both the National League title and World Series that year.
Selected to the Major League Baseball All-Century team in 1999
Earl Weaver, former Baltimore Orioles manager, dies at 82:
http://www.usatoday.com/story/sports...nager/1847255/
Any idea how he could have played in 24 All-Star Games in 22 seasons?
“Death comes when memories of the past exceed the vision for the future.”
http://abcnews.go.com/Sports/wireSto...ge-92-18260677spent his entire 22-year career with the Cardinals and made the All-Star team 24 times — baseball held two All-Star games each summer for a few seasons
History of double header all-star games
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1959_Ma...e_(first_game)
It's NOT TRUE I tell you! It can't be true! It's some Chicago Cubs conspiracy to wreak havoc in St. Louis, I tell you!
RIP Stan Musial, the greatest St. Louis Cardinal! Fact that astonishes me the most: Stan had a record 3630 hits in his career (until Pete 'the cheat' Rose broke it)and of those he had 1,815 at home and 1,815 on the road. Can you say consistency?
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Patty Andrews, last of the Andrews Sisters, dies at 94. My mom was a big fan.
http://www.nytimes.com/2013/01/31/ar...t-94.html?_r=0
Ed Koch - former New York City Mayor passes away at 88
http://www.nydailynews.com/new-york/...icle-1.1252914
Nice pictorial obituary here http://www.nytimes.com/slideshow/201...0301-KOCH.html
"He defended the cause of the poor and needy, and so all went well. Is that not what it means to know me?" Jeremiah 22:16
You done okay, Mayor Koch. You done okay. RIP.
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Andre Cassagnes
Inventor of Etch A Sketch dies in France at 86
http://abcnews.go.com/US/wireStory/o...rance-18386589
Should have been part of everybody's childhood.
X Games Snowmobile Star Caleb Moore dies days after crashing in Freestyle Snowmobiling and X Games has its first death in its 18 year history.
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