Posted in Random Crap on Mar 27th, 2008
A man, trying to be like the Do-It-Yourselfers we all watch and envy on TLC and the HGTV channels, must not have read all the way through the instruction manual.
It seems that Ronald Long decided it was easier to shoot a hole in the wall of his home rather than using, oh, I don’t… a DRILL? So, here we have Mr. Long standing on the inside of his house (I am still in utter shock that this house doesn’t have wheels), and his wife Patsy Long standing on the outside. Read more... (270 words, 1 image, estimated 1:05 mins reading time)
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Posted in Scored Deaths on Mar 26th, 2008
Richard Widmark, the crusty old actor, died in his home at the age of 93 after battling a long illness. He died on March 24, 2008.
For his contribution to the motion picture industry, Widmark has a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame at 6800 Hollywood Boulevard. In 2002, he was inducted into the Western Performers Hall of Fame at the National Cowboy & Western Heritage Museum in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma.
Terry leaves the quagmire known as the “No-Scores”, and joins the active. Congrats on your first score, Terry. Read more... (107 words, estimated 26 secs reading time)
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Posted in Random Crap on Mar 20th, 2008
Yesterday, we talked about ABBA drummer Ola Brunkert almost decapitating himself with shards of glass from his garden window. Proof that God will smite you if you piss Him off.
Today, I offer further proof.
A woman sunbathing on a boat died after a stingray leaped from the water off the Florida Keys on Thursday and struck her. it was not clear whether the 55-year-old Michigan woman died from the blow to her head, from the ray’s barb piercing her or from her fall backward. I’m sure more than a couple of you are saying “No way, Dr. Death. You’re making this shit up. Stingrays only kill people by stabbing them in the heart.” To which I answer, nuh-uh… here’s the link. Read more... (359 words, 3 images, estimated 1:26 mins reading time)
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Posted in Random Crap on Mar 19th, 2008
A former session drummer with Swedish pop band Abba has been found dead in the garden of his Spanish home with cuts to his throat, police say. A spokeswoman said the man was 62-year-old Ola Brunkert, and said his death appeared to be accidental. Police believe Brunkert hit his head on a window and shattered the glass which cut him. A post-mortem is taking place. Former Abba star Bjorn Ulvaeus told Swedish newspaper Expressen: “I remember him as a good friend.” The commentary of his death – in not-so-politically-correct fashion, follows in themain story. Read more... (390 words, 1 image, estimated 1:34 mins reading time)
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Posted in Scored Deaths on Mar 18th, 2008
The author of 2001 has died at the ripe old age of 90 today, March 18, 2008.
Clarke had been wheelchair-bound for several years with complications stemming from a youthful bout with polio and had suffered from back trouble recently, said Scott Chase, the secretary of the nonprofit Arthur C. Clarke Foundation.
He died early Wednesday at a hospital in Colombo, Sri Lanka, where he had lived since the 1950s, Chase said.
“He had been taken to hospital in what we had hoped was one of the slings and arrows of being 90, but in this case it was his final visit,” he said. Read more... (214 words, estimated 51 secs reading time)
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Posted in Random Crap on Mar 17th, 2008
West Africa’s civil wars have led to one thing very interesting… soldiers were eating their enemies under the order of superiors.
Joseph “Zigzag” Marzah, who described himself as Taylor’s chief of operations and head of the death squad before Taylor became president, said African peacekeepers and even United Nations personnel were killed and eaten on the battlefield by Taylor’s militiamen.
Prosecutors described Marzah as a key witness with inside knowledge of the former Liberian president’s operations in Liberia and neighboring Sierra Leone, where he is accused of responsibility for the widespread murder, rape and amputations committed by soldiers loyal to him.
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Posted in Random Crap on Mar 13th, 2008
I’ll admit that I was a huge fan of the movie The Lost Boys. Even though when I saw the title the first time I thought it was like “Where the Boys Aren’t”, imagine my disappointment. Having always been a vampire fan, this movie was fun and entertaining , in a completely cheesy and awful kind of way, all the way through. Plus, 1987 gave us plenty of fashion highlights as displayed by the Two Coreys.
Ribbit! The Frog Brothers.
News has come out that there is a new Lost Boys coming out, complete with both Coreys. Read more... (293 words, 3 images, estimated 1:10 mins reading time)
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Posted in Random Crap on Mar 12th, 2008
France’s last surviving veteran of World War One, Lazare Ponticelli, has died at the age of 110.
President Nicolas Sarkozy announced the death on Wednesday, paying tribute to the last “poilu”, as French WWI veterans were known.
I guess all that exercise he got while running away from the fighting during the war paid off. Who knew all that aerobic activity would get him to 110 years old? Maybe it’s time I got off my fat ass and did a little exercising myself.
There are a handful of surviving WWI veterans from other countries, including British pilot Henry Allingham and Austro-Hungarian artillery man Franz Kunstler. Read more... (162 words, estimated 39 secs reading time)
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Posted in Random Crap on Mar 7th, 2008
You think you got it bad? How about the people in Sarpourenx, France?
Now, I understand that the French deserve everything bad that comes their way, what with their snobbish and boorish ways, their awful food, smelly selves, and their tacky-ass accent.
The mayor of Sarpourenx has declared that because of full cemeteries, anyone who dies in his town will face “severe punishment.” Seriously.
In an ordinance posted in the council offices, Mayor Gerard Lalanne told the 260 residents of the village of Sarpourenx that “all persons not having a plot in the cemetery and wishing to be buried in Sarpourenx are forbidden from dying in the parish.”
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Posted in Scored Deaths on Mar 3rd, 2008
Jeff Healey, the blind Canadian guitarist, died of cancer on March 2, 2008 at the age of 41.
The Grammy-nominated Healey rose to stardom as the leader of the Jeff Healey Band, a rock-oriented trio that gained international acclaim and platinum record sales with the 1988 album “See the Light”, which included the hit single “Angel Eyes.”
Healey had battled cancer since the age of one when a rare form of retinal cancer known as Retinoblastoma claimed his eyesight.
Due to his blindness, Healey taught himself to play guitar by laying the instrument across his lap. Read more... (158 words, estimated 38 secs reading time)
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