Posted in Random Crap on Aug 18th, 2008
Ghoulpool favorite Patrick Swayze is celebrating his 56th birthday today, which about eight months ago looked like a very slim possibility. And how is he celebrating? With a smoke, of course!!
Turning 56 never felt so good, I suppose. And what better way to enjoy the early morning breeze on your 56th birthday?
Lung cancer?? You think I give a God-damn about lung cancer??!!??
I guess some people just don’t understand what “Second Chance” really means. If he keeps this shit up, the eight players with Swayze on their list will have some reason to celebrate – their new found points!
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Posted in Scored Deaths on Aug 17th, 2008
Leroy Sievers was a journalist who won 12 national news Emmy Awards, two Peabody Awards, and two Alfred I. duPont-Columbia University Awards. He was a commentator for NPR, served as a bureau chief for CBS news, served as an executive producer for the ABC program Nightline, and covered a variety of global conflicts as a war correspondent. But most recently, he was as well known for his “My Cancer” blog as he was for almost all of his other accomplishments. He died Saturday at the age of 53. Read more... (310 words, estimated 1:14 mins reading time)
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Posted in Administrative on Aug 7th, 2008
GhoulPool.us is looking to update it’s image and advertising abilities, and we need a new logo. Which is exactly why we’re sponsoring a Create-A-Logo Contest!
Entires will be accepted in either JPG or PNG format (to fit our printer’s requirements), and will be used on T-Shirts, bumper stickers, hats, and other possible clothing apparel. Items will be sold in our soon-to-open merchandise store, as well as be given away as prizes or advertising events. Read more... (429 words, estimated 1:43 mins reading time)
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Posted in Scored Deaths on Aug 3rd, 2008
Alexander Solzhenitsyn, the Russian Nobel Prize winning author, died from a stroke today at the age of 89. Two players — Christopher E and Chris S — somehow had heard of this guy before in their lives, and even more miraculously had him on their lists.
I had never heard of this man, but I now see that he was a very important person in the history of the Soviet Union, more so for the Western world than his homeland. Read more... (244 words, 1 image, estimated 59 secs reading time)
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Posted in Random Crap on Aug 3rd, 2008
Based on widely reported rumors all over the internet, Michael Jackson – the black-to-white, moonwalking, (alleged) kid loving Michael Jackson – was found dead and decaying at his Neverland ranch.
Based on an article in The Onion, the pop-star is officially dead.
During a search for evidence at the Neverland Valley Ranch, investigators discovered a corpse that has been identified as that of Michael Jackson, Santa Barbara police officials announced Tuesday.
Yeah, that sounds official enough, but if the moronic public had read just one inch lower in the article, they should have realized this just wasn’t the case, no matter how many people wish it was. Read more... (211 words, estimated 51 secs reading time)
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