Posted in Scored Deaths on Nov 30th, 2008
Andrew McKelvey, the founder and billionaire former CEO of Monster.com, died on Thursday after a long battle with pancreatic cancer.
In slightly related news, November is Pancreatic Cancer Awareness Month. Pancreatic cancer is the fourth leading cancer killer, with 95% of those affected dying within five years. Check out Raise Your Voice to learn more and help make a difference.
Now, back to our death announcement and game update.
In 1967, Mr. McKelvey founded an advertising business called Telephone Marketing Program. Later known as TMP Worldwide, the company acquired the Monster Board and Online Career Center in 1995, and four years later the jobs-recruitment Web site Monster.com was launched to great success. Read more... (210 words, estimated 50 secs reading time)
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Posted in Random Crap on Nov 25th, 2008
I have been giving some thought to this cyber-bullying case involving Lori Drew and her daughter Sarah Drew, Ashley Grill, Megan Meier, and Megan’s family all centered in Dardeene Prairie, Missouri. While what Mrs. drew allegedly did was a despicable act of cowardice and immaturity, the long reaching legal implications are what interest me right now. Read more... (372 words, estimated 1:29 mins reading time)
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Posted in Scored Deaths on Nov 18th, 2008
A solo shot for Scott A as he moves into a tie for fourth place.
Pete Newell, the Hall of Fame basketball coach who became the first to guide teams to an NCAA championship, a National Invitation Tournament title and an Olympic gold medal, died yesterday in Rancho Santa Fe, Calif. He was 93. He coached for 14years at San Francisco, Michigan State and Cal. He led San Francisco to the then-glamorous NIT title in 1949. His final coaching job came in the 1960 Olympics, when he took a U.S. team led by Oscar Robertson, Jerry West and Jerry Lucas to a gold medal in Rome. Dean Smith and Bob Knight are the only others to coach teams to NCAA, NIT and Olympic championships. Newell later returned to prominence with his famous “big men” camps. He instructed some of the game’s greatest stars, including Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, Bill Walton and Shaquille O’Neal. Read more... (176 words, estimated 42 secs reading time)
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Posted in Random Crap on Nov 13th, 2008
Shot once, shame on me. Shot twice, shame on… oh hell, it just doesn’t matter at this point.
24 year old Donnell Mack of St. Louis was shot to death by a gunman wielding a semiautomatic assault rifle on Wednesday, November 12th. While not a spectacular story by itself, the follow up is pretty crazy. Mack was already on crutches from being shot this past February, and he was recovering.
When I read stories like this, all I can think about is:
Please don’t shoot me…. again.
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Posted in Administrative on Nov 11th, 2008
For the 9th consecutive year, Ghoulpool.us will be as fun and rewarding as a game about dead people can be. And by my account, that’s a lot of fun!
Start getting your lists ready for submission, and go for the gusto. With a new pricing option allowing 3 lists for the price of 2, there’s no reason that you won’t get a bunch of dead people this year. And, well, that’s kind of the point. Read more... (296 words, estimated 1:11 mins reading time)
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Posted in Random Crap on Nov 10th, 2008
I was all ready to write about some kid that killed his dad after Dad had taught the kid all about gun safety. I thought it was a great story that people would like. After all, it has all the elements. Good dad. Good kid. Good life lesson. Kid kills dad with same gun that was used for safety lesson – WHOOPS!!!! Here’s the story for anyone that’s interested.
BUT…. when trying to find information, I fo9und a gruesomer killing story that needed to be told.
New headline – Gun Show Provides Perfect Stage for Kid Suicide. Read more... (222 words, estimated 53 secs reading time)
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Posted in Random Crap on Nov 4th, 2008
Margaret Kuhlman, 68, collapsed at the Blackhawks game against the Colorado Avalanche Monday night at the United Center. She was pronounced dead about an hour later at the local hospital.
I guess some people will do anything to stop the pain of being a Blackhawks fan. All I know is if I was born in the Chicago area and forced to watch the Hawks, it wouldn’t have taken me 68 years to figure out a solution.
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