Raithe Posted March 14, 2018 Posted March 14, 2018 5 "Cuius testiculos habeas, habeas cardia et cerebellum."
Malcador Posted March 14, 2018 Posted March 14, 2018 Exposure to Piers Morgan is what did him in 3 Why has elegance found so little following? Elegance has the disadvantage that hard work is needed to achieve it and a good education to appreciate it. - Edsger Wybe Dijkstra
Valsuelm Posted March 15, 2018 Posted March 15, 2018 We seem to have increasingly few celebrated scientific minds out there, when there used to be so many. I don't know if that's because there are simply less of them (I would hope this is not the case), or because their time and services are more and more monopolized by governments and corporations. Hawking was rather unique for his incredible story of perseverance, too. RIP. There are fewer celebrated scientific minds out there because most science was long ago largely hijacked by political and corporate agendas. Objectivity does not reign supreme anywhere in modern academia, including in the various fields of science. It hasn't for decades, and it's influence continues to wane. Hawking wasn't near as much a scientist as he was the high priest of the Big Bang religion.
smjjames Posted March 15, 2018 Author Posted March 15, 2018 Duude, you're suuuch a pessimist aren't you? Chiiiiiiillllllllll (yes, I'm yanking your leg by pretending)
Guard Dog Posted March 24, 2018 Posted March 24, 2018 Wayne Huizenga passed away. He's someone I've always had a great deal of admiration for. For a few reasons. He is 100% responsible for my two favorite sports teams existing today: The Miami Marlins and the Florida Panthers. But also because he is the quintessential American success story. College dropout, Army vet, worked had to save money and start a business by buying a garbage truck. 30 years later that one garbage truck grew into Republic Waste, one of the biggest waste disposal companies in the world. He got a lot of negative press in SFL. Not always undeserved. But he did a lot of good with his generosity and philanthropy. Among many other things he built the Humane Society of Broward County a beautiful facility in southern Broward County. Two of the best friends I'll ever know, Gator Bait & Scooby came from there. And for that I'll always be grateful. https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/wayne-huizenga-blockbuster-miami-dolphins-owner-dies-80-n859586 "While it is true you learn with age, the down side is what you often learn is what a damn fool you were before" Thomas Sowell
algroth Posted April 6, 2018 Posted April 6, 2018 R.I.P. Isao Takahata 1 My Twitch channel: https://www.twitch.tv/alephg Currently playing: Roadwarden
injurai Posted April 6, 2018 Posted April 6, 2018 R.I.P. Isao Takahata Looks to be from lung cancer What an amazingly accomplished man, RIP
Bartimaeus Posted April 6, 2018 Posted April 6, 2018 RIP. Quote How I have existed fills me with horror. For I have failed in everything - spelling, arithmetic, riding, tennis, golf; dancing, singing, acting; wife, mistress, whore, friend. Even cooking. And I do not excuse myself with the usual escape of 'not trying'. I tried with all my heart. In my dreams, I am not crippled. In my dreams, I dance.
algroth Posted April 6, 2018 Posted April 6, 2018 Another master is gone. R.I.P. Cecil Taylor My Twitch channel: https://www.twitch.tv/alephg Currently playing: Roadwarden
Amentep Posted April 10, 2018 Posted April 10, 2018 https://www.nytimes.com/2018/04/09/obituaries/chuck-mccann-zany-comic-in-early-childrens-tv-dies-at-83.html Chuck McCann RIP. He was a perennial face (and voice - he did voices on a lot of cartoons, including DuckTales, Powerpuff Girls, 1990s Fantastic Four) on television, first locally in New York and then nationwide. Also was in a lot of tv commercials as well (particularly Right Guard in the 70s). His main staring film, The Projectionist is considered to be a great showcase for his talents (and the first feature film appearance of Rodney Dangerfield as McCann's character's overbearing boss). He was also a lifelong fan of Laurel and Hardy. Besides being a big correspondent with Stan Laurel before Stan passed away, he helped found Sons of the Desert fan organization for the pair and portrayed Hardy in skits (and did routines based on both with puppets as well). 1 I cannot - yet I must. How do you calculate that? At what point on the graph do "must" and "cannot" meet? Yet I must - but I cannot! ~ Ro-Man
Guard Dog Posted April 13, 2018 Posted April 13, 2018 The guy who played Dr. Huer passed away at 90: https://www.msn.com/en-us/tv/news/tim-oconnor-star-on-peyton-place-and-buck-rogers-dies-at-90/ar-AAvPn8U?ocid=spartanntp If you know who that is congrats. You were a sci-fi fan in the '80s! "While it is true you learn with age, the down side is what you often learn is what a damn fool you were before" Thomas Sowell
Amentep Posted April 13, 2018 Posted April 13, 2018 RIP. Tim O'Connor was one of those actors who if you watch 60s - 80s US tv shows was an ever present face as a guest star, as well as his regular roles on Buck Rogers and TV's Peyton Place. Shows like Columbo, Streets of San Francisco, Alfred Hitch**** Hour, Twilight Zone, Police Woman, Wonder Woman, T. J. Hooker, Murder She Wrote, The Defenders, Father Dowling, The Fugitive, Mannix, Barnaby Jones, Hawaii Five-O, Gunsmoke, Ellery Queen, Six Million Dollar Man, Cannon, Banacek, M*A*S*H*, Rockford Files and Star Trek: The Next Generation. He was in a few of movies (including Sssssss, Black Jack and one of the Naked Gun sequels) and a few TV Movies (including Winter Kill, a murder mystery with Andy Griffith set at a ski resort) as well. I cannot - yet I must. How do you calculate that? At what point on the graph do "must" and "cannot" meet? Yet I must - but I cannot! ~ Ro-Man
algroth Posted April 14, 2018 Posted April 14, 2018 R.I.P. Milos Forman. 1 My Twitch channel: https://www.twitch.tv/alephg Currently playing: Roadwarden
injurai Posted April 15, 2018 Posted April 15, 2018 https://twitter.com/RLeeErmey/status/985651917870202883 RIP 1
algroth Posted April 15, 2018 Posted April 15, 2018 I just read about that. R.I.P. My Twitch channel: https://www.twitch.tv/alephg Currently playing: Roadwarden
Orogun01 Posted April 16, 2018 Posted April 16, 2018 I just found out, ****. I'd say the answer to that question is kind of like the answer to "who's the sucker in this poker game?"* *If you can't tell, it's you.
algroth Posted April 16, 2018 Posted April 16, 2018 Vittorio Taviani, who directed films such as Padre Padrone (for which he won the Palme d'Or) and Caesar Must Die (for which he won the Golden Bear at Berlin), also died today. My Twitch channel: https://www.twitch.tv/alephg Currently playing: Roadwarden
Malcador Posted April 17, 2018 Posted April 17, 2018 http://deadline.com/2018/04/harry-anderson-dead-night-court-cheers-daves-world-1202365758/ Harry Anderson died at 65. I always did like Night Court, except for the last season Why has elegance found so little following? Elegance has the disadvantage that hard work is needed to achieve it and a good education to appreciate it. - Edsger Wybe Dijkstra
Amentep Posted April 17, 2018 Posted April 17, 2018 RIP Mr. Anderson. He was great in Night Court, and in the miniseries adaption of IT. I cannot - yet I must. How do you calculate that? At what point on the graph do "must" and "cannot" meet? Yet I must - but I cannot! ~ Ro-Man
smjjames Posted April 17, 2018 Author Posted April 17, 2018 Not too many politicians in this thread though, but anyways, former first lady Barbara Bush just passed away.
Bartimaeus Posted April 18, 2018 Posted April 18, 2018 RIP. Quote How I have existed fills me with horror. For I have failed in everything - spelling, arithmetic, riding, tennis, golf; dancing, singing, acting; wife, mistress, whore, friend. Even cooking. And I do not excuse myself with the usual escape of 'not trying'. I tried with all my heart. In my dreams, I am not crippled. In my dreams, I dance.
LadyCrimson Posted April 21, 2018 Posted April 21, 2018 http://deadline.com/2018/04/harry-anderson-dead-night-court-cheers-daves-world-1202365758/ Harry Anderson died at 65. I always did like Night Court, except for the last season Night Court was one of my favorites, and his character was the best. RIP. “Things are as they are. Looking out into the universe at night, we make no comparisons between right and wrong stars, nor between well and badly arranged constellations.” – Alan Watts
Bartimaeus Posted April 21, 2018 Posted April 21, 2018 (edited) RIP Verne Troyer. Edited April 21, 2018 by Bartimaeus 2 Quote How I have existed fills me with horror. For I have failed in everything - spelling, arithmetic, riding, tennis, golf; dancing, singing, acting; wife, mistress, whore, friend. Even cooking. And I do not excuse myself with the usual escape of 'not trying'. I tried with all my heart. In my dreams, I am not crippled. In my dreams, I dance.
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