George Carlin, RIP

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The great comedian passed away Sunday at the age of 71. May he rest in peace. In lieu of a tribute, I will merely point the reader to Jerry Seinfeld’s well-written, funny and meaningful elegy.
I couldn’t even count the number of times I’ve been standing around with some comedians and someone talks about some idea [...]

Tim Russert, RIP

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The great newsman and “Meet the Press” moderator Tim Russert, writes the New York Times’ “The Caucus” blog, collapsed and died of an apparent heart attack today; he was 58. One of the few intelligent and insightful people in news, Russert asked the important and meaningful questions of politicians both on his show and in [...]

Arthur C. Clarke, RIP

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Via BoingBoing and CNet comes news that Arthur C. Clarke, sometime resident of Sri Lanka and author of 2001: A Space Odyssey, the very strange novel that was turned into an ever stranger movie by that strange man Mr. Kubrick, has died at 90. He has given much to the science-fiction genre, and has no [...]

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