The King

Elvis Presley

January 8, 1935 – August 16, 1977

Las Vegas was never the same after you left the house.

Peter Falk Dead: 'Columbo' Star Dies At 83

Now this has bummed me out to no end. I loved Peter Falk. What a shame. I will always remember him best not as Columbo, but as the gentle, magical grandfather in Princess Bride.

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Yvette Vickers in the new Mummy Dearest.

Pic from Mail Online

Okay I know the title is a bit morbid and disrespectful but I just couldn't help myself. According to Us Magazine, cult actress and Playmate, Yvette Vickers mummified body was found April 27th in her California home.

A neighbor, Susan Savage, discovered her body in an upstairs room of her home; the mummified state of her corpse suggested she could have been dead for close to a year, police said. - Us Magazine.

According to IMDB, Vickers played a starring role is such cult-horror classics as Attack of the 50 Foot Woman and  Attack of the Giant Leeches. She was also July 1959's Playboy Playmate of the Month.

Savage remembered her neighbor, saying: "She kept to herself, had friends and seemed like a very independent spirit. To the end she still got cards and letters from all over the world requesting photos and still wanting to be her friend." Savage said Vickers' neighbors felt terrible. "We've all been crying about this. Nobody should be left alone like that." - Us Magazine.  - Us Magazine.

Vickers was 82 years old.

Oh, Cruel Heaven

I just found this video on Vimeo. It is very funny and a little gruesome. It shows that there's not on cookie-cutter god for everyone.

The Saga of Biorn by Animation Workshop.

The Saga Of Biorn from The Animation Workshop on Vimeo.
Bachelor film project 2011 from The Animation Workshop.

Story

Biôrn, an old Viking, is determined to reach Valhalla, the warrior's afterlife full of excessive drinking and debauchery. To gain entry he has to die honorably in battle, but he discovers that the right death isn't so easy.

Credits

A film by: Benjamin J. Kousholt, Daniel D. Christensen, Mads Lundgaard Christensen, Jesper A. Jensen, Jonas K. Doctor, Steffen Lyhne, Pernille Ørum-Nielsen, Frederik Bjerre-Poulsen, Jonas Georgakakis

Gustavo Sanchez, Mexican Mayor, Stoned To Death

In my opinion it's not nukes or terrorism but drugs that are the most dangerous thing facing the world. Drugs drives and funds almost all crime - including terrorism. Solve the drug problem and you solve 75% of the danger to America. If you consider oil consumption a form of substance abuse you can make that 90%.

My political statement for the day.
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Jimi Heselden, Owner Of Segway Inc., Dies In Segway Accident

What ?!?!? Sometimes I wonder if I'm really awake. Where's that coffee?
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Speaking of Death

Harvey Pekar died yesterday (July 12, 2010). Harvey Pekar was a cartoonist and writer who worked with such comic greats as R. Crumb. He is most famous for his autobiographical comic, American Splendor.

Paul Giamatti played Pekar in the movie American Splendor. Pekar appeared eight times on the David Letterman's Late Show on NBC. However, his crude style and abrasive criticism of General Electric (company that owns NBC) got Pekar banned from the show.

Giamatti said of Pekar,"Harvey was one of the most compassionate and empathetic human beings I've ever met. He had a huge brain and an even bigger soul. And he was hilarious. He was a great artist, a true American poet, and there is no one to replace him."

Goodbye Harvey - you were never a disappointment.





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