Dungeons and Dragons' creator Gary Gygax botches saving throw at age 69

Thank you for several years of fun geekdom.

Edit: princekermit beat me to the joke by about an hour.

Tags: death, geek, nostalgia
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Madeleine L'Engle is dead at 88

People who know me well, know that I do not read a lot of fiction. It's not that I don't enjoy the genre... or even that I don't enjoy reading. I just don't find a lot of books that either captivate me or keep me in a manner that affords me the time to break away to read.

"A Wrinkle in Time" is not only one of the few pieces of literature I treasure... it's one that I make a point to re-read every few years.

It was a stunning book that has allowed me to identify with not one.. but all of the characters everytime I've read it.

Ms. L'Engle will be sorely missed.

Tags: death, literature, tesseract
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Current Music: silence

Generalissimo Francisco Franco is still dead

Caveat: This is a rant. It is mean spirited and lashes out against someone. Please do not take it as a defining point of who I am. It's just something I want to get out of my system. Thank you.

( BUT... )

Feel free to respond to this with something you feel you've accomplished. Something you feel good about. No matter how minor or inconsequential you might feel.

feel free to pass this on. Maybe we can actually get a feel of good news worth sharing.

(Fuddy duddy... signing off)

Tags: 15 minutes, death, respect
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Actor Peter Boyle dies at age 71

An amazing comic actor who will stay in our memories for a long time.


Unto them from whose eyes the veil of life hath fallen may there be granted the accomplishment of their true Wills; whether they will absorption in the Infinite, or to be united with their chosen and preferred, or to be in contemplation, or to be at peace, or to achieve the labour and heroism of incarnation on this planet or another, or in any Star, or aught else, unto them may there be granted the accomplishment of their wills; yea, the accomplishment of their wills.

Tags: celebrity, death
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Current Music: Puttin' on the Ritz - Meco

People who know me very well, know that I have difficulty with the term family. To say I am estranged from my blood is an understatement.

Last night, I said good night and fare well forever to a man who led a core of few people in my life who let me know what the term family means.

He brought me so many other words to hide that:
Friend, teacher, mentor, comrade, student, foil, pain in the ass, jester, Pan.

But, he was always there. He did so without trying.

He simply was who he was.

And in my faith, beliefs, and philosophy; that sentence carries more weight than can be measured.

I can't list all the memories, activities, roles, things that I learned from him. Each one is a single star in the body of Nuit that made up my relationship with him.

I can't find the right quotation, or lyric, or poetry to express my feelings for who he was, for that is like trying to define the infinite unity of Hadit.

He taught me so much of what I now know and understand in my own philosophy and I'm proud to say that I don't want to live the life he lived at all.

But I want to live my life with the same zest and love as he did.

The world is slightly colder and knowing I will never hear the sound of you bleating like a satyr again.

The Astral is slightly warmer and more crowded knowing that they will always have leather chaps in your size.

Thank you, Chris.

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Unto Christopher from whose eyes the veil of life hath fallen may there be granted the accomplishment of his true Will; whether he wills absorption in the Infinite, or to be united with his chosen and preferred, or to be in contemplation, or to be at peace, or to achieve the labour and heroism of incarnation on this planet or another, or in any Star, or aught else, unto him may there be granted the accomplishment of his will; yea, the accomplishment of his will.

Tags: death, pain, words
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