A few thoughts on the passing of Steve Jobs.

I’m not an Apple fanboy by any stretch of the imagination — I have one original iPod that was given to me by a company I worked for at the time — but I would be remiss if I didn’t pay my respects to Steve Jobs and all that he accomplished. To say that he . . . → Read More: A few thoughts on the passing of Steve Jobs.

Elisabeth Sladen, actress who played Sarah Jane Smith on “Doctor Who”, passes away.

Sarah Jane Smith and The Doctor

Well my afternoon just took a major downturn:

Elisabeth Sladen dies, aged 63 – Digital Spy

Elisabeth Sladen has passed away at the age of 63.

The actress is best known for portraying Sarah Jane Smith in Doctor Who and The Sarah Jane Adventures. The cause of death is not yet clear.

Just as Tom . . . → Read More: Elisabeth Sladen, actress who played Sarah Jane Smith on “Doctor Who”, passes away.

It’s a sad day in SEBLand: Inventor of the Hawaiian shirt has died.

I declare today a National Day of Mourning as the inventor of one of my favorite shirt styles, Alfred Shaheen, has died at the age of 86:

As tourists from the US to Hawaii after World War II, many began to bring home colorful but cheesy looking shirts and sundresses that would be cause for . . . → Read More: It’s a sad day in SEBLand: Inventor of the Hawaiian shirt has died.

“Gee. He was just here a minute ago.” - George Carlin passes away at 71.

One of my favorite comedians has died:

LOS ANGELES, California (CNN)—Comedian-actor George Carlin, known for his raunchy but insightful humor, died of heart failure Sunday in Los Angeles, his publicist said. He was 71.

Jeff Abraham says Carlin went into St. John’s Health Center on Sunday afternoon, complaining of chest pain. Carlin died at . . . → Read More: “Gee. He was just here a minute ago.” - George Carlin passes away at 71.

“Dungeons & Dragons” co-creator Gary Gygax fails his saving throw.

And another part of my childhood passes away:

Dungeons & Dragons co-creator dies at 69 – Yahoo! News

MILWAUKEE – Gary Gygax, who co-created the fantasy game Dungeons & Dragons and helped start the role-playing phenomenon, died Tuesday morning at his home in Lake Geneva. He was 69.

He had been suffering from health problems . . . → Read More: “Dungeons & Dragons” co-creator Gary Gygax fails his saving throw.

“Mr. Whipple” kicks the Charmin.

It’s a sad day for toilet paper obsessives everywhere as Dick Wilson, best known as the neurotic grocer who defended Charmin bathroom tissue from the groping clutches of lonely housewives, has passed away:

The man famous as TV’s “Mr. Whipple” died of natural causes at the Motion Picture & Television Fund Hospital in Woodland Hills, . . . → Read More: “Mr. Whipple” kicks the Charmin.

Crikey! Steve Irwin is dead!

The man known as “The Crocodile Hunter” has kicked the bucket, but interestingly enough it wasn’t a croc that got him:

The naturalist and television star Steve Irwin has died in a diving accident in far north Queensland. He was 44.

Police say he was stung through the heart by a stingray while diving off . . . → Read More: Crikey! Steve Irwin is dead!

Chief Justice Rehnquist has passed away.

Looks like Bush will get to pick two new supreme court justices sooner than anyone thought. CNN is reporting that Chief Justice William Rehnquist is dead at the age of 80. His battle with thyroid cancer came to an end around 11PM this evening.

OK, perhaps now it’s time to be a bit worried.

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Good night, Mr. Jennings. And thanks.

I was saddened to hear that journalist Peter Jennings has passed away. It was Jennings’s work that first got me to start watching TV news and his broadcast was usually the first I’d turn to during any of the major crisis’s that occurred over the years. His work largely speaks for itself so there’s not . . . → Read More: Good night, Mr. Jennings. And thanks.

A Moment of Silence For The Late, Great James Doohan

That’s right folks, “Scotty”, the chief engineer aboard the USS Enterprise, died Wednesday. Granted, some might say we shouldn’t morn his passing as he was only an actor but he was, in reality, much more. A WWII veteran, James Doohan joined the Canadian Army just prior to the outbreak of war and even landed at . . . → Read More: A Moment of Silence For The Late, Great James Doohan