Ted Kennedy was a goatfucker.
Not literally, of course, but in the metaphorical sense:
a person who has a bad reputation for one (at least partly) excusable vice or bad deed, in spite of having several virtues, or having performed several good deeds.
Kennedy was long seen as a champion of the poor and middle class, backing legislation [...]
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R.I.P. Ted Kennedy 1932-2009
R.I.P. Charlton Heston 1923-2008
I guess now we can take his gun.
R.I.P. Oscar Peterson 1925-2007
For the second year in a row, the music world had lost one of its greats at Christmastime. This time, it’s legendary jazz pianist Oscar Peterson.
When I first started getting into jazz many years ago, Oscar Peterson was one of the first artists I listened to. One year in college, my roommates and I went [...]
R.I.P. Kevin Dubrow 1955-2007
That would be the lead singer of Quiet Riot.
Back in 1983 or ‘84, I harbored quite the fondness for Quiet Riot. What third-grader wouldn’t? I remember the Lincoln Pilgrimage that year, riding in our den mother’s van on the way back from the forced march. We were on North Grand, in front of the shopping [...]
R.I.P. Bill Walsh 1931-2007
The world of football lost a giant Monday with the passing of legendary coach Bill Walsh.
Walsh’s legacy is unimpeachable: His West Coast offense was the foundation of the 49ers dynasty in the 1980s and is still in use, largely unchanged, today. Many of his assistant coaches went on to lead their own teams using Walsh’s [...]
R.I.P. Don Herbert 1917-2007
The man you may know as Mr. Wizard has died at age 89.
I grew up a fanatic of “Mr.Wizard’s World” when it was on Nickelodeon. I remember one episode where he and a kid made a volcano that belched actual fire (none of that lame baking-soda-and-vinegar crap) using ammonium dichromate. I have no idea how [...]
R.I.P. Miles 1998-2007
Five days.
That’s all it took, from the time he was diagnosed to the time I came to the sad realization that I had to let him go.
It came down like a ton of bricks as I was leaving work Friday night. He had no chance of getting better, and he got a little bit worse [...]