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I didn’t watch that much TV in the 70s and 80s—things like music, and girls, and still more music took up most of my time. But I did make sure to watch…
“Death, be not proud, though some have called thee Mighty and dreadful, for thou art not so; For those whom thou think’st thou dost overthrow Die not, poor Death, nor yet canst…
The capital crimes unit at the Justice Department—the section that deals with death penalty cases—is made up of less than a dozen lawyers, making it one of the smaller offices working under…
Virginia Woolf has alway had a special place in my heart; her “To The Lighthouse” was one of the first modernist novels I read, a famously “difficult” book whose pleasures unlocked a…
When O-Bits was a kid, we were obsessed with the Space Program. We’d wake up early to watch the launches, read up about all the astronauts, for at time even switched our…
Two men who influenced American music died today, Earl Scruggs, who passed on March 28, 2012 at the age of 88, and Arthur “Big Boy” Crudup, who was booked into the big…
It’s bad enough that social media such as Facebook and Twitter can harvest our information and use it as they wish, but now it’s dead tree media and obituaries? In Barnstable, Massachusetts,…
They say the Grim Reaper doesn’t have a sense of humor, but on March 27, 2002 the Scythemaster decided to prove everyone wrong. On that day, three towering figures were taken: comedian…
Here’s a pro tip: before you drive your hearse, make sure the back door is locked. Sadly, Shelton’s Funeral Home in Decatur, Alabama didn’t follow that simple rule, and is being sued for…
A couple of great musicians—Ludwig van Beethoven, Alex of “A Clockwork Orange’s” favorite composer, and Nikki Sudden, a gentle, if tragic figure lost in a sea of scarves as he tried to…
There was a tough decision to be made at the Obit niche today: who shall we name as today’s “Dead of the Day”? What made it tough is that two of our…
Every Sunday, we’re going to post a few of our favorite stories from the past week… If the serpentine, skin-shedding, venom-scented life of a “snake whisperer” appeals to you, you’re in…
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