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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…
Stephen Hawking shared a birthday with Galileo and died on Einstein’s birthday (which is also “pi day” among the mathematically inclined). There’s little doubt that he belongs in that august company; he…
Mother-in-law jokes might have gone out of style with the Edsel, but in Georgia, one mother-in-law tried to revive them, and took the gag a little too far. While her son was…
Add New York City to the list of places where you shouldn’t be caught dead. The president and seven teachers at the American Academy McAllister Institute—the so-called “Harvard of Morticians”— has been…
Since Charlie Parker is our Dead of the Day, a couple of our favorite Parker recordings: We open with one of Parker’s signature songs, “Ko-Ko.” Based around the changes of a “Cherokee,”…
It’s been over 60 years since Charlie Parker died. But if you put on just about any of his recordings, it’s hard to believe he’s been gone that long. The music still…
A scientist has claimed to solve the disappearance of aviatrix Emilia Earhart one of the enduring mysteries of the 20th Century. Her plane vanished on July 2, 1937 while flying from Papua…
As in every aspect of life, women are starting to make their presence known in the funeral industry. It’s not what you would call a groundswell (or underground swell), but according to…
We told you in Dead of the Day that today is the anniversary of Ferdinand von Zeppelin’s death…you think we were going to just let it go by with a joke? …
We like to think that Donald Trump will end up being recognized as the worst President of the United States (So Bad!), that sometimes we forget some of the truly mediocre—or worse!—men…
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