Celebrity Deaths

[Juan]

The only rationalization I can make is admittedly weak:  Who knows what lesson that soul needed to learn.

[b_dubb]

The only rationalization I can make is admittedly weak:  Who knows what lesson that soul needed to learn.

you get points for trying.  it's a really, really difficult position to defend using anything approaching rational thought.  there's a whole school of philosophy called 'theodicy' that attempts/attempted to reconcile the cruel, brutal nature of reality with the Christian assertion that there's a caring, benevolent God out there watching over us.  tricky business.

i'm agnostic leaning towards atheism but i've had a couple of personal experiences that indicate that there might be something beyond the physical universe that keeps staring back at us day after day after day after ... you get the idea

[Juan]

the Christian assertion that there's a caring, benevolent God out there watching over us.  tricky business.

Only some Christians believe that.  Admittedly, the ones who do believe that are the loudest. And, they're generally the ones who claim authority to decide who is Christian and who is not.  I think they would deny me the cloak of Christianity.

[b_dubb]

figures the Celebrity Deaths thread would slowly morph into an apologetics thread right around Christmas

[BobGrau]

you get points for trying.  it's a really, really difficult position to defend using anything approaching rational thought.  there's a whole school of philosophy called 'theodicy' that attempts/attempted to reconcile the cruel, brutal nature of reality with the Christian assertion that there's a caring, benevolent God out there watching over us.  tricky business.

i'm agnostic leaning towards atheism but i've had a couple of personal experiences that indicate that there might be something beyond the physical universe that keeps staring back at us day after day after day after ... you get the idea

Outside the universe is just a Huge Mirror. Sleep tight.

[Agent : Orange]

Outside the universe is just a Huge Mirror. Sleep tight.

Outside the Universe? What's that mean?

*evil grin*

[BobGrau]

Outside the Universe? What's that mean?

*evil grin*

Good Point!

[Evil Twin Of Zen]

figures the Celebrity Deaths thread would slowly morph into an apologetics thread right around Christmas

true. i figure either way, everyone returns to the forces that set everything in motion. kinda works both ways with only the question of awareness. with it or without it, right or wrong, you're never gonna tell anyone. sparks of awareness grow from self all the way to possibilities. even the possibility of the Christmas you want.... no matter what you call it..... or don't. 

[Agent : Orange]

Good Point!

http://youtu.be/B3lsJmwNO40

[BobGrau]

http://youtu.be/B3lsJmwNO40

MY EYYYEEES/MIIINND!

Ok, i'll never question the laws of physics again.

[b_dubb]

http://youtu.be/B3lsJmwNO40

i love that scene

[Little Hater]

Mikhail Kalashnikov, designer of the AK-47, dead at 94.

[West of the Rockies]

I know the name only through the rifle.  Maybe he was a prince among men, a great father and husband.  Maybe he was an asshole.  He was probably a fairly gifted engineer.  But I wonder how many humans died because of his invention/improvement.

It sort of goes back to the TV show Eureka and the question of whether science ultimately hurts or harms humanity.  When the government gets involved, the answer often seems to be "harms".  Did the Soviet Union conscript the guy to make an awesomely effective weapon?  Did he even have a choice?

An apparently gifted human being has left us.  RIP.

[Little Hater]

I know the name only through the rifle.  Maybe he was a prince among men, a great father and husband.  Maybe he was an asshole.  He was probably a fairly gifted engineer.  But I wonder how many humans died because of his invention/improvement.

As many of us often say in other contexts, it's not the tool, it's the workman.

[UnscreenedCaller]

Phil Everly of the Everly Brothers died today at 74. John Lennon credited these guys with teaching the Beatles how to harmonize. They sang a lot of great songs, but this has the trademark Everly twang.



Everly Brothers - Walk Right Back.

[MV/Liberace!]

Phil Everly of the Everly Brothers died today at 74. John Lennon credited these guys with teaching the Beatles how to harmonize. They sang a lot of great songs, but this has the trademark Everly twang.



Everly Brothers - Walk Right Back.

the everly brothers popped (that's popped, not pooped) on stage during a simon and garfunkel show in st. louis a few years ago.  what a show.

[The General]

Phil Everly of the Everly Brothers died today at 74.

Godspeed, Phil.  Thanks for the awesome music.
Hope him and Don were on good terms finally.

[RealCool Daddio]

the everly brothers popped (that's popped, not pooped) on stage during a simon and garfunkel show in st. louis a few years ago.  what a show.

Wow, must have been a great night. Both of those acts were on heavy rotation in the 8 track player of my moms Dodge Dart when I was a kid.  Along with other greats like Buddy Holly, Bill Haley and the Comets, Fats Domino and Jerry Lee Lewis.  My mom also had a love for folk music, so Ian and Silvia, Joan Baez, Janis Ian, and the Mamas and Poppas was also played a lot.

Unfortunately, so were Roger Whitaker and Nana Mouskouri...

[Yorkshire pud]

A fine actor passed away. Roger Lloyd-Pack. Better known as Trigger in Only fools and horses.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-25762006

[West of the Rockies]

Russell Johnson, AKA, The Professor has died at 89 this morning.  He won the Purple Heart as a B-25 flyboy during WWII.  RIP.

[b_dubb]

Russell Johnson, AKA, The Professor has died at 89 this morning.  He won the Purple Heart as a B-25 flyboy during WWII.  RIP.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Russell_Johnson
http://www.russell-johnson.com/

This Russell Johnson? Very sad.  Ginger will be inconsolable.

[steelbot]

I just saw Aunt Mae died too...the wrestling world will miss her!

[eddie dean]

the professor is gone? sad.
He finally made it off the island.

[Morgus]

Only Ginger and Mary-Ann are left now of the survivors.

[HorrorRetro]

And now Reuben Kincaid. 
http://metvnetwork.com/share/dave-madden-reuben-kincaid-in-partridge-family-dies-at-82

[ItsOver]

I like watching a lot of the old shows on Me-TV.  I try not to think that most of the actors have passed and I'm watching the dots of light they've left behind. 

[Morgus]

I like watching a lot of the old shows on Me-TV.  I try not to think that most of the actors have passed and I'm watching the dots of light they've left behind. 

Yep, Me-TV will probably due one of their tribute marathons of Gilligan's Island for the Professor in the near future.

[ItsOver]

Yep, Me-TV will probably due one of their tribute marathons of Gilligan's Island for the Professor in the near future.

You're right, Morgus.  A tribute for the Professor.  Me is pretty cool, retro-style.  Even their commercials usually give me laugh.  They've nailed my demographic.

[eddie dean]

Yep, Me-TV will probably due one of their tribute marathons of Gilligan's Island for the Professor in the near future.

ding, ding, ding.
A tribute to the Professor tonight & this weekend.

[aldousburbank]

 

Russell Johnson, AKA, The Professor has died at 89 this morning.  He won the Purple Heart as a B-25 flyboy during WWII.  RIP.

Crap we're never getting off this island!