Felix and Oscar may now be together in the Afterlife.
More sad news today: Jack Lemon, star of many films, passed away at 74.
One of my favorite films of all time is Some Like it Hot, the Billy Wilder-directed film that starred Lemon, Tony Curtis, and Marilyn Monroe. Tony is now the only surviving member of [...]
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The family friend I mentioned a few weeks back died in the early hours of the morning.
She stopped eating more than 2 weeks ago, and she hadn’t opened her eyes in over a week. She’d gone into a coma.
She didn’t feel pain in the end, and her suffering is now over – but what an [...]
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The day after St-Jean. I went out to a banking machine in the morning, but stayed in the rest of the day. It was insanely hot outdoors… I’m not stupid!
I spent a large part of the day copying over my personal diary to another program; problem with Lite versions of some apps is that they [...]
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Sunday is Quebec’s major summer holiday, St-Jean Baptiste (Saint John the Baptist). It’s not a holiday I celebrate. Actually, one I haven’t celebrated in many, many years. I call it “St-Jean Alcoholic Day”, because it’s really an excuse for people to get drunk.
(Not that Canada Day next week is any different. The whole “I Am [...]
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Today brought sad news for both music and TV fans.
Johnny Lee Hooker, legendary blues man, an influence on the Rolling Stones, died at the age of 80.
He was still performing to the end, still recording. He will be missed.
The other I didn’t hear of until a few minutes ago – but his memory will always [...]
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I got a set of 10 boxes to pack with this morning. At least my bookcases will soon be done!
I wanted to start today, but the heat really slowed me down to a stand-still.
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NYPOST.COM Entertainment: CLAPTON BAND’S NEW MEMBER By WILLIAM J. GORTA. He’s not a Jazz musician, but Eric Clapton is a blues man, and that’s close enough!
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BTW: if my post about the NBA Finals seemed callous after the news of my family friend: it wasn’t intended as such.
I always try to mix some lighter postings with the heavier ones, for my mental sanity as well as my readers.
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A few minutes ago, the LA Lakers won their second NBA Championship in a row, beating the Philadelphia SeventySixers four games to one.
By winning this title, they’ve also become the first NBA champions of the 21st century, and it seems they’ve possibly started a run as the new dominant franchise.
A few things about the games [...]
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Some parts of life just stink, make me wonder about the idea of a higher power watching over us:
A family friend, one I haven’t seen in many years, is right now in Paliative care, most likely on her death bed.
The reason: lung cancer.
Was she a smoker? No.
She’s only 53 years old.
About 4 years ago, she [...]
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