Archive for July 27th, 2010

Death watch.

Tuesday, July 27th, 2010

Maury Chaykin, actor. He was Nero Wolfe in the A&E series, I believe, and was in a lot of other stuff. Including “War Games”, “Dances With Wolves”…and, well, “Meatballs III” and “Overdrawn at the Memory Bank” (if anyone remembers that MST3K).

(Hattip to FARK.)

Jack Tatum, safety for the Oakland Raiders, remembered for the hit that paralyzed Darryl Stingley. According to the linked article, Stingley passed away in 2007. (Edited to add: NYT obit.)

(Hattip to Patrick at Popehat.)

I baked you a cake, but I eated it.

Tuesday, July 27th, 2010

I’ll be on the road tomorrow, but I did want to note that it is the one year anniversary of Whipped Cream Difficulties.

I’d like to thank Lawrence, Earl, Mike the Musicologist, the crew at Popehat (especially Ken and Patrick), Jay G., Cranky Prof (who I will pour out a 40 for; seriously, Cranky Prof deserves a much longer thank you from me, and I hope to write that someday. In the meantime, I hope she’s out there somewhere terrorizing the stupid and being the shepherd of lost souls.), the rest of the Friday Night Dinner and Saturday Dining Conspiracy gang, and the members of the Academy. I’m probably forgetting some other folks who also deserve thanks; sorry about that, chief. Drop me a line, and I’ll update.

Edited to add: Joe D., too.

I would tell the Google Ads people what they could do, but my mother has been known to read this blog. Suffice it to say, it involves a rusty fence post, a mile of barbed wire, an uncomfortable place, and no lubricant.

There’s a man who wants to get ahead in the military…

Tuesday, July 27th, 2010

By way of Say Uncle, we learn that a Gurkha private with the 1st Battalion, Royal Gurkha Rifles, is in a spot of trouble.

It seems that his unit was dispatched to take out a Taliban commander, and intelligence wanted proof that they had killed the right man. They accomplished the mission, but came under heavy fire. Rather than lugging back the entire body, our man used his kukri to remove the head. You know, a convenient travel package.

For some reason, this upset his superiors, and various other folks.

This is considered a gross insult to the Muslims of Afghanistan, who bury the entire body of their dead even if parts have to be retrieved.

I have this to say on the subject:

Tiny violin. Let me play it for you.