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I originally quit doing these types of memorials in 2016, when the sheer number of them devastated me. But I feel that this occasion justifies a return to the medium. Carl Adolf "Max" Von Sydow, one of the greatest international acting talents of the 20th Century, has died on Sunday, March 8th...

Celebrities come in all kinds of sizes, from big to small, both in stature and career. So it's with a heavy heart that I report the passing of one who was both and in both ways. Angus Scrimm, best known to horror fans for almost 40 years as The Tall Man in the Phantasm horror films, has passed...

The day I have dreaded for many years has finally come. Sir Christopher Lee, OBE and legendary actor of the 20th and 21st centuries has finally passed due to complications from respiratory and heart failure. Christopher Lee stands in my eyes as a true Man of the Century. To say that he was...

One of the benefits of being a geek is the habit of stumbling on countless hidden gems of art, both popular and obscure, on a regular basis throughout your life, as well as the people who produce them, often against all odds. One of the detriments, however, is spending most of your life watching...

Stan Freberg, one of the greatest satirists and founding member of modern pop culture humor, has died at the age of 88. Freberg is a largely forgotten character in the world of comedy, primarily because he spent much of his career in the world of letters and radio, and secondly because he...

Richard Kiel, known to most of the world as Jaws, the recurring, unstoppable James Bond supervillain, has passed away at the age of 74. Born in Detroit, Kiel was afflicted with acromegaly, a hormone condition that caused his skeleton to grown beyond its normal parameters. He finally topped...

Eli Wallach, one of the most legendary of character actors who embodied the very definition of the word(s), has passed away at the age of 98. To call Wallach prolific would be understatement made manifest. He was one of the ORIGINAL "that guy" actors in the modern awareness, courtesy of a...

Gordon Willis, unquestionably one of the greatest cinematographers in history, has died at the age of 82. Willis' contribution to the medium of film cannot be overstated. The man was almost singlehandedly responsible for the unmistakable "look" of 1970s cinema thanks to his unconquerable skill...

Ed Lauter (1938 - 2013) Ed Lauter, one of the most indelible and indispensable "That Guy" character actors of the late 20th Century, died Wednesday, October 16 of mesothelioma. With a resume of over 204 movies over 42 years in the entertainment industry, a prematurely receding hairline, and...

With all this talk of literary interests and engagements, I figured I'd jump on the bandwagon, despite being 60lbs overweight. This time, why not talk about what's on our list of books TO read? Considering that some of us--myself included--have lists several hundred titles long, let's stick to...

Ray Harryhausen, the God-King of stop-motion special effects photography and Unconquerable Jedi Master to all pre-CGI and pre-Optical effects technicians, has died at the age of 92. Harryhausen became a legend in his own time by training himself to practice the same stop-motion photography...

http://finance.yahoo.com/news/jailed-for--280--the-return-of-debtors--prisons.html Alain Sherter, CBS MoneyWatch, April 23, 2012 How did breast cancer survivor Lisa Lindsay end up behind bars? She didn't pay a medical bill -- one the Herrin, Ill., teaching assistant was told she didn't owe...

This will probably end up in the P&R section, but I'll leave that to the mods to decide. Without condoning or condemning anything this article says, I nevertheless figure that its insight is worth posting for people to read. Enjoy...

Movies started out as a novelty item that didn't even qualify for 1st Amendment protection. After 15 years of earnings, people started to change their minds and movies have changed our lives in the ways great literature used to. While literature still does to a limited degree, movies can do it...

Usually I give politics the level of respect and focus it deserves (which is none, BTW), but when I'm confronted with evidence that might suggest a political issue is true/has merit, I feel it's important to present it for people to consider. In this case, the long-exhausted debate about the...

When I joined the TMF in 2002, social networking was still in the toddler years of livejournal. With internet speed being what it was, the kind of wide-spanning niche catering that has flooded and sunken the internet to Atlantean depths possible today, the TMF was one of the havens for...

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Well, everyone, we all do something crazy at some point in our lives, and I'm no exception (apparently). Desperate to make a change in my life, I've decided to adopt a common approach to treating my condition and adopting a gluten-free diet. Yep. I'm going gluten-free. Possibly dairy-free as...

Chromium-6 Is Widespread in US Tap Water Cancer-causing chemical found in 89 percent of cities sampled by Brett Michael Dykes The Environmental Working Group released a report Monday indicating that millions of Americans are regularly drinking hexavalent chromium, made famous in the film "Erin...

I thought I'd give this thread creating thing another shot, this time with a new hook. 'Lees come in all shapes, sizes and tastes. And with that diversity comes an equally varied number of opinions and feelings about what it's like to be a 'lee. Some of those opinions are as academic as any...