"Goodbye my friends, the stars wait for me."

Eric Woolfson, my favourite musical artist, died on 1 December of cancer. Eric was the prime force behind the Alan Parsons Project, and I've been listening to his music for more than two decades - his albums as part of the Project, but also his individual work, like Freudiana , Gambler , Gaudi , Poe and The Alan Parsons Project That Never Was . I love virtually everything he's done, ...

[LINK] Some Friday links

... Down the Danube points out another reason why Sarah Palin can't be president. Joe. My. God lets us know that the San Francisco-area GLBT Bay Area Reporter is uploading its obituaries of AIDS dead for public viewing and comment. Skating has already begun at Dufferin Grove Park, Michael's Bloor-Lansdowne Blog reports , notwithstanding the unreasonable warmth (no snow all November!). ...

...are 10,000 honest decent kindly men. If it were not so, no child would live to grow up, business could not go on from day to day. Decency is not news; it is buried in the obituaries --but it is a force stronger than crime. I believe in the patient gallantry of nurses...in the tedious sacrifices of teachers. I believe in the unseen and unending fight against desperate odds that goes on quietly in...

Tweets for the Day

... your name in print never gets old, does it? # 20:39 Ha! In response 2me: Seeing your name in print never gets old: RT @TeresaMedeiros: It does if it's in the crime round-up or the obituaries. # 20:51 Ugh. 8:47 and falling asleep proofing my own work. I've put water on for tea.... # 21:00 STILL can't believe I get to use @smartbitches' and @misshepeshu's quote about "Biggest and ...

I can relate why too much with this list!

... a banana peel in the road and instinctively swerved to avoid it...thanks Mario Kart. 26. MapQuest really needs to start their directions on #5. Pretty sure I know how to get out of my neighborhood. 27. Obituaries would be a lot more interesting if they told you how the person died. 28. I find it hard to believe there are actually people who get in the shower first and THEN turn on the water. 29. ...

Wow!

An inspiring story ... too bad I only caught the tail end of it.

Deep Thoughts

... you supposed to fold a fitted sheet? 6. Was learning cursive really necessary? 7. Map Quest really needs to start their directions on #5. I'm pretty sure I know how to get out of my neighborhood. 8. Obituaries would be a lot more interesting if they told you how the person died. 9. I can't remember the last time I wasn't at least kind of tired. 10. Bad decisions make good stories. 11. You ...

Co-Writer of "M.T.A." Dies

Hunh. I was not aware that one of the co-writers of "M.T.A." was a woman. The Boston Globe reports today that Bess L. Hawes died Friday at the age of 88 . *ponders* Since I was thinking about posting a song a day as a gift to all my peeps out there in L.J. Land, I guess I know what my first track will be. In the meantime, please enjoy this video of the song from the Kingston Trio.

World AIDS Day - A Meme

... is the Bay Area Reporter . Sometime today the GLBT Historical Society is going to make the news papers obituaries from 1980 availble online http://www.glbthistory.org/obituaries/ I recommend checking it out when it becomes available. Through the auspices of the GLBT Historical Society folks who are too...

Colleen Donaldson 1945 - 2009

... wonderful staff at Whakatane hospital, and the people at Hospice Eastern Bay Of Plenty. I always thought "oh, that's nice" when I saw those "in lieu of flowers" bits at the end of obituaries, but what Hospice have done for my mum and the whole family goes well beyond what the word hospice ever evoked for me. They've provided nursing care, equipment, they've organised domestic help and personal ...