The Grim One has been busy lately. Seems like more high profile people have been cashing in their chips early recently; more than usual to me any way. The old adage “famous people die in threes” seems not to fit the situation. More like ‘they die in hoards”. I wonder if the Grim One is somehow rewarded in his work: the more high profile the person is, the more ‘credit’ they are worth? If that is so, He must be saving up for that swimming pool in his summer home in Florida or something.

Like I was saying above, it seems like a lot of famous people are passing on. Some that I expected to pass soon (like Farah and Ed) to the ones that surprised me (like David Carridine) and the one that will make TV a lot quieter(Billy Mays) to the granddaddy of all shockers: Michael Jackson.

I remember growing up with a lot of them (Farah’s infamous poster and her bouncing around in ‘Charlie’s Angels’, “Heeeeeer’s Johnny” introduction at late nights and the monk who walked the earth, and the Thriller video that MTV played to death back in the day). Death is a sad thing no matter who it happens to.

For those who are fans of the old BBC show ‘Are You Being Served?’, Molly Sugden who played Mrs. Slocombe passed recently too. Besides the old Monty Python’s Flying Circus, Are You Being Served was one of my favorite British shows they showed on the backwater TV stations here.

Rest in peace to all them and the ones I didn’t mention.

This just in from the “Having More Money Than Common Sense” department:
You have to read this to believe it.  [link]