Saturday, December 24, 2011
Free e-Books!
Paul Bishop has a couple of books going for free right now. Both great stuff, and if you have a Kindle, this is a no-brainer. Grab 'em. One is Penalty Shot, and the other is Croaker: Kill Me Again.
Robert Easton, R. I. P.
latimes.com: Robert Easton, a character actor whose command of a vast array of foreign and American regional accents led to a flourishing second career as a dialect coach to Hollywood stars such as Charlton Heston and Anne Hathaway, has died. He was 81.
Hat tip to Doc Quatermass.
Friday, December 23, 2011
And Keep Off Her Lawn!
NBC-2.com WBBH News: A 90-year-old woman, attacked by an alligator, is finally home with her family.
Margaret Webb almost lost her life, but the woman friends describe as "a fighter" is proving the alligator and the road to recovery were no match for her. Her return home is a Christmas gift, come early.
Margaret Webb almost lost her life, but the woman friends describe as "a fighter" is proving the alligator and the road to recovery were no match for her. Her return home is a Christmas gift, come early.
Don Sharp, R. I. P.
NYTimes.com: Don Sharp, a veteran film director who had never watched a horror movie until Hammer Films — the English studio described, usually admiringly, as dripping cinematic blood — enlisted him in the mid-1960s to help revivify its presentation of Gothic terror, died on Sunday. He was 89.
Hat tip to Jeff Meyerson.
Paging Jeff Meyerson
NY Daily News: An illegal wolf-dog was found Tuesday roaming the wilds of Brooklyn.
No Comment Department
NJ man who overdosed at party to get $4M : Simon sued the pharmacy for not taking proper precautions to avoid theft of drugs. He also sued the party's host and his parents, along with several guests.
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