Ultimate Astros: Gene Elston, the quiet Midwesterner who taught thousands of fans the basics of the game as the original voice of Major League Baseball in Houston, has died at age 93.
Elston had been in declining health for several months and died peacefully, his son, Kim, said in an e-mail Saturday.
He broadcast Colt .45s and Astros games on radio and television from 1962 through 1986 and was selected as the 2006 winner of the Ford Frick Award from the National Baseball Hall of Fame for broadcasting contributions.
Saturday, September 05, 2015
Hell Hath no Fury Department
Shepton Mallet Journal: A WOMAN who allegedly reversed into her estranged husband's car was then said to have grabbed his testicles and said: "I bet it's sore with all the action it's been getting".
Sarah Jayne Illot was also accused of going to the victim's home in Coleford and writing graffiti on the wall naming a female followed by "I love shagging grieving widows".
Sarah Jayne Illot was also accused of going to the victim's home in Coleford and writing graffiti on the wall naming a female followed by "I love shagging grieving widows".
First It was the Thin Mints Melee . . .
. . . and now it's the Weaponized Pillow Fight!
At West Point, Annual Pillow Fight Becomes Weaponized
Hat tip to Jeff Meyerson.
At West Point, Annual Pillow Fight Becomes Weaponized
Hat tip to Jeff Meyerson.
I Miss the Old Days
In 1958 Egyptian audience laughs over proposal for women to wear head scarfs: In 1958 Gamal Abdel Nasser, the second president of Egypt, gave a speech in which he mocked the Muslim Brotherhood for proposing that women be required to cover their heads in public. The audience hooted with laughter at the absurdity of such an idea.
Friday, September 04, 2015
Warren Murphy, R. I. P.
It's been announced on Facebook that Warren Murphy, famed for The Destroyer series, and many others, has passed away. I read and enjoyed many of his books, and just this afternoon was looking at a copy of Leonardo's Law. I was lucky enough to meet him and talk to him at a few conventions, and he never forgot that I was one of the first reviewers (40 or so years ago now) to heap praise on The Destroyer series. He'll be greatly missed.
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