GoogObits
Obituaries augmented by Google searches using hypertext enjambment. There is a lot to learn from the dead.
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In light of inclemency
Since the Daytona 500 is postponed until tomorrow, and in honor of the 23rd anniversary of the death of Dale Earnhardt Sr, here’s a verse essay I wrote the day after he died. BALTHUS AND EARNHARDT ARE DEAD Death is weird in a pop culture world. It is the ultimate moment of individuality–even if surrounded…
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GoogObits: Jaap Penraat Dies at 88; Saved Hundreds in Holocaust
I am a design wonk. I love graphic design, I think, because out of all the visual arts, it is the one that lives right in the daily world of commerce. Some people put their design efforts into making logos for sick companies. Some people make fake IDs to save hundreds of lives. All hail…
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GoogObits: Thelma White, ‘Reefer’ Star, Dies at 94
One Thinks of What One Hoped to Be, and Then Faces Reality Two things here: 1/ I loved marijuana. Near-religion status. I am addicted to marijuana. One day at a time, I do not smoke marijauana.2/ One is not always remembered as one hoped to be. January 18, 2005Thelma White, ‘Reefer’ Star, Dies at 94By…
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GoogObits: Elite (George Wackenhut, 85, Dies; Founded Elite Security Firm)
Obituary writers are highly adept at putting a nonjudgemental spin on life stories while still telling the truth. As to be expected, the New York Times is the best at this type of truth-w/o-damnation. Today we read about George Wackenhut, who made millions by hanging out with people like William “Let’s Make a Pre-Election Deal…
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GoogObits: Glory to Bundt in the Highest (H. David Dalquist, 86, Bundt Pan’s Inventor, Dies)
Here’s a classic GoogObits fave. Today we learn that last week we lived in a world that included the inventor of the Bundt pan, and now we don’t. H. David Dalquist, 86, Bundt Pan’s Inventor, DiesBy THE ASSOCIATED PRESS EDINA, Minn., Jan. 5 (AP) – H. David Dalquist, creator of the aluminum Bundt pan, died…