Googbits Essays

The main reason I do GoogObits is so I can find out what people did with their lives. Emilio Cruz got quite a bit done. Emilio Cruz, Artist Known for Dreamlike Imagery, Dies at 66 By KEN JOHNSON Emilio Cruz a Manhattan painter, writer and performance artist, died on Friday at St. Vincent’s Hospital. He was 66.…

There are lots of ways to obtain enough to eat. Selling Amway products and the Amway lifestyle to everyone you know is one of them. December 8, 2004By LANDON THOMAS Jay Van Andel, a co-founder of Amway who spun a soap-selling business in his basement into a $6 billion global sales giant and contributed millions to conservative…

My uncle died this week. He had just returned from his birthplace, Pittsburgh, to visit his brother, my father, who is dying in his own right. One day at a time, everybody. Born in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania on Jul. 15, 1920 Departed on Nov. 20, 2004 and resided in Southfield, MI. Service: Saturday Nov. 27, 2004 RETIRED BAKER…

Ronald Reagan is dead. He certainly lived a long time. He certainly was a creep in many ways. Time passes. He’s dead. Now, I’m not a big fan of GoogObiting famous people. I like the lesser-known weirdos, people we can learn from. There’s no more to learn from Reagan. So I’m going to institute a…

I am fascinated by the meaning of money. Not just on a workady, “I don’t got no money” level (though I am extremely familiar with that), but on the level where economics & finance meet chaos theory & psychic hotlines. Credit ratings sit at the center of this stuff. If you’re a big business, Standard & Poor’s is always…