Last post here.

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See you there.

Eye of the beholder . . .

. . . should be the name of my first book.

I am nothing like my father, but I am just like him . . .

How do you like them apples?

The Dead Guy - Updated

Current mood: morose

When I was in college, prob ~ 1994, a guy I worked with told me about "the Dead Guy." It was a list, compiled by him and his group of friends when they were in college - late 80s - that was an honourary title granted to the most recently deceased celebrity. Well, I did some research and actually compiled a list that has been on my computer for years. I had not updated it since mid 2006, until yesterday. I have wanted a forum to post the list - and thought this would be a great place for it. So I will post it here. Obviously - I am not going to put up a list that is 15 years old, so I have only included those since January 2000. The list will obviously be updated from time to time.

So, without further ado - I give you "the Dead Guy".
Jim Varney - February 10, 2000
Charles Schulz - February 12, 2000
Larry Linville - April 10, 2000
Tito Puente - May 31, 2000
Walter Matthau - July 1, 2000
Sir Alec Guinness - August 5, 2000
Loretta Young - August 12, 2000
Richard Mulligan - September 26, 2000
Steve Allen - October 30, 2000
Victor Borge - December 23, 2000
Jason Robards - December 26, 2000
Ray Walston - January 1, 2001
Dale Evans - February 7, 2001
Morton Downey, Jr. - March 12, 2001
William Hanna - March 22, 2001
Willie Stargell - April 9, 2001
Perry Como - May 12, 2001
Anthony Quinn - June 3, 2001
John Lee Hooker - June 21, 2001
Carroll O'Connor - June 21, 2001
Jack Lemmon - June 27, 2001
Chet Atkins - June 30, 2001
Aaliyah - August 25, 2001
Various People - September 11, 2001
George Harrison - November 29, 2001
Dave Thomas - January 8, 2002
Waylon Jennings - February 13, 2002
Chuck Jones - February 22, 2002
Milton Berle - March 27, 2002
Dudley Moore - March 27, 2002
Queen Elizabeth - March 30, 2002
Layne Staley - April 5, 2002
Robert Urich - April 16, 2002
Linda Lovelace - April 22, 2002
Lisa "Left Eye" Lopes - April 25, 2002
Ann Landers - June 22, 2002
Rosemary Clooney - June 29, 2002
Ted Williams - July 5, 2002
Johnny Unitas - September 11, 2002
Stephen Ambrose - October 13, 2002
James Coburn - November 18, 2002
Joe Strummer - December 22, 2002
Maurice Gibb - January 12, 2003
Nell Carter - January 23, 2003
Columbia Space Shuttle Crew - February 1, 2003
Johnny Paycheck - February 18, 2003
Fred Rogers - February 27, 2003
Robert Atkins - April 17, 2003
Robert Stack - May 14, 2003
David Brinkley - June 11, 2003
Gregory Peck - June 12, 2003
Hume Cronyn - June 15, 2003
Strom Thurmond - June 26, 2003
Buddy Hackett - June 29, 2003
Katharine Hepburn - June 29, 2003
Barry White - July 4, 2003
Buddy Ebsen - July 6, 2003
Bob Hope - July 27, 2003
Gregory Hines - August 9, 2003
Charles Bronson - August 30, 2003
Warren Zevon - September 7, 2003
John Ritter - - September 11, 2003
Johnny Cash - September 12, 2003
Robert Palmer - September 25, 2003
Elia Kazan - September 28, 2003
Willie Shoemaker - October 12, 2003
Art Carney November 9, 2003
Earl Hindman - December 29, 2003
Bob Keeshan - January 23, 2004
Jack Paar - January 27, 2004
Paul Winfield - March 7, 2004
Tony Randall - May 17, 2004
Ronald Reagan - June 5, 2004
Ray Charles - June 10, 2004
Marlon Brando - July 1, 2004
Rick James - August 6, 2004
Julia Child - August 13, 2004
Rodney Dangerfield - October 5, 2004
Christopher Reeve - October 10, 2004
Yasser Arafat - November 11, 2004
Russell Tyrone Jones (ODB) - November 13, 2004
Reggie White - December 26, 2004
Jerry Orbach - December 28, 2004
Artie Shaw - December 30, 2004
Johnny Carson - January 23, 2005
Max Schmeling - February 2, 2005
Ossie Davis - February 4, 2005
Arthur Miller - February 10, 2005
Sandra Dee - February 20, 2005
Hunter S. Thompson - February 20, 2005
Chris LeDoux - March 9, 2005
John DeLorean - March 19, 2005
Johnnie Cochran - March 29, 2005
Pope John Paul II - April 02, 2005
Prince Rainier III - April 06, 2005
Eddie Albert - May 26, 2005
Anne Bancroft - June 6, 2005
Luther Vandross - July 1, 2005
Peter Jennings - August 7, 2005
Barbara Bel Geddes - August 8, 2005
Bob Denver - September 2, 2005
William H. Rehnquist - September 3, 2005
Don Adams - September 25, 2005
Nipsey Russell - October 3, 2005
Rosa Parks - October 24, 2005
Pat Morita - November 24, 2005
Richard Pryor - December 10, 2005
Birgit Nilsson - December 25, 2005
Lou Rawls - January 6, 2006
Shelley Winters - January 14, 2006
Wilson Pickett - January 19, 2006
Chris Penn - January 24, 2006
Coretta Scott King - January 31, 2006
Al Lewis - February 3, 2006
Betty Friedan - February 4, 2006
Peter Benchley - February 11, 2006
Curt Gowdy - February 20, 2006
Don Knotts - February 24, 2006
Kirby Puckett - March 6, 2006
Maureen Stapleton - March 13, 2006
Peter Tomarken - March 13, 2006
Buck Owens - March 25, 2006
Caspar Weinberger - March 28, 2006
June Pointer - April 11, 2006
John Kenneth Galbraith - April 29, 2006
Lloyd Bentsen - May 23, 2006
Aaron Spelling - June 23, 2006
Syd Barrett - July 7, 2006
Red Buttons - July 13, 2006
Mickey Spillane - July 17, 2006
Mako - July 21, 2006
Mike Douglas - August 11, 2006
Bruno Kirby - August 14, 2006
Maynard Ferguson - August 23, 2006
Steve Irwin - September 4, 2006
Ann Richards - September 13, 2006
Edward Albert - September 22, 2006
Freddy Fender - October 14, 2006
Jane Wyatt - October 20, 2006
Red Auerbach - October 28, 2006
Adrienne Shelly - November 1, 2006
Ed Bradley - November 9, 2006
Gerald Levert - November 10, 2006
Jack Palance - November 10, 2006
Milton Friedman - November 16, 2006
Robert Altman - November 20, 2006
Elizabeth Bolden - December 4, 2006 (Born August 15, 1890)
Peter Boyle - December 12, 2006
Joseph Barbera - December 18, 2006
James Brown - December 25, 2006
Gerald R. Ford - December 26, 2006
Yvonne De Carlo - January 8, 2007
Sidney Sheldon - January 30, 2007
Molly Ivins - January 31, 2007
Frankie Laine - February 6, 2007
Anna Nicole Smith - February 8, 2007
Richard Jeni - March 10, 2007
Calvert DeForest - March 19, 2007
Johnny Hart - April 7, 2007
Kurt Vonnegut, Jr. - April 11, 2007
Don Ho - April 14, 2007
Boris Yeltsin - April 23, 2007
Jack Valenti - April 26, 2007
Tom Poston - April 30, 2007
Charles Nelson Reilly - May 25, 2007
Don Herbert - June 12, 2007
Liz Claiborne - June 26, 2007
Joel Siegel - June 29, 2007
Lady Bird Johnson - July 11, 2007
Tom Snyder - July 29, 2007
Ingmar Bergman - July 30, 2007
Merv Griffin - August 12, 2007
Max Roach - August 16, 2007
Leona Helmsley - August 20, 2007
Richard Jewell - August 29, 2007
Luciano Pavarotti - September 09, 2007
Jane Wyman - September 10, 2007
Brett Somers - September 15, 2007
Robert Jordan - September 16, 2007
Marcel Marceau - September 22, 2007
Lois Maxwell - September 29, 2007
Deborah Kerr - October 16, 2007
Joey Bishop - October 17, 2007
Porter Wagoner - October 28, 2007
Robert Goulet - October 30, 2007
Norman Mailer - November 10, 2007
Ira Levin - November 13, 2007
Evel Knievel - November 30, 2007
Ike Turner - December 12, 2007
Dan Fogelberg - December 16, 2007
Oscar Peterson - December 23, 2007
Benazir Bhutto - December 27, 2007
Vampira - January 10, 2008
Sir Edmund Hillary - January 11, 2008
Bobby Fischer - January 17, 2008
Suzanne Pleshette - January 19, 2008
Heath Ledger - January 22, 2008

I really do not write enough . . .

Hello all,

It is an election year - yay. That makes me happy. I am not sure, as of right now, who will win either nomination. As a leftist, I would like to see a Democrat in the White House next year. I like all three who have a chance. Probably Barack a bit more than the other two, but I still like the others, also. If Dennis Kicinich was a viable candidate, then he would be my top choice.

I actually really like Mike Huckabee, as he seems to be a likeable person, not so much in his politics. I don't hate Mitt, although I would not vote for him. I would vote for McCain, and I don't think Rudy has a chance in hell of getting the nomination at this point.

My prediction: Obama v. McCain (or Huckabee) in the general election and Obama will win. I'm probably not even close, but what the heck, eh?

What else? I am starting school again. Well - still, but this time it is a Master's program through Utah State University. I'm quite excited.

I am still a stay at home dad. I am finally, after 4 months, finally getting used to it.

That's all for now.

Farewell

Happy Birthday Gavin

Today is the 3rd of November. Happy birthday, buddy. He's 3 now. Crap. :)

Leonard Nimoy

While I'm at it - I may as well mention something I heard on the radio this morning. While drinving to ITT, I was listenig to "Weekend Edition" and came across a story about Leonard Nimoy and his picture taking. The first thing that caught my attention was the hosts mispronounciation of the word, "photography." Living in Utah, I hear this a lot. The word, folks, is "phOtography" there is no "er" in the middle of the word. It is not pronounced, "phERtography." People say photograph, so why can't you say it right when an "er" or "y" is added to the end?

Anyway - go here, http://leonardnimoyphotography.com/7body.htm to see Mr. Spock's retrospective piece on OBESE WOMEN. Really, the pics are not that bad. Way to go, Lenny.

Godspeed,
Rev. Edo

New Blog Issues

So, I just looked at my profile and noticed it said I have only been a member since October 2007. That's annoying. It only says that because I merged this into the new blog Google made me create. Damnit. If you look, you will see I have really been a member since July 2004. That's like 3 and half years. Dumb.

Shredding Documents

I am in the process of shredding documents. As of right now, I have filled two 12 gallon garbage bags, and am only about 20% of the way done. I have to wait now because my shredder overheated - twice.

New Blog, Apparently . . .

So, I guess everyone had to merge their old blogs into new Google powered blogs (or something).

Anyway - I lost all of my old profile information and shit. So, here I am again. It has been a while since I posted anything, and hopefully I will stay in touch more now.

Here goes.

What is the magic word?

This morning, as Gavin was eating breakfast, he spilled some of his oatmeal on the table and said, "Can you clean this for me?"

I said, "I didn't hear you say the magic word."

To which he responded, "Abracadabra."

I almost fell off my chair, I was laughing so hard.

Tread Lightly

We, as mere people, have a responsibility to accept all others, regardless of mental or physical ability. I will say we need not accept everyone for all their faults; after all, there are all manner of people with whom I would not associate, but that is based on ideals and morals, not abilities and (dis)orders. When people are branded as different because of mental retardation or other differences that may be out of their control, they tend to lose something real about what defines them as people.

What steps do we, as a society predisposed to flaunt others’ differences, take to ensure they are respected? Easy - stop treating them differently. OK - I will admit that is not as easily done as it is said, but it is a step. And - I am not speaking only in terms of political correctness. That, I feel, should be just as curbed. A person with mental retardation IS different than someone without. However, that is not unlike recognizing someone who is black as being different as someone who is white. Different - yes. Better or worse - no. That is where society bastardizes the beauty of differences.

A person who is mentally retarded, living in a society where being retarded is seen as bizarre, should be treated differently than a “normal” person in a similar setting. This will be politically incorrect for me to say, but bear with me - People with disabilities, women, minorities, poor people, etc., living in 21st century America should be given the benefit of the doubt. Upper and middle class white males are the standard for this society. That population does have it easier. Those outside that standard simply do not have the same standing and stature in our society. It is the responsibility of everyone to start treating all people as equals.

For now, we will need to treat people with mental retardation differently simply because our definitions of what people can do in our society do not include these differences. Only when differences are acknowledged and accepted can we truly move forward. Once we accept people are different, and account for those differences in our society, we will then start to not see the differences in people, but only the people themselves.