There are a lot of crass jokes that can be made, and I've even made some of them -- starting with, "Hey, at least he's already embalmed!" -- but ultimately, we should be mourning the loss of a great American singer who gave us some amazing music over the years, both with the Jackson 5 and on his own (Thriller still remains one of the great albums of all time), before he got all weird.
The Korean War began when North Korean troops invaded South Korea (1950)
TRADITIONAL U.S. STATE INDUSTRIES #3
NORTH CAROLINA: ranks first in tar and turpentine OHIO: ranks first in agricultural implements and wool OREGON: takes the palm for cattle raising PENNSYLVANIA: ranks first in rye, iron, steel, petroleum, and coal RHODE ISLAND: in proportion to its size, outranks all other states in value of manufactures SOUTH CAROLINA: ranks first in phosphates TENNESSEE: ranks second in peanuts TEXAS: ranks second in cattle and cotton UTAH: ranks third in silver VERMONT: ranks fourth in copper VIRGINIA: ranks first in peanuts WEST VIRGINIA: ranks fifth in salt & coal WISCONSIN: ranks second in hops
from A Perpetual Calendar, L.S.F. Pinaud, 1896
We are not free to use today, or to promise tomorrow, because we are already mortgaged to yesterday. Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803-82)
Current Music
"Sailing Down that Golden River" by Sarah Lee Guthrie
I've had a killer sinus headache since yesterday afternoon, and it just will not die. I usually don't succumb to barometric pressure changes like this, but I sure as shit am now. Sigh. I've also been running a fever all day.
Spent my working time today dealing with various and sundry Farscape issues -- going over the second draft of the Gone and Back #4 script with plotter Rockne S. O'Bannon, looking over several of the colored pages for Gone and Back #1 and the lettering for D'Argo's Lament #4, and incorporating The Jim Henson Company's notes on D'Argo's Trial #3-4.
Now I'm gonna go watch the first game of the Yankees-Mets weekend series....
terri_osborne, who found it on an Adult Swim bumper....