KRAD's Inaccurate Guide to Life

Patrick Swayze has lost his lengthy battle with pancreatic cancer, and is dead at the age of 57.

I think what shocked me the most was that he was 57 years old. I imagined he was younger, but that's probably my own age playing tricks on me. *sigh*

Rest in peace....

Grace Kelly (Princess Grace of Monaco) died in a car crash (1982)

THOMAS THE TANK ENGINE

Thomas the Tank Engine was created by the Reverend W. Awdry in 1945. He wrote twenty-six volumes about the charismatic engine before his son Christopher took over and added forty more books to the series. Below are tabulated the names of some of the engines and carriages--along with their characteristic colors.

Thomas: blue
Henry: green
Donald & Douglas: black
Duck (Montague): green
Percy: green
James: red
Gordon: blue
Toby: brown
Mavis: black
Diesel: black
Edward: blue
Bill & Ben: orange
Daisy: green
Duncan: yellow


DEBACCHATE--to rave drunkenly
"At any feast, Jody would debacchate wildly."

Crystal Lee Sutton, the former textile worker who was the inspiration for the titular character in Norma Rae, has died of a brain tumor at the age of 68.

We've lost a fine one. *raises glass*

Finished up a comics script that I hope to be able to say what it is soon, and have to finish an introduction, then it's full-tilt boogie back into Heart of the Dragon for every waking moment of my life until it's done....................

The song "I've Got a Little List" in Gilbert & Sullivan's The Mikado has always been a forum for commenting on contemporary amusements. Koko, the Lord High Executioner, has his list of people ready to be executed. Here's one version from a 2008 version of the play, with Damien Douglas as Koko.

Thanks to louiseroho for the link.