Irish Times Family Notices LIDDY, James Daniel – November 5, 2008, Milwaukee, Wisconsin, USA, late of Coolgreaney, Gorey and 8, Mary Street, Wexford, Deeply regretted by his sister Nora, his friend Jim Chapson, cousins, relatives and friends. R.I.P. Funeral Prayers will take place at Murphy’s Funeral Home, The Avenue, Gorey tomorrow (Saturday) at 11.15 o’clock [...]
…The sad, baffling news of James Liddy’s death, the mentor of my youthful verse and friend of almost 40 years. I always thought he would live to a ripe old age, still having fun, still dazzling us with his Wildean erudtion and high-class gossip. He was born on The Night of the Long Knives,as he [...]
so says Bjork, explaining how TV works. . [youtube video, via Gizmodo]
Song for November 4, 2008 [hat tip The Daily Dish] Drunk Dialling for Change . [MacDaddy World.] Hiliarious. But touching, somehow. Hopes for a happy ending: Literary voices on the American Election [The Independent] Overwhelming evidence that Hospice Care saves money. It doesn’t take a commission to suss that, not to mention the quantum increase [...]