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Today is the day that we bury my brother Tom, which is a hard sentence to type. In keeping with my family's tradition of over-long obituaries, and given the scope of his impressive career, we have created a website to post a memorial to Tom, along with some photos. You even get to see a sullen 12 or 13 year old Voltron on the steps of Congress with Tom and then congressman Leon Panetta whom Tom was interning for. Penetta later was director of OMB, White House chief of staff, CIA director and Secretary of Defense. Obituaries have appeared in AdWeek and other publications, as well as his former agency, but I am not sure which newspapers will run one or even already have run one. For anyone interested here are a few links: https://bedecarre.family/ https://www.adweek.com/agencies/akqa-co-founder-tom-bedecarre-has-died/ https://www.akqa.com/news/a-lasting-legacy/

RIP, to an actor who deserved an Oscar for his one. Total snub, didn't even get a nomination. By all accounts, a good man as well, and that's more important.

So...you pretend to solve murders.

Hayes Carll and Corb lund

Bear in mind this came out yesterday.

Thanks everyone. I appreciate the love and support. I've spent the last few days with my siblings. We are together tonight at my sister's house after going to a brewery this afternoon to drown our sorrows a bit.

So sorry for you, Todd. RIP Sam. Good kitty.

both of those shows (and most of the others) are here: https://archive.org/details/@db_archive

Condolences, Todd. My heart sincerely goes out to you.

As a fellow owner of a black and white cat I am very sorry to hear it.

Oh poor cat. As a cat lover, it is always a lurch when they go. And Sam was still a young cat.

Lucy Dacus' Forever Is A Feeling Ex.

Thank you for sharing Al.

Just a heads up. May not be as bad as it looks. https://pitchfork.com/news/the-beatles-biopics-cast-paul-mescal-barry-keoghan-harris-dickinson-and-joseph-quinn-as-fab-four

Should have had the bumper sticker .

So are you saying, that the show in which David Mitchell, plays, essentially, David Mitchell, make you think you have David Mitchell like qualities? https://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/2024/sep/21/ludwig-this-hilarious-detective-drama-is-the-perfect-platform-for-david-mitchell

yup and Tombstone... RIP doc.

Slight health scare. Went down with the "cold from hell" in October last. And it seemed to come back four or five times over the next 5 months. Feeling wrecked most of the time. Considered Covid, so took a test - negative. Eventually made an appointment, and saw the Trauma nurse at the practice. Put a blood oxygenation clip on, and sounded my chest "It sounds really rattley ". So packed into one morning in mid March, I ended up with a course of kick ass antibiotics, a full spectrum blood test, and a chest X-ray. Saw the Trauma nurse again yesterday. Antibiotics worked wonders, so the problem must have been an opportunistic bacteria had moved in. Blood test was all nominal (who knew there were 5 different kinds of white blood cell; not me), and chest X-ray was completely clear. So finally after 5 months of recurring misery, I'm finally firing on all cylinders again! Back in the gym, leading 14 mile walks, and running. Happy days!

New Union Station. Impecably recorded, as always. A good system tester.

This happened last Friday but I wasn't ready to post about it till now. One of my cat's, Sam was diagnosed with liver disease in September of last year. A cause was never determined and the only realistic course of action was to put him on a regiment of various meds and keep him comfortable. Last week he took a turn for the worse, not moving around as much and no longer able to control his bladder. He was put down on Friday, it's one of the harder things I've had to do but it was time and he's at peace now. Sam was 2 months shy of his 7th birthday and his older brother Jax is 15 and still going strong!

Did it include the fall of Pax Americana?

RIP "Iceman" https://www.nytimes.com/2025/04/01/movies/val-kilmer-dead.html?unlocked_article_code=1.8k4.H74x.9mrEgB85Xg6K&smid=url-share https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-news/val-kilmer-dead-top-gun-doors-tombstone-batman-actor-1236178966 There is that rapid reload. https://www.reddit.com/r/MilitaryGfys/s/Ne0o9gnpt0 Not forgetting his debut.