On Thanksgiving night, Thursday the 24th, my uncle, Donald Pearce, passed.  He was 94.   Donald was married to my mother's sister, Viole...

Digger claims Jamie for Spain Godspeed, Mr. Kitty. pic courtesy Doug

We're sad to report that Digger, Doug's much loved cat, has passed. When Jamie and I began dating, Doug was living in Austin working...

John Hughes wrote "National Lampoon's Vacation". For that reason alone, the man deserves your respect. You may discuss your...

I am reminded that its now been three years since the passing of Jeff Wilson. Jeff, Sigmund and Kim were struck on July 3rd, and Jeff passe...

Editor's Note: As I mentioned, Nathan was the first to alert me to Jackson's death. Nathan Cone has, since I met him, unapologet...

What a strange, strange week. Television pitchman Billy Mays joins McMahon, Fawcett and Jackson as the fourth celebrity death in a week. Ma...

The passing of Farrah Fawcett would have been the big headline had the sudden death of Michael Jackson not occurred within hours. I didn...

editor's notee: Man, this week is messed up. We don't have many weeks where the "celebrity deaths come in threes" thing ...

On the phone: Jamie: ..hello! Me: The King is Dead! Jamie: What? Me: The King of Pop is dead. Long live The King! Jamie: ...what? Me: ...

It seems only fitting that I would learn of Michael Jackson's passing from Leaguer Nathan Cone. Nathan just sent this in from Variety . ...

I did not grow up knowing my aunt Joann terribly well. My paternal grandmother's sister, she lived in Mesa, Arizona, which was pretty f...

David Carradine, star of dozens upon dozens of movies and most famous for his roles in "Kung-Fu" and "Kill Bill" has pas...

I am sorry to report that Joan Alexander, voice actress who played Lois Lane on the long-running Superman radio program, has passed. She wa...

Andrew Wyeth has merged with the infinite . The picture above is called "Master Bedroom" and has followed me from bedroom to bedro...

RIP Ricardo Montalban Oddly, I watched the last thirty or forty minutes of Star Trek II just last night. So long, Mr. Montalban. May you fi...

I've started a new column currently titled "Routine InfoCom" at Comic Fodder. check it out. We discuss women superheroes, wh...

This morning we headed down to Barton Springs spillover to give Melbotis a good place to be, and to have an opportunity for us to say a kind...

Special thanks to my folks, who sent a card in the mail. They've donated some money to the Austin Humane Society in Mel's name. Al...

For folks in Austin, if you have some free time, we're going to spread Mel's ashes at 11:30 on Saturday morning at Zilker Park. I b...