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John Belushi American actor and comedian overdose of cocaine and heroin 1982
Eva Braun German Adolf Hitler’s lover suicide 1945
William S. Burroughs, Jr. American writer liver failure 1981
Althea Flynt American pornographer’s wife drowned due to heroin overdose 1987
Chris Farley American comic actor accidental cocaine and heroin overdose 1997
Jesus Christ (exact age at death uncertain) Judean founder of Christianity crucifixion ca. AD 30
Carole Lombard American actress, wife of Clark Gable aircraft crash 1942
Eva Perón Argentinian actress, wife of President Juan Perón cancer 1952
Keith Relf British singer / harmonica player (The Yardbirds) accidentally electric shock while playing his electric guitar 1976
Richard II of England English king, who was deposed and imprisoned by his cousin, Henry IV probably homicide or starvation 1400
Bon Scott Australian hard-rock singer (AC/DC) suffocation on his own vomit after drinking binge 1980

I had thought that Bruce Lee and my long time hero Alexander would be in this list, but wikipedia says no.

I need to stop trying to rescue birds with broken wings.

I just walked out and found a check from james for “ostriches”… I’m not sure I can hold up my end of that deal.

So, a couple weeks ago I flew up to the bay area for a conference. I didn’t mention that I wore my Arabic First Ammendment shirt when I went through LAX. 🙂

I breezed through security, with no trouble.

On my way back, screeners at SFO found that I had a large bottle of sunscreen in my bag, which had been there since my trip to Tennessee last year… yes, it was even there when I passed through the scanners at LAX.

I find myself discovering music that my friend were in to five years ago. I’m just not qualified to be pre-trendy.

Showed this to james a couple weeks ago, he wanted the link to pass on, so I figured I’d just blast it out to everyone…

“An Illustrated History of Failure”

http://web.archive.org/web/20100420061242/http://blip.tv:80/file/1137169

Today was our quarterly production operations meeting. SysOps, AppOps, NetOps, StorageOps, Security, Project Management, QA, Technical Service Management, Enterprise App Services, IS, etc.. Probably 100 people there, hour long meeting.

My manager is out today, so I got to present two slides. I may have been the only one who knew I was talking. Got lots of compliments. I’m kinda buzzing. Good day so far.

For those who aren’t subscribed to my flickr feed, here’s me looking all businessey.

http://www.news.com.au/heraldsun/large-gallery/0,25410,5035111-5013800-2,00.html

Just marked “Buy a house” complete on 43 things… A bit late, but I haven’t been there lately.

http://www.43things.com/person/bswopes

Replaced a broken sprinkler. It leaks a bit, but the new one doesn’t shoot water higher than the roof anymore. Replaced 3 of the recessed bulbs downstairs with CFL flood light bulbs. Not able to find a westlock door knob to replace the broken one, but I’ll give it some more work.

Major accomplishment today was macguyvering replacement rollers for one of my windows. I couldn’t find the right replacements, but I popped out the rusted rollers (with some effort and chiseling with a screwdriver) and replaced them with some out of a different type of roller. Not perfect, but still a victory. The window actually slides now.

Sent out invites for the first movie night. Its Halloween, so I don’t expect much of a turnout, which is fine. Everyone will be drained after work, probably has plans already, and most people won’t want to drive out here to the boonies just to watch Saw and Scream. If I missed you and you want to come, let me know. I probably just don’t have an address I could send the evite to. No drama allowed.

Columbus day tomorrow. I actually have it off, so I’ll spend it calling the county appraiser to ask why I got a bill, and the mortgage company to tell them that they have the co-borrower down as the primary on the account.

I’ve decided to start keeping “to do” lists. I’ve been letting things slip, cause I figured I could always remember my tasks, but there’s just too much to do now.