Our Daily Dead

Just in time for Christmas from those crazy Canadians in Leader, Saskatchewan - a calendar that shows them posing nude in the potholes of their main road. Order early an often.

We received word from Caustic Truths that OurDailyDead.com has been added to their web site links. Accepting the award for ODD is our happy bit on a death in a Korn mosh pit. Korn is that fun loving band that can decided between heavy metal and mental heaviness aka religion. Thanks Caustic!

Our buddies at the LA Times report that Robert ‘H-Bomb’ Ferguson has died at the age of 77. The Times informs further that ol’ H-Bomb was the bluesman and pianist who urged listeners to “rock baby rock” at the dawn of the rock ‘n’ roll era. Another Christmas thought - you’ll find Ferguson and others featured on this five disc box set: “Atomic Platters: Cold War Music From the Golden Age of Homeland Security”

And Heather over at Dooce seems to have found quite the bargin, eh?

~~The ODDones for OurDailyDead.com

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Sunrise doesnt last all morning
A cloudburst doesnt last all day
Seems my love is up and has left you with no warning
Its not always going to be this grey

All things must pass
All things must pass away ~~ All Things Must Pass

Our first line source for all things wise and wonderful - Hippy.com - tells us that today is the anniversary of the passing of George Harrison.

Did you know that a (minor) planet - 4149 - was named after George? Planet George Harrison - isn’t the ‘Net just wonderful?

Just in case things weren’t scary enough…we came across this morphed pic of an ancient Indiana Jones - YIKES! The Down Under reviewer Videohead obvously spent hours perfecting the image. Take a read through some of Videohead’s other ramblings while you are at the site.

~~The ODDones for OurDailyDead.com

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Meanwhile…back in Atlanta…the LA Times reports that William Diehl author of “Sharky’s Machine” and “Primal Fear” died in the Emory University Hospital in Atlanta. He was 81. The Times article goes on to inform us that Diehl “…lied about his age to join the Army Air Corps at 17 and served as a ball turret gunner on a B-24 during World War II. His conduct in that perilous job earned the Distinguished Flying Cross, Purple Heart and Air Medal with three Oak Leaf Clusters.” Serious stuff that as we have read that there was no scarier place than the ball turret.

And then there this nice Diehl tidbit: “According to family lore, Mae West was once his baby-sitter, before she became a Hollywood sex symbol.” This begs the question - did his standard issue Mae West life preserver bring him comfort down there in the ball turret?

~~The ODDones for OurDailyDead.com

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