Our Daily Dead

We checked in with Dan over at Infospigot and found one more go around on the James Kim and family story. Recall that James and family were attempting to make the southern Oregon coast via backroads, became lost, got snowed in, and ran out of gas.

From Kati:

[She] remembers that he left at “exactly 7:46” Friday morning. James was going to cut strips of cloth and tie the strips to trees so that he could mark his way back to the car. James was to turn around by 1 o’clock that afternoon. He never returned. james had a watch on when he left. [She] states that it was not working when the watch was returned to her later, after James was found.

He died of exposure. Dan has more of Kati Kim’s story so you can get one more view of this tragedy.

~~The ODDones for OurDailyDead.com

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There are things to do in Denver when you aren’t dead. Check into the new Tribal Paths: Colorado’s American Indians, 1500 to Today exhibit for example.

Or if you find yourself in Philly, then head into the Philadelphia Museum of Art to see Thomas Eakins’ The Gross Clinic exhibit. The museum PR says “The Gross Clinic, acclaimed as the greatest American painting of the nineteenth century, has been an icon of Philadelphia since it was painted in 1875.”

Omaha? You’re in Omaha? Well, try the Omaha Old Market then. Pick us up some steaks too while your there will you?

What about spending time in Fargo? Try visiting the Trollwood Park at Broadway/37th Ave. N. Our birthday(s) are due soon so get us a bangle or two will you?

There you stood
on the edge of your feather,
Expecting to fly.
While I laughed,
I wondered whether
I could wave goodbye,
Knowin’ that you’d gone.

~~The ODDones for OurDailyDead.com

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You’ve got to like the title over at the DailyRecord.com anyway: Obi: No More Kenobi. Seems not-so-young-anymore Star Wars hunk Ewan McGregor says he’s too old to strip off on screen.

“And until now, the 35-year-old has managed to fool the camera.”

“He told Radio 1 listeners: ‘I’ve found ways to cheat the ageing process. I shave my chest because having it hairy makes me look older.’” Run out and get your copy of Trainspotting for the ultimate in kenobi-less Ewan.

And perhaps when he decides enough is enough he’ll change his name Eeeew-an McGregor to alert us all.

And then again perhaps you’ll run into ol’ non-hairy chested and kenobi-less Ewan while your whiling away the hours on vacation at The Terra Cotta Inn. As an ODD public service announcement please consider the following when you are planning your next vacation:

This Year Make a “Nude Year’s” Resolution to Vacation at the Terra Cotta Inn Clothing Optional Resort in Sunny Palm Springs, CA.

The press release further informs us that “The best modern nudist resorts are actually clothing optional places, so that first timers feel comfortable easing into nude sunbathing at their own pace.” And there is more as they offer a “Complementary California breakfast and afternoon snack spread.” Remember…ease into it and try to feel comfortable. Don’t go expecting a comfortable feel, however, even with your complimentary afternoon spread.

Ok and finally, just to wrap things up, we do believe that while you are getting the all over tan with Mr. McGregor you might do a bit of reading. We suggest you try Spy: The Funny Years. Oh and a bit of a warning: have care and wear your Ultimate Panic Sunglasses if you go perusing the clothing optional vacation spot web sites. Seems to us, not that we looked of course, that everyone shown looks like your Mom’s Auntie Grace and Uncle Elbert.

And one ODDcorrection. Away back Sherman we mentioned something about “bulldart” fence posts. Fact is these little beauties are actually called a bois d’arc fence posts after the Bois d’Arc trees of Texas. You need to know these things and that is why we bring them out of hiding. Especially if you are writing songs about Oklahoma family reunions (including some thoughts on sister twistin’), Choctaw Bingo or setting about to build an Osage Bow

~~The ODDones for OurDailyDead.com

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