As you guys have probably already guessed, I have this penchant for being…different.
(There will be no misting here; this is a memorial.  Enjoy your incredulity in the privacy of your own thoughts.)
When my high-school contemporaries were rocking out to Boston & Skynrd, I was firmly ensconced in Top 40.  When the Sibling Unit™ was imbibing Coca-Cola, I had to go with Dr Pepper.
And when my brother was in the midst of his own personal Beatlemania…it was the Monkees for me.
We lost one of my favorite lead singers yesterday.  Davy Jones was 66.
Jones was a former racehorse jockey-turned-actor who soared to fame in 1965 when he joined The Monkees and they embarked on an adventure that included a wildly popular U.S. television show. Jones sang lead vocals on songs like “I Wanna Be Free” and “Daydream Believer.”
Feel free to go read the rest.
Davy Jones was one of the good guys.  (All the Monkees are, but Davy especially.)  He left us too soon, and we grieve with his family.
Godspeed, Davy.  You’re missed already.
The SpatulaGoddess has reported (and Drudge has confirmed through the Big Hollywood site) that Andrew Breitbart has passed away at the age of 43.
Andrew passed away unexpectedly from natural causes shortly after midnight this morning in Los Angeles.
We have lost a husband, a father, a son, a brother, a dear friend, a patriot and a happy warrior.
Andrew lived boldly, so that we more timid souls would dare to live freely and fully, and fight for the fragile liberty he showed us how to love.
Hope to have more later.  For now, the conservative movement has lost an icon, and this is not a good day for us.
01
2012
Posted by @ 8:01
If I hadn’t seen this for myself, I don’t think I would have believed it.
Ron Paul.  Blame-9/11-on-America Ron Paul.  Inflation-conspiracy-theorist Ron Paul.
And he’s accusing Widdle Ricky Santorum of conspiracy theories.
Words fail.  Words.  Just.  Fail.
And yet the Ronulans, the Paultards, the Paul cult-of-personality fools, continue to support this son-of-a-bitch.
Amazing.
UPDATE:  Don’t ask me how, but it looks like I posted the wrong video.  Should be fixed now.