Oldies: May 16, 2001...

Today is a day for both mourning and celebrating. Why, you ask? Well, today is the 11th anniversary of the death of Muppets creator Jim Henson. I can't believe it was 11 years ago that he died. I'm mourning because he has created not only a pop culture phenomenon in The Muppet Show and Sesame Street, but he created something that made my childhood a heckuva lot of fun and still gives me chuckles. I'm also celebrating the fact that he did all that he did and that his creations continue to live on despite his untimely death. God bless you, Jim. You da man.

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Oldies: May 14, 2001...

May 14
Yet again, from the "Darwinism Missed Me" file comes this little number... police in Bogota, Colombia, arrested a man they believe is responsible for placing threatening phone calls to a local businessman on repeated occasions. Police were given the name...
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Oldies: May 17, 2001...

May 17
Damn, I wish I was a kid again. Well, not a kid... more like an early teen. When I started my teenage years, it was still the late 80s. Back then, I had the biggest schoolboy crush on people like...

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