Category Archives: Obituaries

Sad Ending To Wild Baby Bunny Rescue

Posted on April 28, 2013 by Matt Osborne

Share the post “Sad Ending To Wild Baby Bunny Rescue”FacebookTwitterGoogle+PinterestLinkedInDiggStumbleUponE-mail My home was briefly blessed by the unexpected arrival of baby wild cottontail bunnies recently. We took in three survivors from a rescued litter and enjoyed six wonderful days with … Continue reading →

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The Margaret Thatcher I Remember

Posted on April 9, 2013 by Matt Osborne

Thatcher, who famously said “there is no society, only families,” was mainly successful at atomizing and attacking the society she denied existed while pretending to fly a flag of freedom over it. Continue reading →

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Morning Awful: Doc is Dead

Posted on May 30, 2012 by Matt Osborne

Share the post “Morning Awful: Doc is Dead”FacebookTwitterGoogle+PinterestLinkedInDiggStumbleUponE-mailIn memoriam, here is the very first Doc Watson track I ever heard. One of the greatest musicians in American history died yesterday at 89. He earned eight Grammy awards, the last in … Continue reading →

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Death Of A Culture Warrior

Posted on December 16, 2009 by Matt Osborne

Share the post “Death Of A Culture Warrior”FacebookTwitterGoogle+PinterestLinkedInDiggStumbleUponE-mailOral Roberts, inventor of the “prosperity gospel” movement, is dead. He was 91. Roberts began his evangelist career with the common, hackneyed huckster-healing act; but through national television broadcasting, Roberts would command the … Continue reading →

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CIT Dead At 101

Posted on November 2, 2009 by Matt Osborne

Share the post “CIT Dead At 101″FacebookTwitterGoogle+PinterestLinkedInDiggStumbleUponE-mailThe company known as CIT succumbed to a long battle with frozen credit markets this weekend. Founded in 1908, the company’s demise as a publicly-traded entity may herald the end of the “too big … Continue reading →

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In Memoriam

Posted on October 17, 2009 by Matt Osborne

Share the post “In Memoriam”FacebookTwitterGoogle+PinterestLinkedInDiggStumbleUponE-mail A Pimp Named Slickback Cooley Zen Osborne heard the call of the Black Rabbit of Inlé this morning. He was of indeterminate age but was estimated by an expert at five years. A Netherlands dwarf, … Continue reading →

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Byron Wilkes is Dead and I Don’t Feel So Good Myself

Posted on August 23, 2009 by Matt Osborne

Share the post “Byron Wilkes is Dead and I Don’t Feel So Good Myself”FacebookTwitterGoogle+PinterestLinkedInDiggStumbleUponE-mailYou cannot liveblog a funeral. The deceased is too much of a story. Byron Wilkes inspired more than one rock band in his life; styling himself “the … Continue reading →

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Death of a Lyric

Posted on June 16, 2009 by Matt Osborne

Share the post “Death of a Lyric”FacebookTwitterGoogle+PinterestLinkedInDiggStumbleUponE-mailIt’s the end of a lyric. Barry Beckett, founding member of the session band The Swampers, died last Thursday. Millions of people have loved his music for four decades without ever knowing who he … Continue reading →

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