The Week of Dead Celebs

It’s been a strange week. On Tuesday, Ed McMahon died. A few days later, Farrah Fawcett, Sky Saxon, and Michael Jackson died. And then this morning, we found out that Billy Mays died.
It’s always so peculiar when celebrities die. It’s not like we knew them, but in a way, we did. Actually, I met [...]

Two Years Later

Two years later, I still miss my Dad everyday. The tears don’t fall quiet as steadily, but it still hits me from time to time. Through sheer force of will, I have attempted to live my life; a life my Dad would be proud of. Two years later and I continue to wish I could [...]

March 4, 2009 • Tags: , , , • Posted in: Personal, Sad • 2 Comments

Farewell Ricardo

The elder generation of celebrities are dropping off like flies. Today we lost another great actor, Senor Ricardo Montalban. I grew up with this man. From Mr. Roarke on Fantasy Island, to Armando in Escape from the Planet of the Apes, and most especially, Khan Noonien Singh in Star Trek The Wrath of Khan. [...]

2008 in Review

As the end of the year draws near, I find myself saying, “wow, this year went fast!” And I guess it did. They always do. When I was a kid, a year was like, forever and a half. Wait a whole year till Christmas?? A year until my next birthday?? A three month Summer vacation [...]

Coffin Couches

At first I was like, “Coffin couches! Awesome!” and then I read the description:
We at Coffincouches.com have the mindset of thinking “Green” and we know it is different but we strongly believe in recycling. Our niche happens to be 18 gauge steel coffins which we collected from local funeral homes primarily in Southern California. [...]

July 10, 2008 • Tags: , , , , , , • Posted in: Weird • 2 Comments

In the end, 2007

Just about every “blogger” has the lame tradition of going over the year’s events as each year draws to a close. I do it because I always have and it helps me assess things, keep things in perspective, and prepare for the next 365 days.
2007 will always be the year my dad died. Even [...]