R.I.P.s

[Mike from Boston]

Cardinal Bernard Law, 86

Former Archbishop of Boston, who resigned in disgrace. Arrogant prick-he went to Harvard of course. Directly responsible for the enabling of thousands of acts of pedophilia as he knowingly transferred priests from one parish to another where they could harm more victims. Total failure of the state of Massachusetts not to charge, convict and imprison this scumbag. Skipped town for Rome where he got a cushy retirement gig. (Although I haven't seen it yet, the move Spotlight chronicles the abuse under him in Boston).

[Low D]

Cardinal Bernard Law, 86

Former Archbishop of Boston, who resigned in disgrace. Arrogant prick-he went to Harvard of course. Directly responsible for the enabling of thousands of acts of pedophilia as he knowingly transferred priests from one parish to another where they could harm more victims. Total failure of the state of Massachusetts not to charge, convict and imprison this scumbag. Skipped town for Rome where he got a cushy retirement gig. (Although I haven't seen it yet, the move Spotlight chronicles the abuse under him in Boston).

I personally don't believe in the whole heaven/hell thing, but i still find myself hoping that the bastard is roasting in the fiery realm his organization preaches about.

[firehazard]

RIP Mr Strummer. 15 years today.

[Low D]

Heather Menzies-Urich, best known for portraying Louisa von Trapp in the 1965 film The Sound of Music, has died at age 68.

[DzM]

My cousin Kathy, who was always very kind to me when I was young.

Fuck cancer. Really.

[Fr. McGreer]

My cousin Kathy, who was always very kind to me when I was young.

Fuck cancer. Really.

Sorry for you loss D.

Yep, fuck cancer.

[firehazard]

My cousin Kathy, who was always very kind to me when I was young.

Fuck cancer. Really.

Sorry for your loss, DzM. Cancer's a bastard.

[Low D]

My cousin Kathy, who was always very kind to me when I was young.

Fuck cancer. Really.

Sorry for your loss, DzM. Cancer's a bastard.

Having just spent the holidays competing long distance with a cousin over an old family recipe, and recognizing that special place the cousin has (close enough to understand all your family baggage, but distant enough to not be intimately entwined)... It's a special relationship. So sorry for your loss, DzM.

[Mike from Boston]

Sorry for your loss DzM

Hockey HOFer Johnny Bower-Goalie won multiple Stanley Cups with Toronto even though he didn't become a NHL regular into his 30s.

[Low-ish D]

Sorry for your loss DzM

Hockey HOFer Johnny Bower-Goalie won multiple Stanley Cups with Toronto even though he didn't become a NHL regular into his 30s.

The Toronto Maple Leafs won their last Stanley Cup in 2967. The fact that he started in the NHL at 35 and won 4 (four!) Stanley Cups with the team tells you that he lived to a ripe old age indeed (he was 93).

The way things have been going, I wonder if any of the modem athletes will make it to that age.

[Low D]

Sorry for your loss DzM

Hockey HOFer Johnny Bower-Goalie won multiple Stanley Cups with Toronto even though he didn't become a NHL regular into his 30s.

The Toronto Maple Leafs won their last Stanley Cup in 2967. The fact that he started in the NHL at 35 and won 4 (four!) Stanley Cups with the team tells you that he lived to a ripe old age indeed (he was 93).

The way things have been going, I wonder if any of the modem athletes will make it to that age.

(er, that's 1967 of course... although it may be 2967 before they win their next one the way things have been going!)

[Low-ish D]

Legendary astronaut John Young, who walked on the moon and later commanded the first space shuttle flight, has died, NASA said Saturday. Young was 87

[firehazard]

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The Toronto Maple Leafs won their last Stanley Cup in 2967. The fact that he started in the NHL at 35 and won 4 (four!) Stanley Cups with the team tells you that he lived to a ripe old age indeed (he was 93).

The way things have been going, I wonder if any of the modem athletes will make it to that age.

(er, that's 1967 of course... although it may be 2967 before they win their next one the way things have been going!)

Ah... I was pleased to see that the old raft is still afloat in 2967. Though somewhat surprised to find that I am too. I must've slept for longer than I thought.

[Villajohn]

Nigel Sims ,ex footballer,goalkeeper,a member of Aston Villa's 1957 FA Cup winning team.'Nige' was a big man in the true sense of the word,unlucky not to win a full England cap.Nigel also played for Wolves,Peterborough and Toronto,his sad passing follows a former teammate,Alan Deakin,who died at the end of December.RIP Lads.

[Low D]

The final member of Motorhead's classic lineup, Fast Eddie Clarke, has gone to join Lemmy & Filthy Phil Taylor for a reunion in the great pub in the ... er, under the, um... over there somewhere. He was 67.


Fast Eddie Clarke, Lemmy Kilmister, Phil 'Philthy Animal' Taylor in 1982 © Getty Images