Archive for the 'obituaries' Category
RIP Tim Russert
Posted on June 13, 2008 by andrew- Filed Under Tim Russert, obituaries | Leave a Comment
Wow, very unexpected and very sad.
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“See, here I am now by myself, uh, er, talking to myself. That’s, that’s chaos theory.”
Posted on April 17, 2008 by andrew- Filed Under Edward Lorenz, Jurassic Park, chaos theory, obituaries | Leave a Comment
Dr. Edward Lorenz, a meteorologist who somewhat accidentally helped create chaos theory, has passed away.
Lorenz’s “butterfly effect” is best known for its vital influence on Michael Chrichton’s seminal Jurassic Park, but I guess it probably had other important scientific value as well.
No, joking about my love for Jurassic Park aside, Lorenz was a fairly important [...]
RIP That Damned Dirty Ape Guy
Posted on April 7, 2008 by andrew- Filed Under Charlton Heston, gun control, obituaries | Leave a Comment
Holy crap, Charlton Heston died? And just when he was so close to seeing the people of his nation’s capital finally delivered from oppression. 1
Don’t worry, Charlie. As soon as I get my assault rifle, I’ll be firing off a few rounds in your name.
See what I did there? It’s a Moses reference and an [...]
Dith Pran, 1942-2008
Posted on March 30, 2008 by andrew- Filed Under Cambodia, Dith Pran, Khmer Rouge, obituaries | Leave a Comment
Via Chris in Paris, I see that Dith Pran, a survivor of and invaluable witness to the Khmer Rouge terror, has passed away.
The timing of Dith Pran’s death is a bit of a coincidence for me, personally: I started rereading Samantha Power’s phenomenal A Problem From Hell a few weeks ago “as a protest” when [...]
