All of the Above

My co-worker died yesterday.

I've read many of Harry's books over the years. But my favorite must be The Stainless Steel Rat which introduced us to Slippery Jim DeGriz the greatest thief in the galaxy who was pressed into service of the government. I've even been recently listening to the Stainless Steel Rat books at Audible and have enjoyed them as much when I read them when I got my copies from the old SF Book Club. Rest well Harry Harrison.

Truly a legend. SF will miss you.

It's funny hearing that Mike Wallace died today has struck a cord with me. For many years I always thought of him as the best reporter on television he had a no nonsense style that really cut through the BS of the people he interviewed and he wasn't afraid to ask the tough questions either.
I really hope someday we can get more like him to ask the tough questions with less grandstanding and to dig for the truth. To me that is what journalism is missing now. We need less drama and more truth. Sometimes the truth is boring but it really needs to be said.

Dick Tufeld, voice over artist and voice of the Robot in Lost in Space, 1926-2012

I always thought the coolest thing about Lost in Space was the Robot and its voice.

My sister in-law passed away early this morning. She was put in Hospice on the 3rd, her cancer had not been getting better for several months now. At least they were able to take away some of her pain. My thoughts and prayers go out to my brother and his two children.

Just got up and saw this on one of my SF feeds.

From Sci-Fi Storm. Veteran actor/stuntman Bob May, who donned the metal suit of Robot B9 (primarily know as just "Robot" for most of the series), passed away earlier today from congestive heart failure at the age of 69.

He wasn't the voice of the Robot but he did have the harder job acting in that huge stuffy suit. He was younger than I thought.

It's funny back when GURPS Robots first came out. I tried to do a GURPS version of the Lost in Space robot for the old All of the Above APA. One of these days I should go back to that file and update it to 4th edition.

It's hard to say something about the one person that really helped define my sense of humor. I remember listening to his albums, as an eight or nine year old kid, that my friends older brothers bought and we would play them for hours and laugh. We would memorize them and do skits based on them, we even recorded them on to cassette tapes. He was the first comedian that I saw in live concert. He will be missed.

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Bob Englehart Hartford Courant Jun 24, 2008 EditorialCartoonists.com

Just heard that Dave Stevens passed away from Leukemia. He was 52. I've been a fan of his work for sometime. The Rocketeer was my personal favorite. The pulp adventures and beautiful art what more do you need.

Went to my Uncle Bill's funeral yesterday. Drove to Rockford and met up with my parents and my younger brother Russ. We went to the church and I got to see lots of relatives that I hadn't seen in a long time. The funeral was both a sad and joyful event with many fond remembrances. My cousins Sherri and Karla both stood up and spoke about several of them. My uncle Bill was a quiet man with fun sense of humor. One of the things I remembered was many Christmases ago they gave all us cousins these little transistor radios I kept mine for several years and I kept taking it apart and putting it back together. I'd use this old tube type oscilloscope and check wave patterns and other things on that radio. I'm pretty sure it was what got me interested in electronics in the first place, which later became my job. So in a lot of ways I can thank my uncle Bill for helping me find my career. Thank you uncle Bill.