maryte wrote: 
Proud to say that I acted in one of his plays (The Good Doctor). Peace Neil.

John McCain

 SeriousLee wrote: 
Crap I didn't see or hear this on nightly sports . To Stan  

 haresfur wrote: 
Same here. I watched a lot of hockey when a kid but i have more memories of baseball, which I adored. But some names take me back and Mikita is one of them.

Nowadays it's rare for a player to spend his entire career with one team.

Oh, and Mikita did invent the curved stick. By accident.

 black321 wrote: 
I read that he may not have invented it but certainly popularized it. Don't know if he was the first to use one in the NHL or not.

 haresfur wrote:
 

Didnt stan "invent" the curved stick?  I recall the story was he accidentally broke /bent a stick and kept playing as he liked the effect on his shot.  

 SeriousLee wrote: 
It's amazing how some names are etched into our memory. I was never a massive hockey fan but hearing this takes me back. And a career that went from 1958-1980- wow.

 islander wrote: 

Mrs. Murphy: May I help you boys?

Elwood: You got any white bread?

Mrs. Murphy: Yes.

Elwood: I'll have some toasted white bread please.

Mrs. Murphy: You want butter or jam on that toast, honey?

Elwood: No ma'am, dry.

 cc_rider wrote:
 
IM from a friend this morning: "I'll have 4 fried chickens and a coke". 

 JrzyTmata wrote: 

 if possible i'm sure bill will get some of her stuff in the rotation

it's the anniversary of Elvis's death

the king and the queen

 islander wrote:  Yeah, it always hurts when a legend passes on.

I might look up her scene from The Blues Brothers...
c.

Sad...Thanks for all the tunes. RIP Queen of Soul.

 JrzyTmata wrote:
 

Shit. we knew it was coming, but still... 

RIP Aretha Franklin

Chicago Blackhawks legend Stan Mikita dead at 78

Koko, the gorilla who knew sign language, dies at 46

Koko the gorilla, whose remarkable sign-language ability and motherly attachment to pet cats helped change the world's views about the intelligence of animals and their capacity for empathy, has died at 46.

Koko was taught sign language from an early age as a scientific test subject and eventually learned more than 1,000 words, a vocabulary similar to that of a human toddler.

She became a celebrity who played with the likes of William Shatner, Sting, Leonardo DiCaprio, Robin Williams and Mr. Rogers. At her home preserve, where she was treated like a queen, she ran around with Williams' eyeglasses and unzipped Rogers' famous cardigan sweater.

In so doing, Koko showed the American public that a giant ape didn't have to be scary but wanted to be tickled and hugged. (...)

Charles Krauthammer
R I P  

 Red_Dragon wrote: 
I wonder why she left them. They seem so good.