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King William IV died on this day 186 years ago, aged 71. - When William was born, he was third in line to the British throne (after his older brothers George and Frederick). - William saw combat during the American Revolution, serving in New York. George Washington made a plan to kidnap him to force British surrender; British troops were alerted to this and William received bodyguards. During his reign, he was quoted as calling Washington "the greatest man that ever lived", possibly to flatter the American ambassador (likely Andrew Stevenson). - William continued to serve in the Royal Navy, and became a rear-admiral in 1790. - William was pro-slavery, arguing that the quality of life of freed Blacks was worse than enslaved ones, and he openly insulted William Wilberforce. - Beginning in 1791, William began a relationship with actress Dorothea Jordan. They had ten bastard children together- one of his daughters, Elizabeth Hay, was the 4x-great-grandmother of Prime Minister David Cameron. - His brother Frederick died in 1827, making him heir apparent; George IV died in 1830 with no legitimate children, and so William became king. William was the oldest British monarch to accede to the throne at the age of 64, a record surpassed in 2022 by Charles III (aged 73). - William's reign is known for a reform crisis from 1830 to 1832, the appointment of the Duke of Wellington as PM, and allowing a more liberal constitution to take effect in Hanover. - William died of heart failure not too long after the death of his eldest daughter Sophia, having reigned for seven years. The crown went to his niece Victoria.

Slept in an awkward position a few weeks ago, and ended up with a sore neck which has made me avoid sitting at my desk for anything more then 5-10 minutes. All clear now so will for sure update this Wed or Thursday.

John Goodman is 71.

When in the car with my Dad he would swear when someone would do something stupid on the road, but NEVER when my Mum was there. One Sunday when I was about 5 we were comming home from church when another car didn't stop at a junction causing Dad to slam on the brakes to save us and I said rather loudly STUPID CUNT! Mum was very cross at me and my reply was " but that's what Dad always says", not very popular that day I can tell you!!

Our match-up is now the highest-scoring Cup game ever, with best ever winning and losing score, no matter who it is.

My mum always tells the story of when I, aged 5, was at my nan & grandad’s ruby wedding anniversary party, doing the rounds telling various family members, as per the graffiti I’d read on the wall outside this hall, that “Callum is a cunt”. Fuck knows who Callum was, poor lad.

*Trigger warning for Kenny* It seems the only way the Daily Mail can appear as if they haven’t been made to look like cunts for portraying this lying charlatan as if he has even a minute shred of integrity is to offer him a weekly column, so they’ve done just that. Problem is, Boris Johnson did not, as is the rule for all ministers who’ve left govt in the last two years, notify the Advisory Committee of Business Appointments of his new high-six-figure role. But, y’know, it’s churlish to expect him to abide by the same rules that apply to everyone else.

Charlotte Raven refers to her palliative care experiences and refers to her being at "my point of no return": https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-12211983/Terminally-ill-people-like-deserve-better-end-writes-CHARLOTTE-RAVEN.html

American lyricist Gerry Goffin died on this day 9 years ago, aged 75. He co-wrote many international pop hits of the early and mid-1960s, including the US No. 1 hits "Will You Love Me Tomorrow", "Take Good Care of My Baby", "The Loco-Motion", and "Go Away Little Girl". It was later said of Goffin that his gift was "to find words that expressed what many young people were feeling but we're unable to articulate. Goffin wrote with other composers, including Barry Goldberg and Michael Nasser, with whom he wrote "Theme from Mahogany (Do You Know Where You're Going To)" and "Saving All My Love for You", also No. 1 hits. During his career, Goffin wrote over 114 Billboard Hot 100 hits, including eight chart-toppers, and 72 UK hits. He was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1990. American Broadway and film actress whose career began in silent films in the early 1920s and lasted until the early 1950s Jean Arthur died on this day 32 years ago, aged 90. Arthur had feature roles in three Frank Capra films: Mr. Deeds Goes to Town (1936) with Gary Cooper, You Can't Take It with You (1938) co-starring James Stewart, and Mr. Smith Goes to Washington (1939), also starring Stewart. She also co-starred with Cary Grant in the adventure-drama Only Angels Have Wings (1939) and in the comedy-drama The Talk of the Town (1942). She starred as the lead in the acclaimed and highly successful comedy films The Devil and Miss Jones (1941) and A Foreign Affair (1948), the latter of which she starred alongside Marlene Dietrich. Arthur was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Actress in 1944 for her performance in The More the Merrier (1943), a comedy which also starred Joel McCrea.

Don't let William Shatner board any type of vehicle...

My parents don't allow me to swear in front of them to this day, if you can believe that. Once I said "oh my God" and got into trouble for saying the Lord's name in vain. However, going to school where I did, you heard alllll the bad words. I don't remember a first time. At the school gates you would hear stuff. There would often be weans asking their parents or grandparents for advice on being bullied. "If that weecuntin'weeshiteyweedobber'aeabastart gies ye shite the day, fuckin'punchhiscuntin, smash'isglesses an' fuckin'shove'emup'isairse!" was the average response. The speaker would have Rod Stewart hair and sound like she rolled shards of glass or silty sand into her fags. There are thousands of wee wifies like this in the G postcode area. You should come up some time.

Pedro Armendáriz was an actor born in Mexico City and died in Los Angeles 60 years ago at the age of 51, he acted in the film From Russia with Love in the role of Ali Kerim Bey, an ally of 007, his last film and which he never saw. premiere.Armendáriz participated in the film The Conqueror, in 1954, produced by Howard Hughes, with John Wayne as the lead actor. The film was made in the state of Utah, at a time when the US government was conducting nuclear tests near the filming region, in the neighboring state of Nebraska. Of the 220 people involved in the film, 91 deaths from cancer were recorded in a period of 25 years after filming and 46 died as a result of the disease, including John Wayne. Armendáriz began to suffer pain in his hip over time and years later he was diagnosed with the disease in this region. Living in Los Angeles, he learned of his terminally ill condition at the UCLA Medical Center, where he was hospitalized, after filming part of his character in Moscow against 007, which he could not finish and was replaced in some scenes by a stuntman, by the director Terence Young. He acted in the second James Bond film in great pain - he visibly limps in some scenes - to raise funds for his family after his announced death. On June 18, 1963, before the premiere of the film, which has a dedication to him at the end, rather than await death by wasting away under strong sedatives, Armendáriz shot himself in the head with a pistol he had carried. hidden to the hospital

It's interesting how much lower prominence this issue and lower outrage at the perpetrator is on the Daily Mail website compares to the energy and fury they expend on many other more minor issues and transgressions by other people.

Very little indifference, I’d say, but maybe a little fatigue. This has had a fair few mentions in extra-curricular, but not here because of one or two people who might be upset. But fuck it, you’ve opened the doors here, so let’s share some more thoughts (sorry, one or two people). Only one MP has ever been recommended a parliamentary suspension longer than this Honking Pudding, and that was the guy who offered to buy cocaine for prostitutes he was seeing. Honking Pudding showed contempt for the (majority Tory!) committee, for parliament and in so doing for the public, and was too narcissistic and cowardly to face up to this. All these whatabouters and sycophants and people who put their fingers in their ears and/or dribbled out some faux rage when people accurately accused him of being a serial liar who is demonstrably, dangerously unfit for office, whether they be his colleagues, the 90% hideously right wing ghoulish press or even people who’d still even consider backing the current Tory party (who are no better now than when they were under the disgusting old albino gorilla we’re talking about here), I hope your boiled heads find a big pile of ice very soon and don’t emerge for a very long time. It should be a delight to see this utter stain on society finally being held accountable for at least a part of his lamentable tenure as PM. But the overwhelming feeling is anger. Anger that he will shamble away from actually facing serious consequences. Anger that so many people fell for his shtick, and became sucked in to this cult to such a degree they will shun reality and do everything they can to either defend his hideous actions or continue them on. I hope this is the last we hear of him until his pending heart attack is put on snooze no longer.

Casey Kasem died on this day 9 years ago, aged 82. - Kasem's first name was actually Kemal- his parents named him after Mustafa Kemal Ataturk, founder of the modern Turkish state. - Kasem's first radio job was covering sports at his local high school, and during his college years, had his first voice roles on radio shows such as Challenge of the Yukon. - Kasem would be drafted into the Korean War, and was a radio announcer for American troops. After the war's end, he moved to New York to pursue a stage acting career- he auditioned for the off-Broadway play Ivan Of, ultimately losing the role he auditioned for to Ed Asner. - Kasem first became a TV voice actor in the 1960s- his most famous role was as Shaggy from the Scooby-Doo franchise, a role he played from its inception in 1969 up to 2009- he took a break from voicing the character after being asked to voice the character for a Burger King commercial; he was a vegan. After his retirement, the role went to Matthew Lillard (who portrayed the character in the live-action films): Other voice acting roles Kasem was known for included Groove in The Cattanooga Cats, the titular role of Rankin/Bass' Here Comes Peter Cottontail, Robin in Super Friends, and Bluestreak and Cliffjumper in G1 Transformers. Kasem left Transformers during its third season due to a villain of the week showcasing Arab stereotypes; Kasem was of Lebanese descent. - Kasem was also famous for being the host of the American Top 40 radio program, hosting it from 1970 to 1988 and again from 1998 to 2004. - Kasem was diagnosed with Parkinson's disease in 2007, and his family would argue whether to put him in a conservatorship. He would soon be diagnosed with Lewy body dementia, and eventually ended up bedridden- he died from sepsis that was caused by an ulcerated bedsore. - Kasem appeared on the DeathList once in 2014 at the number 41 spot. He was the third hit of the ten that year.

With John Hollins' death confirmed, he becomes the 5th Chelsea player from the 1970 FA Cup Final to die; Leeds United still leading with 7, plus their sub He's the first to die since Terry Cooper in 2021.

English writer and social critic who created some of the world's best-known fictional characters and is regarded by many as the greatest novelist of the Victorian era Charles Dickens died on this day 153 years ago, aged 58. Dickens' literary success began with the 1836 serial publication of The Pickwick Papers, a publishing phenomenon – thanks largely to the introduction of the character Sam Weller in the fourth episode – that sparked Pickwick merchandise and spin-offs. Within a few years Dickens had become an international literary celebrity, famous for his humour, satire and keen observation of character and society. His novels, most of them published in monthly or weekly installments, pioneered the serial publication of narrative fiction, which became the dominant Victorian mode for novel publication. His 1843 novella A Christmas Carol remains especially popular and continues to inspire adaptations in every artistic genre. Oliver Twist and Great Expectations are also frequently adapted and, like many of his novels, evoke images of early Victorian London. Canadian-born American actress and singer Alexis Smith died on this day 30 years ago, aged 72. Smith co starred opposite Errol Flynn in Gentleman Jim (1942), one of the most popular movies of the year. Her lead appearance in The Constance Nymph (1943) was well-received and led to bigger parts. After a cameo in Thank Your Lucky Stars (1943) Smith appeared opposite Fredric March in The Adventures of Mark Twain (1944), and starred alongside Ann Sheridan in The Doughgirls (1944). She had another cameo in Hollywood Canteen (1944) and co starred with Jack Benny in The Horn Blows at Midnight (1945). Smith appeared on the cover of the May 3, 1971 issue of Time as the result of the critical acclaim for her singing and dancing role in Hal Prince's Broadway production of Stephen Sondheim's Follies, which marked her long-awaited Broadway debut. In 1972, she won the Tony Award for Best Actress in a Musical for her performance.

Hungarian mathematician Béla Andrásfai (wiki) reportedly dead at 92.

Louis Gaskin was executed on 4/12 in Florida for the murders of Robert and Georgette Sturmfels and the attempted murders of Joseph and Mary Rector that occurred on the night of December 20, 1989. He is popularly known as the Ninja Killer because he dressed in a full black ninja outfit to avoid identification https://apnews.com/article/florida-execution-ninja-killer-desantis-96a9a68fce0fdb74b186f930b01460cc

Turns out George Nassar died off the radar in December 2018. Still got a full NYT obit. "A new movie about the case, “Boston Strangler,” which stars Keira Knightley and Carrie Coon and in which Mr. Nassar is played by Greg Vrotsos, asserts in a postscript that “George Nassar is still in prison in Massachusetts.” That claim intrigued Sarah Weinman, a crime journalist and the Crime & Mystery columnist for The New York Times Book Review. “If he was indeed alive, Nassar would be nearing 90,” she wrote in an email. “Considering he’d revealed a diagnosis of terminal cancer when last interviewed in 2018, the likelihood that he still lived seemed minuscule.” A call by her to the Massachusetts corrections department confirmed his death, though the details were not immediately provided."

We'll see

It's fine most of them won't be able to spend long enough moving about to pose a threat to her.

The sentence was 5 years, although 10 months of that will most likely be served in prison and the rest under house arrest.