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UK Obit for John Miles

I actually own the Hotel California Album (on cassette), which I requested as a birthday present back when it was new. I haven't listened to it in years precisely because I got so fed up of that track.

Absolutely, I've got a few myself - Hotel California, Sweet Home Alabama, Believe & All Summer Long to name but a few; the thing is I probably didn't start off hating them, but grew to through sheer overexposure, whereas some others I can't have too much of.

Barry White was at number 2 for the 1st week of Music at number 3, which was its fourth week on the chart. Save all your kisses was number one for 6 weeks, such was the power of Eurovision back then.

As I'm feeling festive...

Former journeyman footballer Marvin Morgan has died aged 38. Played in the lower reaches of the Football League & non-league, including Hartlepool, Plymouth and Shrewsbury. ETA, Was also the founder of fashion label Fresh Ego Kid (no, nor me).

Shame, I liked John Miles back in the day, and I never cared if Music was overblown self-indulgence, as it was once described to me.

Stonewall Jackson, dead aged 89.

Stonewall Jackson dead aged 89.

The deluge will come after Johnny Johnson dies, surely.

Guardian Obit for Robert Holman

Well, I've committed my main team early, and while I don't like to boast, this is the team which will establish me as a top dead-pooler*. *Cement my status as a perpetual loser.

If prunes, Epsom salts & live eels don't work Bomb disposal experts were called to a hospital when a patient came in with an unexploded device stuck inside them. Kudos to George of twitter for his response:

Anthony Sher death announced by the RSC

Good call

I respectfully disagree - if the theme is extremely tall people, then all members of the team should be extremely tall (maybe if Dinklage is extremely tall for someone with dwarfism, I'd let that pass), otherwise could my extremely tall theme team have 18 extremely tall people and Dinklage and Warwick Davis as two joke names? Where's the line drawn?

I assume all Blink-182 fans are familiar with this:

What a picture, What a photograph!

WTF is a "price point" if it isn't just a price? Just seen it used by a twatterer and it reminded me that all those Apprentice twats used to talk about "price points" all the time and I didn't see the difference then either.

So far so good, but I'm going to the supermarket now.

Ah, it's that time of year where I struggle to remember that name I thought of in September who'd be a great pick, probably unique, but never got round to writing down.

A story here on CJ Hunter (see above) reveals that World Championship Gold & Bronze medallist Emmit King was killed in a shooting incident a few days ago; he was arguing with another man and they pulled guns on each other (yes, in USAmerica).

Still not a peep out of them re Clifford Rose, so I can't say that lack of Gilpilil mentions barely a day after his death surprises me greatly.

Made me chuckle anyway

Who ate all the pies?