Holy cats. So Robert Anton Wilson is dying, and earlier this week his friends put out a call for donations because he was in danger of being evicted.
In four days, the internets collected $68 K.
I happen to be very biteable, pal. I'm moist and delicious.
Xander ,'Bring On The Night'
Natter 47: My Brilliance Is Wasted On You People
Off-topic discussion. Wanna talk about corsets, duct tape, or physics? This is the place. Detailed discussion of any current-season TV must be whitefonted.
Strega - Oct 06, 2006 8:31:27 am PDT #2428 of 10001
Kathy A - Oct 06, 2006 8:34:27 am PDT #2429 of 10001
We're very stretchy. - Connie Neil
Speaking of donating money, the Amish community that lost those five girls have received nearly $500,000 in donations since the shooting, and it's rumored though not confirmed that the family members of the victims have insisted that some of that money go to the widow and children of the shooter.
Amy - Oct 06, 2006 8:41:10 am PDT #2430 of 10001
Because books.
it's rumored though not confirmed that the family members of the victims have insisted that some of that money go to the widow and children of the shooter.
I heard that, too.
The truth is, even if he had life insurance, it's not going to pay out. He committed suicide. And really? His kids don't deserve to suffer because their dad was a whackjob. It's incredibly generous of the community.
Trudy Booth - Oct 06, 2006 8:44:32 am PDT #2431 of 10001
Greece's financial crisis threatens to take down all of Western civilization - a civilization they themselves founded. A rather tragic irony - which is something they also invented. - Jon Stewart
Wow. Just Wow.
tommyrot - Oct 06, 2006 8:44:41 am PDT #2432 of 10001
Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.
Crap. My frozen TV dinner thingie seems to have been thawed and refrozen at some point. I should have just returned it. But I'm tired and don't want to walk back to the grocery store.
Gudanov - Oct 06, 2006 8:48:44 am PDT #2433 of 10001
Coding and Sleeping
it's rumored though not confirmed that the family members of the victims have insisted that some of that money go to the widow and children of the shooter.
That's really something.
I gotta admit I feel sorry for that guy's kids, that has to be such a horrible thing to live with.
Kathy A - Oct 06, 2006 8:49:10 am PDT #2434 of 10001
We're very stretchy. - Connie Neil
The mother of one of the girls buried yesterday invited the shooter's widow to the funeral, which I find even more incredible than the money--such a level of forgiveness is just...wow.
Connie Neil - Oct 06, 2006 8:53:11 am PDT #2435 of 10001
brillig
That whackaloon Phelps, who's been protesting at soldiers' funerals, was going to turn out for the Amish funerals. He was talked out of it, apparently by the bribe of an hour's air time on a nationally syndicated radio show.
How he can call himself Christian in the face of the Amish I have no idea. You'd think God would reach down, grab him and say, "Dude, I'm a patient God, but you're getting on my last nerve."
Kathy A - Oct 06, 2006 8:54:56 am PDT #2436 of 10001
We're very stretchy. - Connie Neil
Phelps is going to burn in hell for sooo long, and at a temperature rarely matched.
Matt the Bruins fan - Oct 06, 2006 9:00:16 am PDT #2437 of 10001
"I remember when they eventually introduced that drug kingpin who murdered people and smuggled drugs inside snakes and I was like 'Finally. A normal person.'” —RahvinDragand
I tend to think of it as more being alone in the dark forever with NO ONE to ever pay attention to him again.
The truth is, even if he had life insurance, it's not going to pay out. He committed suicide.
Theoretically it should, unless the policy started within the last two years.