I’m assuming you read last month’s NY Times article on this. They were not kind. At all.

Did someone call for a BattleBots Rumble video? Well, then...

Never mind — I found it: http://trailerpark.wikia.com/wiki/Rickyisms

Ok, I wish there was the equivalent of SoundHound for video clips but where did this compilation of gems come from?

And to think that the first movie I ever saw him in was that cult classic — The Bad News Bears (yes I’m old, get off the lawn).

But, but.... what about The Hero’s Journey? He had to die...

I was reading all the replies and comments to my post and I have to say — wow. I thought this woman was an isolated incident or maybe a troll. I guess not - there are LOT of misguided uneducated fools out there.

I was young, stupid and looking to show her up. But obviously I was the fool to argue with her. Either she was the most subtle troll in history or she really was stupid. I don’t know.

I’ve told this story to friends before, but I once argued with a woman from the Midwest in a Times Square restaurant. She insisted that Christ spoke English because her Bible was written in it.

I’m at work right now so I can’t turn up the volume but I absolutely am certain the Benny Hill theme song is playing right now.

This might be more to your liking:

I second slicetoast’s comment. Really great article. You can just tell he was a genuine, authentically good human being.

Too confusing, man. When they came out with the stone and chisel, I was cool. Then they came out with Abacus 1.0 and I said wait, whoa. That was it, I got off the grid and never looked back. I’m actually not typing to you right now from a keyboard. This is all telepathy.

Ouch, harsh words (but I’m not offended). In no way am I berating anyone who hates or loves Twitter. It’s just not something that I personally care to use. Yes, maybe if I spent MORE time playing with it, I might learn to like it. I do have a Twitter account and I follow some people, but it’s simply not part of my…

For someone raised on BBS’es back in the ‘80s, I’m just more familiar with traditional “forum-style” comment boards.

Interesting point of view.

I dunno... maybe it’s my generation (I’m 50) ... but I’m so glad I have no fucking idea how Twitter works nor do I see a need to use it.

Quick rank these three:

OMG, I remember watching this when it came out. God, I’m old. (Seriously, I’m 49, so that means I was 9 when I saw it. Daaaamn.)

The good news is that Polaris is written in JavaScript.