A million things are happening, yet I am sad to distraction over the death of one actor. Quite human, Mr. Spock would say, and quite illogical. The man who brought Spock to life, Leonard Nimoy, died today. He played one…
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The big news I heard around Madison over the weekend was that Dick Wiedenman had died. Dick Wiedenman collected junk, lived in junk, annoyed the city and county with junk. His junkiness provoked the county to deem him a nuisance…
A friend of the blog, Vincent Gormley, died last Friday, January 2, at Dougherty Hospice. Vinny did art. He volunteered for political causes and candidates. If you check his Twitter archive, you'll see he didn't post much about his illness;…
Hats off, gentlemen: Madison businessman and former State Representative Dale Kringen died Friday. Among other achievements, Kringen represented District 8 in Pierre for two terms, from 1993 through 1996 (back when District 8 was Lake, Moody, and a slice of…