Stephen King just tweeted that Peter Straub just died. 79 years old. Author and King collaborator.
Whoa, that’s a big one. I didn’t care for Straub’s work on his own, but respect his contribution to The Talisman.
And…
Frank Drake, astronomer who calculated the likelihood of extraterrestrial intelligent life (i.e. the Drake equation) and the original director of the SETI institute.
Heads up…
Meeting Boris and Liz Truss in the same day would sap anyone’s will to live.
This is a fascinating article from a few years ago. You can see that events in the UK right now are pretty much playing out as predicted in the article!
I haven’t seen - is there a count on how many lists had QE II this year?
Points for all of them. Not many but points.
And the Queen is dead.
Let us have a moment of silence for the DeathShroom’s free time for the rest of the day as he updates the standings.
NY Times is reporting that the Queen has died.
As is the Washington Post: Queen Elizabeth II, who reigned over the U.K. for 70 years, dies at 96 (msn.com)
15 players had Queen Elizabeth II, although I prefer Morrissey crooning The Queen Is Dead… updated standings below:
| Rank | Player | Score | Picks(Unique) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Registered_at_Last | 224 | 5(1) |
| 2 | phungi | 211 | 4(1) |
| 3 | Happy_Lendervedder | 169 | 3 |
| 4 | RobotDevilDog | 164 | 4 |
| 5 | RTFirefly | 161 | 4 |
| 6 | Loach | 156 | 3(1) |
| 7 | jeezums | 148 | 3 |
| 8 | Reindeer_Flotilla | 131 | 3 |
| 9 | It_s_Not_Rocket_Surgery | 127 | 3 |
| 9 | Little_Nemo | 127 | 3 |
| 11 | Mahaloth | 109 | 3 |
| 11 | WolfpackJeep | 109 | 4(1) |
| 13 | imthjckaz | 108 | 3(1) |
| 14 | Captain_Klutz | 104 | 2 |
| 15 | candide | 102 | 2 |
| 16 | Maus_Magill | 100 | 2 |
| 17 | Bayaker | 94 | 2 |
| 17 | Hoopy_Frood | 94 | 2 |
| 17 | Kitten_Mitten | 94 | 2 |
| 17 | Queen_Anne_s_Lace | 94 | 2 |
| 21 | GIGObuster | 92 | 3 |
| 22 | Catamount | 77 | 3 |
| 23 | ataraxy22 | 76 | 2 |
| 24 | Superdude | 67 | 1 |
| 25 | Mean_MrMustard | 61 | 2 |
| 26 | DrGirlfriend | 42 | 3 |
| 26 | gkster | 42 | 3 |
| 28 | Allecher | 38 | 2 |
| 29 | Dung_Beetle | 33 | 2(1) |
| 29 | irritant | 33 | 1 |
| 31 | critter42 | 31 | 2 |
| 31 | J-P_L | 31 | 2 |
| 31 | kingEabe | 31 | 2 |
| 34 | Borborygmi | 29 | 1(1) |
| 35 | amarinth | 27 | 1 |
| 35 | Cazzle | 27 | 1 |
| 35 | NurseCarmen | 27 | 1 |
| 35 | Slow_Moving_Vehicle | 27 | 1 |
| 39 | eschereal | 21 | 1(1) |
| 40 | vivalostwages | 18 | 1(1) |
| 40 | xizor | 18 | 1(1) |
| 42 | Gyrate | 15 | 2 |
| 42 | kitap | 15 | 2 |
| 42 | ProfPepperwinkle | 15 | 2 |
| 45 | Biotop | 13 | 1(1) |
| 45 | commasense | 13 | 2(1) |
| 45 | Hatchie | 13 | 1(1) |
| 48 | GuanoLad | 12 | 1(1) |
| 48 | Hschardi | 12 | 1 |
| 48 | JohnT | 12 | 1 |
| 51 | truthseeker3 | 11 | 1 |
| 52 | D_Anconia | 9 | 1 |
| 52 | SpoilerVirgin | 9 | 1 |
| 52 | Tristan | 9 | 1 |
| 55 | gwendee | 6 | 1 |
| 55 | teelabrown | 6 | 1 |
| 55 | zadscmc | 6 | 2(1) |
| 58 | Gatopescado | 4 | 1 |
| 58 | Lsura | 4 | 1 |
| 58 | Precambrianmollusc | 4 | 1 |
| 58 | rhl | 4 | 1 |
| 58 | Shoeless | 4 | 1 |
| 58 | Stephe96 | 4 | 1 |
| 64 | Baker | 1 | 3(2) |
Only my second time scoring points. The first time was her husband.
My list is a bunch of slackers.
I’ve finally gotten on the board!
Be proud!
not many can say a 96-year-old queen took their virginity…
Announcer at the palace:
“The Queen is dead… Long live the K… [Looks at Charles] oh, hopefully will bug out soon…”
But really, RIP to the queen.
I can’t believe I didn’t have her, but I kept thinking she’d make 100+ like her mum did.