And Bock co-wrote The Rothschilds, which featured Jill Clayburgh in the cast. Maybe Randy Quaid isn’t so crazy after all…
Aw, man. I was just watching Semi-Tough about a week ago.
I’m guessing a life as a nun is pretty low-stress (and no drinking, no smoking, simple food and not too much of it) and then, you know, you’re in the frickin’ Caribbean. Just the occasional hurricane to worry about.
You’re not really begrudging her being a nun, are you? I would get upset about feeding prisoners for decades before nuns.
I’m not begrudging her anything, I’m thinking she really never had an outside job in her life and therefore, no stress or real responsibilities other than church and praying and community stuff.
And that community stuff is never stressful, or demanding.
Social workers never burn out, either. </sarcasm off>
Contemplative orders do exist, but the more common vocations emphasize ministries to the people. Ranging from running soup kitchens/homeless shelters, to medical aid, to education, all of these ministries are traditional occupations for nuns, and all qualify to my mind as real, and worthy, work. And often enough stressful work, too. Here’s a quick list of what the Sisters of St. Joseph do in my community.
The contemplative order I’m most familiar with are the Carmelites, and they’ve got, according to Wikipedia, 700 women worldwide. The SSJ, however, have 14,000 members worldwide.
I missed the edit window: The woman in question seems to have been a Third Order Franciscan. Here’s a quick look at the ministries associated with the various Third Order Franciscan communities according to Wikipedia. It seems to me that there’s a good deal of work going on there.
Here’s a wikilink on list of oldest people which includes a couple who are still kicking around.
As we fall deeper into the 21st Century, I suppose birth records will become easier to verify and there will be less dispute about anyone’s age. Nonetheless, being in the US where life expectancy is dropping thanks to the “greatest health care system in the world” my goal isn’t so much to live pass 100 as it is just to stay the heck out of hospitals.
Getting sick will kill ya.
Tell that to our Kenyan President. 
And the Birthers for Hawaiian statehood.
Charles McDowell, the journalist best known for his Richmond Times-Dispatch columns and his tenure as a Washington Week in Review panelist, has died at the age of 84. McDowell also received acclaim as the reader of soldier Samuel Watkins’s letters in the Ken Burns documentary series The Civil War.
Eh, no one is questioning his age, right? Or are the tea baggers also claiming he’s too young to be president? I can’t keep up with all the non-issues they worry about.
I’m sad to report that Graham Crowder died in October. He was once considered as the fourth Doctor. I became a fan of his in Waiting for God.
Certainly not a celebrity, but infamous Nazi war criminal Michael Seifert has died in prison at age 86. Doing a quick check, I see some 5000 Nazi war criminals are still alive, though that number is hard to confirm as many haven’t been seen in decades.
Tom Ballard died? 
Just found out that keyboardist great T Lavitz died suddenly last month at age 54. Best known for his work with the Dixie Dregs.
NBA player Quintin Dailey dead at 49.
Producer Dino De Laurentiis, gone at 91.
(Nine points and a unique pick for Crown Prince of Irony)
A unique pick for Crown Prince of Irony.
Is there an echo in here?
Nope. Just the silence of the grave.