Author: DXO
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GoogObits: Real (Margaret T. Singer, at 82; studied cults, brainwashing)
One thing you often see in the world of obituaries is the difference between the pop and real. A person will be celebrated the world over for a particular contribution to this or that, but in the real world of their chosen profession they are respected and admired for something else altogether, usually something more serious and…
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GoogObits: Hang (Ayatollah Khalkhali, Iran’s ‘Hanging Judge’)
There’s one in every bunch. Funny thing about corrupt jerks– they seem to be everywhere, whether you’re a Western-style “democracy” or a revolutionary-style place like Iran in the early 80s. The more I learn about that place we’re occupying and their neighbors, the more I realize there’s really not a whole lot separating us. Here’s the obituary…
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Daniel X. O’Neil
My Books: BRICKS: A New Book of Poems Memo To All Employees: Including the long poem, “Boilerplate: Koreshians, Potential Rioters, and Bureaucratic Complicity in American Self-Destruction. Economics: The book for those with unclean hands. My World: Juggernaut Co.: The book company I run with designer Jonny Stepping. PoetryAndTechnology: Classroom lessons…
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GoogObits: Fantastik (James Marshall Wiley: Fantastik developer, 75)
Fantastik James Marshall Wiley: Fantastik developer, 75 Associated Press TULSA, Okla. [^] James Marshall Wiley, the developer of Fantastik household cleaner, has died. He was 75.The family didn’t release a cause of death. Born March 29, 1928, in Tulsa, Mr. Wiley attended Central High School and joined the Army as a paratrooper after leaving school. In the 1960s, he developed Fantastik in a bathtub in his home. Mr.…
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Launch: Dedicated GoogObits Website
GoogObits are obituaries and essays augmented by Google searches. There is a lot to learn from the dead.