I know we usually use this thread to honor those that have passed away, but...
I am here to pay "Tribute" to Leicester City Football Club, champions of England for the very first time in their 132-year history. That they triumphed in 2016, when money dominates the sport like never before, is absolutely astonishing. In America, we don't have the concept of relegation, so probably the closest thing I can equate this to is the team from Hoosiers.
When Aguero scored at the death to snatch the title for Man City in 2012, I didn't think I would ever see anything as cool. But this tops it. What an amazing season it has been.
Leicester winning the Premier League or Notts Forest winning it on promotion followed by two European cups in succession? Been arguing with my mates all week
Instagram - bondclothes007
Sir MilesThe Wrong Side Of The WardrobePosts: 26,525Chief of Staff
Leicester winning the Premier League or Notts Forest winning it on promotion followed by two European cups in succession? Been arguing with my mates all week
Leicester is the single greatest achievement...Forest's was the best over three years...
I was wondering what his third Bond film was, and on imdb it is Casino Royale 67, as an uncredited Chinese general; figures, as just about everyone apart from Sean Connery was in that film.
"This is where we leave you Mr Bond."
Roger Moore 1927-2017
Silhouette ManThe last refuge of a scoundrelPosts: 8,673MI6 Agent
Sad to hear of John Griswold's death at the age of just 65. Literary Bond fans owe him a great debt of gratitude for his Bondian tome.
Ah yeah, I flicked thru that in a bookshop some years ago, a bloody good book and from what I recall I very much recommend it, talking about his annotations on Fleming's novels, it's a bit of social history in itself. In fact, if you have cash for a nice bottle of wine on a Friday evening, and you dip into the Literary thread, and have Fleming's novels in reaching distance of your bed, no reason not to pick up a copy of that book to enrich your inner life.
Ali produced a great narrative for his life, one with more highs than lows, and those highs were the highest peaks on a recurring mountain range. You'd have wished he'd called time on the story earlier than he did, of course, as he took a battering.
But he was up there with the 60s and 70s greats, those talented and exceptional celebrities who voiced opinions to precipitate change. It didn't seem so silly for celebs to opine back then because god knows they'd earned it, they really had it.
I'd have had him older than 74 but then why? Of course, Parkinson's ages you. But his career ran parallel to, say, that of Paul McCartney and you didn't get a boxer in his 40s in the early 1970s.
Farewell dear ALI ,people of all races and colours will cry for you today .
By the way, did I tell you, I was "Mad"?
Silhouette ManThe last refuge of a scoundrelPosts: 8,673MI6 Agent
Sad news that the British playwright Peter Shaffer has died aged 90. We read Peter Shaffer's play The Royal Hunt of the Sun (1964) for GCSE English Literature in 2000-01.
"The tough man of the world. The Secret Agent. The man who was only a silhouette." - Ian Fleming, Moonraker (1955).
Indeed. A brilliant athlete and cultural figure...as complex and occasionally as divisive as the times he inhabited. He probably was The Greatest...but I'd have loved to see him fight Joe Louis, Jack Dempsey, etc. The late Hunter S. Thompson did a superb interview with him for Rolling Stone.
Rest In Peace
Check out my Amazon author page!Mark Loeffelholz
"I am not an entrant in the Shakespeare Stakes." - Ian Fleming
"Screw 'em." - Daniel Craig, The Best James Bond EverTM
Comments
Space Oddity 1979
Look out for the clip of him and Kenny played on the Jonathan Ross show too.
Roger Moore 1927-2017
I am here to pay "Tribute" to Leicester City Football Club, champions of England for the very first time in their 132-year history. That they triumphed in 2016, when money dominates the sport like never before, is absolutely astonishing. In America, we don't have the concept of relegation, so probably the closest thing I can equate this to is the team from Hoosiers.
When Aguero scored at the death to snatch the title for Man City in 2012, I didn't think I would ever see anything as cool. But this tops it. What an amazing season it has been.
Go tie one on, boys! {[]
Leicester winning the Premier League or Notts Forest winning it on promotion followed by two European cups in succession? Been arguing with my mates all week
Leicester is the single greatest achievement...Forest's was the best over three years...
Wu Ngan RIP (pictured on the right side end) , star of "Fist of Fury" and "Way of Dragon".....not to mention the Lee familys butler.
Whatever secrets he had about Lee's passing will prolly remain forever unknown
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-36370997
Roger Moore 1927-2017
RIP Bert...
Me too. RIP, Bert Kwouk!
Roger Moore 1927-2017
https://literary007.com/2016/05/30/labor-of-love-john-griswolds-annotations-and-chronologies-for-jame-bond/
Ah yeah, I flicked thru that in a bookshop some years ago, a bloody good book and from what I recall I very much recommend it, talking about his annotations on Fleming's novels, it's a bit of social history in itself. In fact, if you have cash for a nice bottle of wine on a Friday evening, and you dip into the Literary thread, and have Fleming's novels in reaching distance of your bed, no reason not to pick up a copy of that book to enrich your inner life.
Roger Moore 1927-2017
"Don't count the days, make the days count"
Icon, legend, man.
But he was up there with the 60s and 70s greats, those talented and exceptional celebrities who voiced opinions to precipitate change. It didn't seem so silly for celebs to opine back then because god knows they'd earned it, they really had it.
I'd have had him older than 74 but then why? Of course, Parkinson's ages you. But his career ran parallel to, say, that of Paul McCartney and you didn't get a boxer in his 40s in the early 1970s.
Roger Moore 1927-2017
Indeed. A brilliant athlete and cultural figure...as complex and occasionally as divisive as the times he inhabited. He probably was The Greatest...but I'd have loved to see him fight Joe Louis, Jack Dempsey, etc. The late Hunter S. Thompson did a superb interview with him for Rolling Stone.
Rest In Peace
"I am not an entrant in the Shakespeare Stakes." - Ian Fleming
"Screw 'em." - Daniel Craig, The Best James Bond EverTM
" I don't listen to hip hop!"
I once saw him in a bookshop of a good friend of his although sadly I didn't get talking to him.
http://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/news/northern-ireland/former-wings-guitarist-and-northern-ireland-music-legend-henry-mccullough-dies-34800555.html