Tag: sir donald bradman
Sturgeon Be Damned 2001
An ongoing look at the 5-10% of stuff on this web site that, in more or less accordance with Sturgeon’s Law, isn’t crap.
This time around, the glorious year of 2001. Sure, nothing of historical importance whatsoever happened in the ‘real’ world. What happened on this site? Again, in no particular order other than chronological…
Tributes to [...]
Posted: December 6th, 2009 under meta.
Tags: bjork, book adaptations, kudos, sir donald bradman, sturgeon be damned, tal bachman
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Lauren Bacall Releases List Of Legends
Lauren Bacall today released her much awaited finalised List of Legends, a ranking of the people she considers legends and, implicitly, those she does not. Bacall, who leaked Days of Thunder Oscar-winner Nicole Kidman as a notable red-headed exclusion from the list only last month, says that her list will “surprise and titillate”.
And the screen [...]
Posted: September 27th, 2004 under news.
Tags: ajit agarkar, christopher columbus, days of thunder, donny most, gilgamesh, godfather of soul, king arthur, kudos, lauren bacall, naomi watts, sir donald bradman
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Is Don. Is Dead
A brief sampling of some of the many tributes for Sir Donald Bradman, whose death at the age of 92 has unleashed an outpouring of grief around the world:.
A rather confused Marlon Brando released the following statement. “The entire Corleone family extends their deepest sympathies at the loss of Don Bradman, the greatest don of [...]
Posted: February 28th, 2001 under news.
Tags: actor martin sheen, corleone family, daryl hall, deepest sympathies, edward de bono, emaciated dogs, goldfish bowl, helen hunt, john major, john oates, judge judy, sir donald bradman, tom hanks
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A Hard Day’s Knight
I wonder if; in medieval times, the knights were ever given a casual day – a chance to get out of their suits of armour and go into battle in just, like, jeans and a T-shirt. You know, I think they probably weren’t. And yet Sir Donald Bradman has often said that he would give [...]
Posted: September 26th, 2000 under thoughts.
Tags: jeans, medieval times, sir donald bradman, suits of armour
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