In Season 14, Episode 16 of “Family Guy”, titled “The Heartbreak Dog”, the writers hint that Juliette Lewis makes out with dogs. Peter finds out that Bonnie has made out with Brian and blurts out, “My God! Who would do that? Does anybody know who would do that for real?” That’s followed a quick flash of a photo of Juliette Lewis with the caption, “We don’t know, but maybe?”
It all clears itself up when you see the following picture of Juliette Lewis “scratching her thigh” while taking her dog for a walk, taken by the Daily Mail of the UK:
Gerald William Lange of Eastham, MA, formerly of Wellesley, MA, passed away in his sleep from cardiac arrest on September 7, 2023. He was 80.
Lange was born in St. Paul, MN, and maintained a strong tie to the Midwest his entire life. He left behind an impressive intellectual legacy, beginning with his graduation from the University of Minnesota summa cum laude, where he was awarded the Danforth Fellowship, followed by a JD from Harvard Law, where he also graduated summa cum laude. He was a finalist for the Rhodes Scholarship, but lost out that year to Al Gore.
Following graduation from Harvard, Lange went to work for PBS and produced the inventive, ingenious, and famous show “The Advocates”, which featured famous politicians (including guests such as Ronald Reagan and Milton Friedman) debating each other with the aid of a team of lawyers.
In 1970, Lange married Caroline Stewardson in Cambridge, MA, who remained his closest friend and confidante until her death.
In the late 1970s, Lange moved on from PBS, and transitioned into private political consultation. He was hired as a Senior Advisor to the Phil Crane Presidential campaign in 1980, after which he worked on a myriad of local political campaigns, including, most notably, the Ray Shamie campaign, the Jim Rappaport campaign, the Dick Jones campaign, and the Keriotis and Weld gubernatorial campaigns, in the capacity of Senior Advisor.
Early in the 1980s, he was hired by the Reagan Administration as Chief Issues Advisor to Health and Human Services under Margaret Heckler, a position which he kept for several years into the mid 1980s until returning to private political work.
In 1991, Lange was hired to coordinate public relations for the Central Artery Project in Boston, AKA “The Big Dig”. During the mid-to-late 1990s, Lange often appeared on PBS’s “The Group” to represent the conservative side of an issue up for debate. An almost lifelong conservative Republican, Lange was devoted to the conservative political cause until the day he died.
After retiring from politics, Lange worked in real estate with his friend and previous employer in politics, Royall Switzler. In 2008, Lange retired from Wellesley to Eastham, Cape Cod.
Lange co-authored two books with his political partner and protege Todd Domke, The Conservative’s Dictionary and Cain & Abel: Why Good Things Happen to Bad People.
Lange was a devoted husband and family man, and his passing follows the passing of his beloved wife Caroline in 2017. He was also an avid history and film buff.
Gerald Lange is survived by his sister, Judith Pluff, of St. Paul, MN; his longtime friend and brother-in-law, David Pluff, of St. Paul, MN, and his son, Christopher, of Framingham, MA.
Gerald will be interred in a private ceremony at Laurel Hill Cemetery in Philadelphia, beside his late wife of 47 years, Caroline.
In lieu of flowers, donations may be sent to St. Jude’s Children’s Hospital.
Indeed. Mork calls Orson, but Orson never calls Mork, it seems. Well, from what we see. So, Orson calling Mork and Mindy, Orson calling Mork and Mindy.
Happy Birthday to hack author, inventor of stupid religions, and winner of bar bets over infinitely better sci fi authors. We know what the bet was, you guys, but now you’re both gone and it has gone WAY too far, okay?
You know, P:hillip K. Dick’s ghost is going to kick your ass someday. I can see it. As if through a scanner darkly.
I don’t think people understand this. According to the numbers as I understand them — even if the numbers go way up — 99% of Americans will never even contract COVID19. About 1%, even if 300,000 cases are diagnosed, are going to get COVID19 (coronavirus). I believe the deaths are currently under .1% of the population and given the worst-case scenario would never even rise above 1% of the population. Do not wear a mask unless you are sick or caring for someone who is sick. Paranoia is contagious and dangerous. Fear kills.
In a previous post, I mentioned a fellow I know named David Strauss who’s working on getting people back into MUDs — Multi User Dungeons, as we called them in the old days; text adventures that had multiple players on them at the same time — the precursors to the modern MMOs. He’s released a second guide to MUDding and I wanted to give him a big shout-out and post a link to his guide to MUDding part II. It’s right here:
There was a young man named Kip, who was away at college in Berkeley, CA, and who was obsessed with computer games and the beginnings of the Internet. It was the ’90s…and he found a host of online games called “MUD”s, or Multi-User-Dungeons.
These are the precursors to the MMORPGs we see today. However, they were text-only, and you could eventually become a creator (“Wizard”, generally, on the MUD I played, it was called “Scientist”, as we were sci-fi themed).
The MUD I played was called NuclearWar and is STILL RUNNING, though not at its original site — you can telnet to it at nuclearmudusa.com port 4080.
Anyway, a good friend I made on there, David Strauss, has begun a series of videos on MUDs vs modern MMORPGs and a some introductory videos on how to log in and play MUDs. I highly recommend these videos. Especially if you’ve ever played a good text adventure and want to play one online with multiple players.
Without further ado, the link to David’s videos is right here:
