Heavenly Bodies
Satellites, it turns out, are <A HREF="http://www.skyandtelescope.com/news/12313846.html">more diverse (<I>read:</I> weirder)</A> than the planets they orbit.
Wes Phillips
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Ike Turner: 1931–2007
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Terry Pratchett: "I'm Not Dead"
That, unfortunately, is the <I>good</I> news at <A HREF="http://www.paulkidby.com/news/index.html">Discworld News</A>. Pratchett announces that he has been diagnosed with early onset Alzheimer's.
Clear Language
"Jack" Cappon has died. If you're a writer, you'll probably know him as the author of one of the best books ever written on how to write good: <I>The Word: An Associated Press Guide to Good News Writing</I>.
Everybody Loves Mazes
The Beeb spells out precisely why DRM is <A HREF="http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/7136527.stm">anticonsumer</A>.
Mr. Jones: 1944–2007
The <A HREF="http://www.democratandchronicle.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=200771113…; for Dylan's "Ballad of a Thin Man" died in November.
Smoke Gets in Your Eyes
B. R. Myers didn't like Denis Johnson's National Book Award winning <I>Tree of Smoke</I> <A HREF="http://www.theatlantic.com:80/doc/200712/vietnam">much</A>.
Andrew Imbrie: 1921–2007
Stockhausen's death garnered all the attention, but I'd be remiss if I didn't note the passing of Andrew Imbrie on December 5.
Digested Read
Every Tuesday, <I>The Guardian</I> posts John Crace's "Digested Read," which is a parodic review of a book written in the (greatly exaggerated) style of the book itself.
Brilliant!
Somebody at <I>The Washington Post</I> had the supremely brilliant idea of having Pulitzer Prize winning literary critic Michael Dirda <A HREF="http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/12/06/AR20071…; <I>The Completely Mad Don Martin</I>.