Another one of my Heroes just passed away. I discovered George Carlin just a few years ago and I was hooked immediately. Like other great man - Kurt Vonnegut - he spoke the truth in a clear, often harsh way. He used comedy as a vehicle for change and political criticism.

Are there any replacements? I don’t see any?

The naivety of musicals from the early days of Hollywood reflect the overall "simple" attitude to life in the western world. Entertainment was simple, glamorous and mostly eye candy (very much like today’s Bollywood movies I recently complained about).

Cyd Charisse was one of the Goddesses of Eye Candy and dance. She had a grace and beauty you won’t find in any modern movie or music video on MTV.

An era comes to an end.

Dreamlike sequence from "Singing in the Rain" with Gene Kelly.

Hot bar scene from "The Band Wagon" with Fred Astaire.

And another hot scene from "Singing in the Rain".

And another one of my Heroes dies.

Joseph Weizenbaum was a computer god and culture critic. I read many of his ideas - and his critical think really inspired me. His work on artificial intelligence and natural language processing were important as well. I think we all encountered a version of ELIZA on the web? If not - talk with “her” here …

*Thanks Thomas for sending me this sad news*