Gary Coleman Dead at 42

The Diff'rent Strokes star succumbed at 12:05 p.m. (MST) today at Utah Valley Regional Medical Center to a brain hemorrhage suffered at his home Wednesday, a statement from his management firm said. He was 42.

"Conscious and lucid" yesterday morning, per the statement, the former child star was on life support by Thursday afternoon.

"Family members and close friends were at his side when life support was terminated" today, the statement said.

From 1978 to 1986, Coleman cracked wise as perennial kid Arnold Jackson on the sitcom Diff'rent Strokes. His timing, chubby cheeks and catchphrase ("Whatchu talkin' 'bout?") helped make Coleman the highest paid child actor of his era.


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Rock Band 3

Rock Band (my most favourite game of all time) is finally getting it's official 3rd installment and this time it'll introduce a new instrument!

It appears the third game will feature a keyboard. From the internet gossip it hasn't been confirmed if it will resemble a dumbed down piano style keyboard or an awesome 80's style 'keytar' (shown below).



There's already loads of tracks available with piano/keyboard parts but no one knows if Harmonix will take the time to recode the tunes so they will be compatible with the new peripheral. That would be a huge task considering there's well over 1000 tracks available (on disc and to download)!

Whatever happens I can't wait to play Rock Band 3.

Public Service Announcements

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I haven't got a clue what the one below is about, maybe the soldiers a paedo!

Lost Finale

So, it's finally over. After six seasons we finally have all those unanswered riddles and mysteries revealed... right? Well yes and no.

This sixth and final season hasn't been that great to be honest but I had to stick with it. Lost is like no other show (that I've seen) and having already dedicated 5 years of my life watching it I wasn't about to stop.

The flashbacks are gone, replaced with parallel glimpses of what would have happened if the Oceanic flight never crashed and what each character would be doing in the present day. Residents of the island, Jacob & Richard have had dedicated episodes to explain their history and the Black Smoke Monster was explained, to a point. That's not to say everything has been tidied up nicely, there's still plenty of stuff that doesn't make sense which I'm sure will be discussed by the Lost followers for many years to come.

Lost was always going to be a difficult show to end and with that in mind, the ending will probably seem disappointing to many but I quite liked it. I think if you've been able to follow the show since the beginning and have gone along with the crazy ideas, the ending shouldn't be that difficult to comprehend.

R.I.P Chivers 20/05/2010

My last cat Chivers (II), named after the marmalade company, sadly died on Thursday after losing his fight against kidney disease.

He was a completely soppy cat but absolutely full of love. He'll be missed by everyone. I'm not a spiritual person but when it comes to my pets I hope he's "up there" with his brother Ollie, eating strips of chicken and purring loudly!

The Other Guys (2010)

I like the look of this.

Bitch Hunter

I'm currently watching season 4 of the excellent 30 Rock and saw this, fantastic! Go Will Ferrell.